My college magazine cover + Evaluation

My College Magazine Cover

EVALUATION

1) My media product represents particular social groups as it shows a smartly dressed student in a college like environment. It shows that the students are fun and outgoing as it talks about social parties such as college freshers.the magazine cover also shows that they are hard working, confident and academic as it also mentions exam prep and exams. The part about upcoming trips and expeditions also show that the students/college are multicultural and linguistic.

2) If this magazine was to be published and distributed all across the country ,the media institutions that I would choose would be IPC, it would then be distributed in places like supermarkets,conveinience stores and magazine booths such as hmv and tescos. The magazine would basically be available in places that young people are most likely to go such as connexions,libaries, ect.

3+4) The audience for my college magazine would most likely be students,to sell this issue to the intended target audience I have included features that I knew students would be interested in. For example I have promioted the college freshers party event on the cover. I know that students would be interested as being a student myself we are always looking for an excuse to party. To sell this issue I have made sure that my cover looks as proffesional as possible as the cover is the key to selling a magazine.

5) I have learnt that uploading a photo to photoshop is how to make it look more proffesional. To get from an amature photo to this vibrant magazine cover, I uploaded the photo to a site called photoshop, this is a site where photographers can edit their photos to make them look proffesional. I made the photo more sharp and made the colours brighter to make it stand out.

College Contents Page Mock up

College Contents Page Mock up

Magazine cover mock up

Magazine Cover Mock up



Contents page 2 - research

Contents page 2 research

The main image that catches the the audiences eye straight away is the 2 side pictures. These images are really bright and vibrant and as the use shades of blue,pink,yellow and orage make them more vibrant because these colours look florecesent. This contents page is very clear and spacious, the layout of this page is very fixed, neat and brought together tightly. The image of the the man numbered 40 links in with the sell line under the headline PEOPLE. The colour scheme of this contents page would be black and white as all of the writing is in black on a white background and the masthead/tittle is white colour on a black background whick really makes it stand out and look bold. Nearly all of the images are in square or rectangular shapes.The sellines on this contents page match up with the pictures as the pictures have a small digit in the bottom corners of the image.This magazine contents page looks like it belongs to a magazine about real aspects of life and help/tips on how to improve your life.

Contents page 1- research

College contets page research 1

There are 3 main images on this contents page, the one of the images is a student/pupil raising their hand,to say hes about to answer a question, another image looks like a group of students/ a youth group visiting some place, this image is positioned in the middle slightly above the bottom. The third image is of a small tube, the tube really catches the audiences eye as it is brightly coloured with reds,oranges and yellows. These colours really stand out as they represent the sun/warmth. Along with each main image there is a white page number within a blue circle, these link the images to the writing next to certain page numbers. The colour scheme for this contents page would be blue, yellow and green as these are the 3 colours that are most saw when the audience looks at these pages, there is also some red and black writing. The red writing really stands out as it is on a white background. The word welcome is highlighted in bright yellow which makes the audience feel welcome and want to read as they feel comfort from the word. This contents page also contains a few logos that probably sponsor the magazine and help publish the magazine.

The Font is all in the same bold,block writing, this makes it easier to read as it is clearer. The size of the masthead is a lot bigger than any of the other writing on the page which stands out and automatically catches the eye of the audience, this suggests that this is the most important thing on the page. The size of the heaadlines are smaller than the masthead but sigtly bigger than the sellines which shows that they are next in line of importance than the smaller headlines for individual sellines. Finally the sellines are the smallest  font and arnt in bold which doesnt over power the page with writing which may put the audience of.