Preliminary Task - Planning

Title Ideas

I came up with a few title ideas and asked some people their opinions on what they thought of using each title from a magazine cover. A few people said that one of my titles, 6th Suite sounded a bit girly. I finally used the idea of alliteration by using W W for my title. This could stand for Wilmington Wahoo or something similar.

Image Ideas

At the same time, I thought of some ideas of what images to take for the idea of the front cover on our preliminary magazine. I came up with these possible places and backgrounds to take the picture:

• Lessons which are creative such as Art, Music, Science, Technology, Media, School Sports, ICT/Computing.
• 6th form Study room - Student signing up for an event
  
• 6th form Common room
  
• Assembly
• Clubs
• Sports (Field, Running track, Long jump, Football etc...)
• Events
• Evan's Building (The new building) - With scenary
• School noticeboard
• Corridor - With kids rushing into class or people walking back and forwards.
  
• Kids walking into the front of the school
• Kids in groups of friends at break or lunchtime
• Choir
• Computer room / Lower library
• Teacher opening school front door, welcoming people in.

I figured that using pictures which consisted of these ideas would not be too plain or boring as they include movement. I took pictures including the front of the school and some of the sorts of classrooms, reaching about 100+ pictures and eventually decided on choosing a 6th former signing up for a 6th form 'Help Out' event. I chose a friend of mine and asked him politely to pose looking towards the camera and holding the pen on a piece of paper, pretending to sign it. I took a few pictures of him in medium close up.

Front Cover Features and Headlines


I started to think of ideas for what could be presented on the front cover of my magazine, as storys or headings to make it sound exciting. I took the following into consideration:

• Student interviews
• Revision tips or guides
• Events
• Sports
• Extras
• Strapline
  

This wasn't easy. I had to take in to consideration the colors and had to evaluate why I would use it and justify every decision i make, as with the title. As with the colours, I had to justify the text I used with the use of language and make it sound like it is actually on a magazine.