Analysis Of Media Proposal

I have aimed my magazine at both male and female teenagers at Chelmsford College, I am going to make my magazine appealing to my target audience by using contrasting colours to attract attention to the front cover. For the title I am going to use a bright white colour to contrast with the background autumn colours, I have chosen the colour white because it is a neutral colour and doesn’t aim to one sex more than the other. I am going to use an autumn colour scheme because the magazine will be sold in the autumn, I am selling the magazine in the autumn because there will be new students at the college and hopefully they will buy the magazine to get more of an insight into the college and general college life. For the forthcoming magazines I will use a colour scheme related to the current season.

I am going to use an image on the front cover of a male in autumn scenery, by the river to show a relaxed outside of class learning environment, that will hopefully encourage other students to advance their learning by studying in their own time in a quiet, peaceful environment. Generally females are portrayed to be the dominant sex for “getting on with their work and succeeding in education” so I am using a male model to be original and encourage both sexes to further their education.

I am going to use a medium-close up camera shot to give the model an identity and make it more personal to the target audience.

I am going to try to be original with the layout of the front page of the magazine. For the positioning of the title I am going to have it vertically against the spine of the magazine because it is unusual, this reflects the rebellion of teenagers in society and the want to be different to everybody else.

For the pricing of the magazine it will either be free of charge because students are not likely to have money to spare for a college magazine or I am going to sell it for a small amount to avoid the magazine being defaced or thrown around the college.

The frequency of the magazine will be on a two weekly basis because I think there will be enough to publish every two weeks, also it will keep the students informed of any new college news or updates.

My Media Proposal

I am going to call my magazine BOOM! I have decided to call my magazine this because it is the “word of the moment”, thus hopefully making it a successful and appealing magazine to my target audience which is students. My magazine will be free or a small charge to prevent misuse of the magazine (being thrown around college.) The magazine will be issued on a two weekly basis.


What’s in it:
Editor’s letter
The following week’s menu
Sport timetable
Employment tips
Top ten things of the moment… (film, music, fashion)
Horoscopes
Problems pages
Student card deals and shop offers
The next issue…
“Over to you”… Student and teacher stories
General college news – drama plays, auditions…

What will it look like:
For my front cover I am going to have a medium close up shot of a student because this is the desired criteria for the task, I am going to set the photograph in a park with autumn trees in the background because it is going to be sold in the autumn season. Across the front cover and the contents page I am going to have autumn leaves to set a theme for the magazine. I am going to have a white coloured bold title and contrasting colours to draw attention to the front cover. I am going to have the title vertically along the left hand side of the page to be original. I will continue this theme to the contents page and will have the contents title vertically on the left hand side of the page.