Evaluation on Comag

1. What will be on your front cover?

On our front cover will have pictures including Lady Gaga, Nicole from the Pussy Cat Dolls and other things to do with the magazine. Also large eye catching headings with real life stories, “Star in your own advert”, and 40 beauty tricks.

2. Consider price, feature stories, colours, font styles layout etc.

The price of our comag will be £2.10. feature stories will be all of the ones included on the front cover and other celeb stories, fashion/health/beauty stories as well.

3. Primary image - you must decide whether to use either a) an original image (drawn/comic/Photograph) or b) a found image (this must be manipulated at least twice)

The images we have usen were taken from the internet making them a found image.

4. Research teen magazines and comics using google, making notes in your blog

We have researched magazine front covers already and annotated them on Microsoft powerpoint.

5. Decide a title in your group.

“Teen Queen”

6. Decide whether it will be sold weekly, fortnightly or monthly

It will be sold fornightly.

Writing An EditOrial;

Editorial Guidelines.

- The editorial is a personal introduction to your comag.

- You can make your writing informal to appeal to your target audience

- Read Several examples and take notes on at least two of these (style, tone of address, humour etc)

- Try to capture the mood of your comag in your introduction.

- Refer to your contents at least 3 times.

- Dont forget to include  refernce to your photo-story.

Contents Page Features..!

Features to include;

-images related to articles

-editor's letter

-comic story

-reviews of latest music releases

-interviews with celebrity guest

-updates; what's hot, what's not.

Co-Mag Guideline Answersss =)

1. What will be your front cover?

Our front cover will consist of a main headline story about Jade Goody’s funeral and her last dying days. Also a few bits about 20 must haves for spring/summer with pictures shown on the front cover, another advertisement with ‘Star your own advert’ trying to draw the audiences attention into to reading the comag and lastly a real life story that is featured into the comag.

2. Consider price, feature stories, colours, font, styles layout.

Price will be placed under the heading of the comag, which will be 50p. Feature stories will include real-life stories about a young teenage girl being sexually and physically abused by her father, a jade goody special as she lived her last days and her funeral plans. Colours will be vibrant, funky and abstract able for it to attract our young readers and relate it to there type of modern taste. Styles layout will have different images, with one primary image, and a few secondary images representing our other articles on our front cover.

3. Primary image- you must decide whether to use either a) an original image (drawn/comic/photograph)

We have decided to use images from the internet and maybe once we have written our editors letter we will include an original image to be used.

4. Research teen magazines and comics using google, making notes in your blog.

Teen magazines such as Cosmopolitan, more!, Sugar, Heat, Star, and  others as well will be used to help our comag build up.

5. Decide a title in your group.

We have decided to call our comag ‘Peachesz Power’ which describes the both of us me & Diamond.

6. Decide whether it will be sold weekly, fortnightly or monthly.

It will be sold every fortnight to even out the distributions of our comag and when we make it.

MAGAZiNE RESEARCH =P

Well it seems like i [ Diamond ] am the only one actually WORKING in the group..

REEEEESEARCHHHH TiMMMEEEEEEEE

( Music, Fashion, Celeb News are main topics we want to include)

We have briefly researched the three leading teen magazines for our age and gender;

the following magazines contain topics/subjects we would like to include in our co-mag.

Additional Pages; Problem Page, Horoscopes, Quizzes...

Shout Magazine

Catchy Titles,

Colour Co-Ordination With Fonts & Images

Good Positioning and alignment

Sugar Magazine.

Big Magazine Title, clearly shows readers what magazine it is

Bright colours to catch readers attention

Front cover image positioned largely and fills page

Teen Vogue Magazine...

Clear sub-headings

Persuasive quips

Simple layout for easier reading

CO-Mag Guidelinesss :]

Front Cover..

- What will be on your front cover?

- Consider price, feature stories, colours, font, styles, layouts etc;

- Primary image, you must decide whether to use either a) An Original Image [drawn/comic/photograph] or b) A Found Image [this must be manipulated at least twice]

-Research teen magazines and comics using google, making notes in your blog

-Decide a title in your group

-Decide whether it will be sold weekly, fortnightly or monthly.

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