Magazine Project

To simply have a magazine aimed at teen girls would be too broad, so our team brainstormed on a possible sub-genre. There were already many magazines that were for girls who are coming of age and transitioning. However, when we looked at the average age of those who read teen magazines such as Teen Vogue, Seventeen, and CosmoGirl, the average age were those in their early to mid twenties. We then decided to do a magazine for college students instead. The name "Dragonfly" would still apply because those who are of college age are transitioning from teenager to adult. We planned to include not only fashion tips and recent pop culture news, but college advice as well. This would incorporate teen magazines and the standard college magazine that is available on campus. We decided to each be assigned with a different seasonal edition of the magazine. I would make the autumn edition, Tanya would make the spring edition, Caitlyn would make the winter edition, and Jillian woul...

Because we planned to reuse the idea of "Dragonfly" as our magazine, we decided to start our magazine project planning by taking a moment to figure out what programs we would use to design it. Our teacher recommend  Canva, a website for graphic design, to create our title. He also mentioned Picsart, a website and app that edits images. We made an account on Canva to experiment with the different features of the magazine. On Canva, we discovered that it had magazine templates. The template that stood out to us was a template called "Thirteen." The font of the cover was the closest to the font we used for "Dragonfly." The font is elegant, yet animated to depict how this magazine is meant for young adults. It is also bold, yet it allows for other elements of the cover to be seen as well.

In class, we were assigned to create a magazine cover for any topic that we desired to pursue. We were assigned to work in groups of no larger than four to construct a magazine cover. This activity helped us become more familiar with the components that make up a magazine cover, as well as prepare us for this AICE project. While constructing the magazine, we had to consider certain conventions such as the headline, the anchorage, the mode of address and the style of the magazine we were wishing to convey. We chose to create a magazine by the name of "Dragonfly," a magazine for teenage girls. We chose to make a magazine for teenage girls because everyone in our group are all teenage girls and we know what is the most popular and well-liked within our age range. We chose "Dragonfly" as a name because a dragonfly represents change and transformation, which is what teenage girls undergo. Our magazine's main color was purple to represent royalty; this giv...