Final products
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Statement of Intent
Product 1 (2x contents, 2x covers) My magazine is called Monday Madness and is going to be released as a weekly publication. ‘Madness’ refers to the variety of real life stories that fit with the theme of other Bauer publications. The wide range of stories targets a younger audience of 16-25 year olds, rather than the stereotypical older, female audience for other Bauer publications. Monday Madness features typical conventions that are expected in magazines, such as a large masthead, barcodes and the price, as well as images on both the front covers and the contents pages. I have chosen colours that stray slightly away from the typical conventions, but that are still bright, to keep the magazine looking modern and trendy. In addition to the colours and fonts, my images and stories are consistent in both the contents and front covers. Monday Madness features two cover stars that are from different backgrounds, with different representations - one being a male who is a member of the LGBT...
Biographies
Biography 1: The first character to appear on my front cover is a young white British teenage female, called Libby, who is 17. She has brown hair and a slim build that implicitly helps to convey her story. She struggles with grief and her mental health, after losing her best friend to Covid-19 during the first few months of the pandemic. She has finally decided to speak out and tell her story, which she has stayed quiet about for so long due to fear and grief. She talks about how she spent time with her friend just days before she passed away, and spoke to her on the phone just hours before the death. Her family background is B/C1, with both parents owning their own successful businesses, meaning that they do not struggle and are well provided for. She is an only child and therefore often feels lonely when her parents are at work regularly and she no longer has her best friend. She works part time in a local toy shop which helps to pass the time, but is also sitting her A-Levels s...
