Contents Page for school magazine

I wanted to follow the colour scheme of black however I tried it out and it didnt look to good so I decided to go for a darker grey colour so there wasn't too much difference in the colour. This contents page was rushed abit therefore it isn't really the best I could do.
There is a lot of improvement needed with this contents page such as the detail of information produced on the contents and the pictutres could be used in a more effective way such as having them spread out amongst the page rather than having it all in one position.

First draft to magazine cover

Here is my first draft on my school magazine. 
the colours used were throughly thought about due to the point of how i wanted to get the idea of my magazine across such as the fact that school is a fun place therefore I used a black  background in order to contrast the main picture of a student so it stands out on the cover.
Additionally the fonts of the writing were also vital as my main stories needed to be eye catching therefore using a red bold font would be the best way to get attention as it stands out as well.
There are a couple changes that need to be made in order to perfect it which i will do when i get feed back from people about it.
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Photoshoot time!

Heres a couple of photos i have taken for my magazine front cover and its contents page. Not all the pictures will be used but its always good to have back up pictures just in case i feel one picture doesnt suit the magazine.
With these pictures, im trying use them to suit the topics of my magazine which is to promote the fun enjoyable side of school such as sports day, prom queen and king and socilaising with friends in free time or it can even be working together when working .
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Identifying the Target Audience

This here is Simon Towie. He is 16years and lives in Edgware, Northwest London.

He is currently in his last year at secondary school doing his GCSE's . Simon likes to dress very casual including jeans from levi when he has a lot of money or from primark where they are often quite cheap or maybe even sometimes tracksuits from nike, addidas and reebok as he feels more comfortable in them.

He loves to eat frosties and coco pops for breakfast because they are very sweet and for dinner or luch he likes pasta, carribean food such as rice and peas or jerk chicken or sometimes on the weekend he goes for the unhealthy side and eats McDonalds, KFC and Nandos.

Simon goes to Capital City Academy in hendon and get 20pound pocket money a week and 15pound lunch money but he saves it up so he can out with his mates on the weekend.

on the weekend he likes to go to parties and cinema or maybe just likes to hang aound the streets with his friends in his estate (stonegrove). Simon also plays for Mill Hill Rangers football team whereby he plays center midfield on sundays and he also the captain.

He loves to speak on his blackberry phone to his girlfriend cindy who he has been going out with for 5months now.

TV shows he likes to watch are 2 and a half men, jersey shore,family guy alot of reality tv and soaps such as eastenstenders and hollyoaks. He loves listening to Rap and RnB such as Drake, Jay Z, Kayne West, Rick Ross. but he has a hidden hobbie of listening to rock music and pop such as briteny spears, The wanted and sterophonics

Main photo For School Magazine

                                                                         

When going through my pictures that I had taken this ppicture was the one that stood out the most.

It caught my eye due to what the picture was saying which I was trying to show the fun, enjoyable side of school rather than the boring working atmosphere alot  of school children face.

In addition it reaches out to my target audience which is young school kids.