Initial ideas

House Style/Colour palette

Maybe the school logo should have a colour tie to house style-a primary colour being shared, for example. A blue and silver masthead, perhaps? I like the idea of a nice cool blue colour being part of the colour scheme. For the background, I think I’ll go with a generic white to keep things clean and simple, as well as black writing. Different sections of the magazine could have blue borders, perhaps. This would be most apparent on the contents page. The fonts used for writing shouldn’t be anything fancy, just quick and easy to read.

Language+ Mode of AddressThis is a student magazine, so it can be fairly informal and chatty. It’s aimed at teens/young adults, after all. Some slang can be used as well. On the other hand, it needs to be fairly polite- keep it clean!

Central image
I’m thinking something in an outdoors, sunny setting for the image, if the weather permits. If not, maybe the college library would be a good setting. The image should be of a student or two relaxing, looking happy. I should try to make connotations of a friendly, cheerful environment easily visible.

Content
I think the best sort of content would be along these lines:

·         Sports match results

·         New teacher interviews

·         College news

·         Puzzle page

·         Comic(s)

·         Reviews

·         Editor’s introduction

·         Article on recent events in college- e.g., drama production.

·         Tips+tricks page- studying-orientated?