Articles

I have been deciding what my main articles will be about so i can take original images for these stories. Also, i have thought about what my magazine would include if i had to make the whole issue.
My lead story is about a school concert where students showed off their musical abilities. I took images of a ballet dancer, singer and a dance duo so it adds variety to the story. After i took these photos, i chose the few images that i was going to use depending on how they looked with the house style and where they were going to be positioned. When i chose the images, i edited them on photoshop to get rid of the green curtain i had used behind them. I got rid of the background because the images i used are recognisable as to what they were portraying.

My other feature story required two students from two different coloured houses as the article was about which house had raised the most money. I took photos of the students together and images of the individually where they showed off their ties.

In the double page contents, i had to think of more article that would be appropriate for a school magazine and aricles that would attract the target audience and would be interesting to read. I included: school news, battle of the houses, a spainsh trip, quizzes, a teacher interview, school olympics, the arts, advice column and GCSE tips. I wanted to make sure my magazine would cover most of the subjects that the students enjoy more than others such as art, music and p.e.