First and Second Draft: School Magazine & Contents

Here is my first draft of my school magazine, I chose to do a magazine for the target audience of parents. The purpose of the magazine is to give them the general information on the school. 

Mast Head - Instead of making up a mast head I decided to use the Montsaye logo, because the logo is blue I decided that was going to be my colour scheme. It is fairly big and easily recognizable if you know the school already. 

Copy - I've put little copy on because from my research the magazines had very little but important information. Mine simply tells you have its for parents and it's information on the school. I used  the font that Montsaye use for their name and slogan so its a way of representing, it's in blue to go in with the colour scheme and at the bottom I have put the Montsaye slogan "Education in partnership" because it's an important part to the school. It's in white on a blue background so it helps it stand out.

Image - I have take an picture of a student that I thought was a good represent to the school as she was dressed smartly and she was following the school rules such as no make-up and nail varnish. I chose the location of the science room because its nice and bright, clean and colourful, I thought all of these things were important as when a parents see's that she's is working in a lovely environment the school looks like a good place to send their children. I set up a science experiment that shows that the science program get's them involved and it also looks very sophisticated. The student has a smiling face that suggest the school is a lovely and calm place to be educated. The goggles also represents the safety of the school.

My second draft

Mast Head - I decided that I needed to have a proper Mast Head because all magazines have one. I still kept the blue colour scheme but made it take up the length of the page and a large font but still keeping the font the same as the schools. I outlined it with orange because blue and orange have great contrast and help it stand out on the page. 

Copy - Even though my research shows little copy I decided to put more on because it looked bare and it didn't really have anything for anyone to read and want to pick it up. I went with the school font again still keeping in the theme and had it in blue; I outlined one part of the text because it was blending in with the background and it also was a great way to catch your attention. I added a band at the top of the magazine which highlighted important information which was on a orange band that yet again makes it stand out and catch attention.