I had to create a school magazine that will appeal to the target audience (students). I decided to create a title to work around rather than do the magazine first then title at the end, for I felt it would prove more difficult than what many would argue against. By creating a title first I believed that I would have the ability to work and create the magazine around that title to give it the right feel and eye-catching appearance that would appeal to all readers. I drew up a number of rough drafts, all including the student cress for I felt it would be that icon which will be associated to the magazine along with different names that I felt would seem most infectious to the reader. Titles included:

Palmer
Priest OR Nun
Canon
CPCS

After much thought and evaluation, including asking fellow students what they thought of each title for the magazine, I decided to go for CANON as the title for the media magazine school project. This was because it included connotations of the school Canon Palmer Catholic School.

I considered such issues that I should question when creating the school magazine. Questions such as:

The target audience – including the interests to suit the target audience
The education level of the audience
The education level required understanding the play of words on the front cover
The over-all tone of the front cover (serious, laid-back, rebel)

Photoshop was the focus software that I would use to create and edit my magazine front cover and later on my contents page to go along with it. I decided to go for unconventional elements such as mismatched colours on both the front cover and contents page and a slogan at the bottom of the contents page, however i kept the school's crest next to the title. This is a typical element found in many music magazines and I felt it would be best to keep this element in the same way.

Overall the school magazine and front page proved to be a success. The front cover was eye-catching and much liked while the contents page was informative without losing the same interest that the front page generated.