Preliminary Task: School Magazine 'Prefect'

I decided that the preliminary task, a school magazine, should appeal to a target audience of sixth form students aged between 16 to 18. It was important that everything included within this magazine was relative to our target audience. This issue of the magazine is from 'June 2010' therefore most of the corresponding articles and editorials had to adhere to what was going on during that time of the year, exams. I also included information on new drivers and ways of tackling holiday boredom because it was this kind of information that needed to be included in a magazine for this age group. I think that the font and images used show a very stereotypical outlook on a school magazine, they are what is expected from this genre of magazine.

The colours chosen, yellow and green, are particularily eye catching against the background image. Ideally, i would have chosen to use the school uniform colours but they did not stand out against the front cover image.

I decided to make the magazine 'free' so that i was more accessable to the target audience of sixth form students who aren't necessarily earning any money.

Personally, i think that the front cover and contents page have been particularily successful because they are a true representation of a school magazine.