First Draft Of Contents:

• I created this colourful contents to fit in with the background colours of the pages. E.g Pages 3&4 are pages on Tsunami, that is why the box is the same colour blue as the background of the tsunami page. 5&6 is yellow as its the volcano pages' background.. etc.

• I kept the contents simple as the magazine is based at years 9-11, and i am only creating information on five natural disasters which doesn't need lots of pages. However, if the magazine was to have more information in, the boxes for the pages/page numbers would get smaller, so more could fit on.

• I like the mountainous image at the bottom of the contents, it shows natural beauty, juxtaposing the magazines title 'natural disasters'. It also blends in with the colour scheme i've used on the page, pastel colours.

• I think this page is very unique and colourful, meaning the children will like it. I think this because its not textbook black and white... its much more adventurous!

• The image to the bottom of the contents page was taken from: CLICK HERE

First draft of Tsunami page:

This is my Tsunami Page. I've made it suitable to the age range i'm aiming at by using bright colours and making it very modern by adding layers such as the bubbles, and keeping the colour scheme simple.

I've started the page off with 'Tsunami = Soon Arm Ee' because i've realised that some children can't manage to pronounce the word so this will help.

It's a two page spread on Tsunamis, one side the facts and details of a tsunami and the other side is for the case study which will be the Boxing Day Tsunami 2004.

I've used blues as these colours are related to water. Also, the page number for the page will only be on the left hand page.

I created a fact box featured on the right hand side of the page, i am going to have these featured on each natural disaster. Its just a little bit information that normally you wouldn't find out in a normal text book.

First draft of the cover:

First attempt at the front cover of the magazine. I used an image from google and added effects onto it via Photoshop. I then added more layers of which were text layers to attract the audience. I like how a human is holding the earth in his hand on this image (taken from google images). It sort of gives of a sense that the earth is ours, and we should look after it,

I also like how i've used the lens flare effect coming from the earth, as if the sun is behind it.

I used a starry background to represent the universe around the earth, and because the background is quite dark, i then used light contrasting colours for the text.

I like this front cover although it only says 'natural disasters', it doesn't show any. Which to me, isn't quite interesting. This is why i chose to create another cover, a cover which shows the audience what the magazine is about inside.

Research:

75% of the children i surveyed would like not like glossary in the back of the magazine, to help them understand the key words used through-out the magazine i am creating, for my extended project.
However,251% of the children surveyed would have liked to have a glossary, but there was more no's than yes's.. so there will not be one in the magazine, as this is what the target audience wants.

Questionnaire:

I created a questionnaire to hand out to thirty children, ten questionnaires to each of the three year groups (nine, ten and eleven).

First of all i created a definition of a natural disaster and used that on the questionnaire: 'A natural disaster is a freak accident that occurs on earth, that is nobodies fault. It occurs naturally, by natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes, storms and tsunamis and causes major devastation.' I did this so the children could understand what a natural disaster was if they didn't know in the first place.

The questions i used:

- What natural disasters do you know about?

- What would you like to know about natural disasters?

- Would you like the magazine to be colourful?

- What would normally attract you to a magazine?

- What would you like your geography magazine to include?

- Would you like a glossary of key terms in the magazine?

- Would you like anything specific to be featured in the magazine?

- Is there anything else you would like to add?

I used short sentences for the children to understand. I didn't go into much detail with what i wanted from them as i wanted to know what they wanted from me in the long run.

The questionnaire is a good way of interaction with my target audience on the project I'm doing, giving them this chance to have a say on what they would like to have in it, makes them feel as though I'm satisfying there needs and giving them what they want.

Definition:

A natural disaster is a freak accident that occurs on earth that is nobodies fault, it occurs naturally, but causes major devastation.

My Objectives:

- To give sufficient information to the reader so that they will be able to learn from the magazine I’ve created.

- To create a magazine inspired by natural disasters.

- To record and log my progress, to show how I created the magazine from scratch.

- To help children understand the effects and affects of natural disasters.