Preliminary exercise

Producing a College Magazine Front Page and Contest Page


The preliminary task, which I was given with is to create the front page and the contest page of a new college newspaper. It needs to feature a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead.


At the beginning of the exercise we were discussing how the newspaper should look like and analysing what should be included in it. The analysis was based on the key media concepts: Language, Ideology, Institution, Audience and Representation. The first letters spell LIIAR


Language

How is the magazine going to look like? Everything what is going to be put on the first page must be suitable for the target audience: masthead, headline, sub-headline, text, colours schemes, photograph, fonts, layout and arrangement.

Institution

Who produces this magazine?
It will be produced by Wyke College, school for 16 - 19 year old, situated in the western part of Hull.

Ideology

What values will be presented in the magazine?
The values which are important for the wyke society : equality, freedom, achievement. The main story will refer to these values.

Audience

The audience will be the college students, aged 16 to 19, from different social group, citizens of East Riding.

Representation

What people will be presented in the magazine? How they will be portrayed?
The magazine will show some of the students, as well as some of the members of the college staff.