MY FINISHED SCHOOL MAGAZINE FRONT COVER

PHOTOS FOR MY MAGAZINE FRONT COVER;

"NEW PSYCHOLOGY & SOCIOLOGY ROOMS WITH AIR CONDITIONING!"

"SPORT SUCCESS!"

"WEEKLY ACTIVITES"

MAIN IMAGE

"NEW UNIFORM"



First Idea For School Magazine Front Cover;

idea made from results of questionnaire.

Decisions From My Questionnaire;

Masthead;  the masthead that got the highest votes in my questionnaire was " Henry Speaks Out" and to me that one sounds the best too. I thought of this one as being my final masthead and the fact that 7 out of the ten voted this one too has backed up what i thought and I am going to go for this one for my magazine cover.

Slogan; the most popular slogan from the questionnaire was "Latest Goss; Keep On Top" and even though to start off with I was thinking of using "Top News; Top Students" as my final slogan, I think the one chosen on the questionnaire would be a more effective slogan to go with my chosen masthead as 'goss' and 'speakin out' seem to go together nicely so i think it would work effectively on my magazine front cover.

Colour Scheme; to go with the fact that it is a school magazine for my school which is KHS and the colours of the school are black and yellow, i think it would be a good idea to keep the colours of the magazine to the colours of a school as it would resemble the school and it would be more recognisable to be KHS.

Main Image;  for my main image, I was thinking of getting about 3 students (from the ages 14-16 to go with the target audience or even just 3 out of one of the ages) and lining them up on a staircase or in a corridor and taking a long shot of them to get a background of the school and the uniform or the type of students in the school.

Subsidary Images; I was thinking of having 4 different pictures on the front cover of four of the different things people would be interested in reading about out of the 5 chosen ones in my questionnaire (E.g; uniform, work on the school etc). I would like to take a picture of a student with the new uniform in long shot, also a picture of the new classroom and lifts that have been built, and the last two maybe of Medals in the school for 'sport success' and a sport being played in the lunchtime or a music club for the 'weekly activities' section.

Questionnaire Results.

I produced 10 copies of my questionnaire that I made about my school magazine and distributed to 10 different pupils in King Henry from the ages of 14-16 years old.

       The first results I gained from this were that  hardly any of the 10 students I asked actually read music magazines daily or even monthly as only 2 out of the 10 students actually ticked the box of the kind of magazine they enjoy reading, it seemed that film magazines were a more popular choice than music.

The results show that the preferred masthead is “Henry Speaks Out” which received 7 votes, and the two second favourites were “a Piece of Eight” and “KHS Got News”.

            The favourite slogan for my magazine, concluded from the questionnaire, was “Latest Goss; Keep On Top” which received 4 votes and joint second favourite was “Top News;Top Students” and “Henry Speaks Out”

            The top five topics that my target audience selected that they would like to read about, in order of most popular results, were Uniform, Sport Success, Weekly Activities, Upcoming Events and The New Work On The School.

            There wasn’t much variety when it came to the colours of the magazine as most of the 10 people voted on having black and yellow for the colour scheme with only two different votes which were green and yellow which both received one vote each.

            All of these results will now help me in deciding what to do for my plan for the layout of my school magazine, all of these results help me with ideas on the planning.

My Completed Questionnaire Layout;



Front of Questionnaire



Back of Questionnaire



My School Magazine Questionnaire Questions.
School Magazine Front Cover Market Research Questionnaire
Maya Bowsher.

(1) How old are you? 
• 14                                              
 • 15
 • 16 


(2) What year group are you in? 
• 1O                    
 • 11                     
 • 12 
                    
(3) What gender are you? 
• Female          
 • Male 
              
(4) What kinds of magazines do you enjoy reading the most?
 • Music                                          
 • Film                                                     
 • Celebrity Gossip                       
 • Games                                       
 • Sport                                          
 • Other … (please state below)


(5) How often do you read magazines? 
• Everyday                                 
 • Once a week                                     
 • More than once a week         
 • Once a month                        
 • More than once a month     
 • Never            
                           
(6) Which of the following mastheads do you associate with King Henry VIII School? 
• KHS Express!
 • Henry Speaks Out!
 • KHS Got News!
 • A Piece Of Eight!
 • King Henry VIII’s Got News!
 • Other .. (Please state below)  


(7) Which of the following mastheads do you prefer to go on the school magazine? 
• KHS Express!
 • Henry Speaks Out!
 • KHS Got News!
 • A Piece Of Eight!
 • King Henry VIII’s Got News!
 • Other .. (Please state below)  


(8)  Which of the following slogans do you prefer to go on the school magazine? 
• School News for the Cool Dudes!
 • Top School; We Rule!                
 • All You Need To Know Throughout The Week!
 • Latest Goss; Keep on Top!
 • Top News; Top Students!
 • Henry Speaks Out!      


(9) Please tick five of the following stories that you would like to be included in a school magazine and would be interested in reading about..
 • Uniform
 • Exam Success               
 • Weekly Activities              
 • Sport Success               
 • Upcoming Events
 • The New Classrooms              
 • The New Work On The School            
 • Healthy Food in the Canteen
 • Drugs And Health Problems            
 • School Visits And Trips
 • Other … (Please State Below)


(1O)  How much would you spend on a school magazine?
 • 5Op - £1
 • £1.5O - £3
 • £3.5O and over   


(11) Which of the following colours would you associate with King Henry VIII. Please circle as many as you want. 
• Red
 • Yellow
 • Blue and Yellow
 • Black and Yellow
 • White
 • Green
 • Other … (Please State)

Example of a Magazine Cover Mock Up

Both Together; Original & The One I Drew.

Original Magazine

The one I drew myself

My Own Version Of The Cover Of A Magazine; HEAT

Get To Notice The Difference Between The Two.