I firstly decided to have my magazine main title which is 'Action' running down the side of the page in a bright orange and bold font. There where two reasons why i have done this, the first is that the text stands out and constantly the main name of the magazine keeps appearing which helps to advertise the magazine and keeps the title in the readers mind. I have secondly chosen to do this as i think it looks good against the black background and after researching many different magazine i have discovered that most of the magazine use the technigue of repeating the main title of the magazine on the first inside page.
I have also included an introductory paragraph to give the readers a brief introduction of what is included in the magazine, the main subjects which the magazine is centred around and a brief friendly thank you from the team who put the magazine together. I have chosen to do this as in most of the magazines which i researched they did this so i interperated their idea in my magazine contents page.
I have chosen to include three photogrpahs on in the contents page. These would be of other students and possibly some teachers and have placed text boxes to give a brief insight into what the story is going to be about so the readers know which stories they are interested in and can turn straight to them stories by looking at the page numbers underneath.
I have also included a small section underneath which includes what is going to be in next weeks issue. This lets the reader know what stories are going to be in the next issue and encourages them to get the next issue if any of the stories interests and appeals to them, it also lets them know their is more magazines to come so if they liked this issue they may be influenced to carry on getting the up coming issues. It straight away advertises the next issue of the magazine before they have even gotten onto the first page and started reading the first.
I have also included an introductory paragraph to give the readers a brief introduction of what is included in the magazine, the main subjects which the magazine is centred around and a brief friendly thank you from the team who put the magazine together. I have chosen to do this as in most of the magazines which i researched they did this so i interperated their idea in my magazine contents page.
I have chosen to include three photogrpahs on in the contents page. These would be of other students and possibly some teachers and have placed text boxes to give a brief insight into what the story is going to be about so the readers know which stories they are interested in and can turn straight to them stories by looking at the page numbers underneath.
I have also included a small section underneath which includes what is going to be in next weeks issue. This lets the reader know what stories are going to be in the next issue and encourages them to get the next issue if any of the stories interests and appeals to them, it also lets them know their is more magazines to come so if they liked this issue they may be influenced to carry on getting the up coming issues. It straight away advertises the next issue of the magazine before they have even gotten onto the first page and started reading the first.
I have also included a brief description of what each of the stories is going to be about. This gives readers the chance to glance at this to see if the story appeals to them, this way the stories which they find interesting they can turn straight to and read first without having to flick right through the magazine. In the same way i have included the page numbers which i have placed underneath the breif overview of the stories so again if people find a particular story entertaining the can turn straight to that page and read that story, it will also help to encourage people as if they started off reading through the whole magazine and they found the first few stories boring and didnt appeal to them, they may be tempted to throw the magazine away, not read anymore and not bother to get the magazine again. However this way the can read the stories which interest them first before turning to the other stories.
I have also wrote some brief text to show if i had taken all of the photographs to fill up the rest of the magazine, the types of photographs which i would have taken. This also links in with the type of story which i have written a brief insight about.
At the bottom of the magazine i have a section with some text explaining about some of the upcoming stories and things covered in the next issue. I did this because it is straight away advertising and promoting the next issue of the magazine before the reader has even had chance to read the one which they have now. The readers can see the stories in the next issue and may be interested by some of them, this may influence and encourage them to purchase the next issue of the magazine. I have seen this technique used in lots of different magazines before and it always has the influencial effect to make you purchase the next issue.
Underneath this, i have added another section with text saying about the managerial team, production staff, editors and article writers etc so that people know who is involved in the magazine being put together, if i was properly producing this magazine i would proably have a section where members of the public could get in touch with these people to share their views and ideas with them, i have seen this technique used in some magazines before. I have also written about the copyright to make the magazine look a bit more professional.
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