Lesson Two

22-1-09
Lesson Two- In this lesson, we worked on our sales pitch presentation which helped us see our ideas in a clear and understandable way. This will be very useful when starting to plan and produce our magazines and we listened to everyone elses ideas which was very effective. Within our groups of two's or three's we started to come up with a plan and gain a visual construction of how the magazine could look.
I worked with two other students within the class, and we came up with very good ideas which will benefit everyone. We focussed on how the magazine will be produced and included the costs of production. Our presentation included how we would attract and appeal to our target audiences of pupils, staff and parents by including different content on a monthly basis. We decided that we would include themed pages including a problem page, dates for upcoming school events, subject news, and a page about changes within the school. We worked out that with a 15 double page A4 magazine layout, including one coloured front cover and a ringbinder fastening, one magazine would cost around £1.06 to produce. Therefore, we came up with ideas in which we could make the money if we were to sell each magazine at 50p each. These included advertisements which would be of some use to the audience, inlcuding promotions from local food stores etc.
From this lesson, I learnt that we have to think carefully about the selection of items to produce the magazine. This can be very costly, if no profit would be made. Secondly, we have to think about what would suit the target audience as there has to be something to suit every kind of reader from a member of staff, to a parent of a student. Lastly, we have to show a mix of entertainment and fun from the school magazine, to a certain level of news and school topics. This would be a good balance and should suit our target audience with higher success.