24^th September 2010 –update.

Due to the survey I did on the 23^rd of September, I was be able to decide which “Title” I was going to use for my school, magazine.  The pie chart below shows exactly how I gathered my information.

Being Competitive – 0

Victory – 1

Successful – 1

Reaching for success – 12

The Best – 4

Aim High – 1

This pie chart demonstrates, that the majority of the votes gained ‘’Reaching for success.” This is essentially, because students in my school thought, it stands out the most, and is a very short powerful statement, which would suit my school magazine, ever since it is not a long masthead, but yet very authoritative. Conversely, I also thought that both of the words make sense on it’s possess. This is significant, since they both have different meanings, e.g. – “Reaching” implies that everyone strikes to be the best and compete with their same aged groups, whereas “success” already illustrates achieved accomplishment. However, in order to make this statement (“Reaching for success”) to stand out, I need to consider the size, colour and type of writing within the magazine used. Further into my research I will demonstrate some of the few examples I have chosen, which will illustrate the flourishing and comprehensible mastheads of a school magazine. Although, the other few mastheads that I congregated in my survey weren’t as appealing as “Reaching for success” and “The Best.” Therefore, I considered that they weren’t going to be as influential as the ones that gained the most votes. This is mainly, because the individuals that I questioned were those that were in a learning environment, and as a result their opinion is the most significant, since they are the key audience that are going to pick up this magazine. Consequently, the headline has to stand out, in order to attract this audience.

Ideas towards my - project

What’s more, I have considered few alternatives that I might use for my school magazine and contest page. This is mainly due to the use of colours. I think this part of planning is the most significant, as colours is what attracts the audience, before they pick up a magazine. Therefore, the appeal has to be well organised, planned and structured, in order to advertise my product well. However, the structure of writing has to be layered out really clearly and visible. This is, due to the fact that if the writing stands out, but what has been said is not as appealing then my magazine wouldn’t be as successful, because students would like to hear something exciting, e.g. – “Winning Awards at the end of each term.” This would motivate them to do better in their studies; meanwhile the magazine would do better as well, ever since they would pick it up, due to the fact that the magazine would give those students a huge encouragement towards their learning.