Here I have created a mood board linked to topics and activities I feel would appeal to my target audience for my sixth form magazine. From my research I have found that students would be more interested in reading a magazine covering more social and entertaining topics, rather than an academic based magazine.
From my research I have picked at the most repeated ideas of what sixth form girls enjoy, and then added them to my mood board. For example a large amount of my mood board is covering the aspect of girls enjoying fashion, shopping and make-up. As this was the most frequently repeated in my research, therefore key to include in my own sixth form magazine. This again links to the socializing aspect that sixth form girls would be more interested in reading, for example many suggested how they enjoy going to places like Starbucks to socialize and relax with their friends.
I have also included symbols like a calendar, a memo board and a prefect badge. I have included these in my mood board as also through my research I feel it would be a good idea, to set specific pages for notices and upcoming events that would appeal to my target audience. This could be a major attraction to the audience as it will be like their very own social calendar whilst at the same time including academic fixtures that need to be attended.
As you can also see on my mood board I have included a drivers learner plate, as in sixth form driving is one of the main things out of school life that students are working towards. I felt that perhaps in my magazine I could include a tips page that other students could give to each other, and also to congratulate the people that have passed there driving tests etc. There fore giving the readers of the magazines a chance to interact with each other.
Overall my mood board represents what I feel will interest and be most enjoyable for my target audience to read. I do not want to create another magazine that will straight away be glanced at and never seen again. I aim to achieve a magazine that students will look forward to reading each week/month and also to create a way for students to interact with everyone else in the sixth form as a whole.
