This magazine is a style magazine for a college and it has lots of different colours but most of them connotate stylish which means that it relates back to the clothes. The images are of students who are obviously from the college and they are dressed in the most recent style as it shows by the sub title of ‘You’ve got style’. The ‘In this issue’ part shows certain topics which are covered by the magazine and this gives a good insight into what will be in the magazine. This magazine would stand out as it has bold colours which would stand out from duller colours. the top of the page shows a mosaic style which gives the feeling of a history to the college, it also shows a small section of students feet which shows how they are personally involved in this magazine. the target audience for this magazine would be people from 'Framingham State College' and this is shown by the banner which is up top. anyone who is not from this college may not understand some of the events/ people which are represented in the magazine.
This magazine is constructed in a way which makes it look very stylish and it also has a large image which dominates most of the page and this image is also the main topic which the magazine is going to discuss as it is based on the trip to Berlin, this shows how they have focused this edition of the magazine on the trip to Berlin and this means that only people who want to read about this article will want to take this magazine away. the text 'Spring 2010' shows the time which it has been released and this means that it gives a specific time when this magazine should be read, and any time after this would not be the best time for reading this as it would not relate to the certain time period that they are in. the constant focus on the colour black means that it is still in thwe spring and not in the summer and the spring can also be represented by the colour of the sun coming up in the background. the fact that all of the students are all close together can show a union at the college and can represent how they are using teamwork.
This magazine is for secondary schools which may also include 6th form students who may be going to colleges as well. This magazine was easily built and was constructed in a small amount of time on a low budget but it still has colours of blue and pink which would make it stand out from other magazines. They could have improved the background colour which would mean that it would stand out more. The image is of a secondary student which shows the target audience and by having the student it means that peole can relate to the situation which she is in. the colours can be related to the two genders that would be reading this magazine as blue is stereotypically for boys and pink for girls. this can also relate to the jumper as it is also in pink which can relate to the model used as they are female.
This college contents page is the best set out even though it has been made very simply. The topic titles get straight to the point as this means that people who read the magazine can easily read through these and find if there are any sections that they want to read about and they won’t have to read the whole magazine just to find some certain parts of what they want to read. people can also call the number which is given and they will be sent a text-only copy of the guide and this means that it is easier for some people to view. the image in the background is of a modern school and this relates to the target audience of the magazine and also it relates to what is going to be included in the magazine.
This contents page has features which you would expect more in a fashion magazine and this means that it looks as though it is aimed more at a female audience because it is laid out just as a women’s fashion magazine would be set out. The colour green is dominant and this could connotate that this magazine is helping the environment and it can also mean that the colour green is a good colour to be wearing.
This contents page has in depth descriptions of hat is in each of the sections of the magazine and this means that people can have a look through these sections and decide whether there is anything that they want to read more about. It has a more formal layout as the text is evenly spread about all of page and the image of the student’s connotates that they are enjoying life at the college.
Preliminary Tasks
Front Cover
I started off by researching what the stereotypical layout of a college magazine would look like so that I got an idea of how to set my created front page out. I then found out I would like it set out in a format which is similar to an American style college as I think people would be interested to see how these are set out. They have many of the different parts which are included in the rest of the magazine on the front page to give you an insight of what is in the whole magazine. This is useful when someone picks up the magazine as I think it gives them enough information to make them decide whether to buy the magazine.
The next part that I did was the title and I found this with a text that I thought would make it stand out and people may notice it when they are walking past. The colour for the title is gold and silver and these are the colours which I use as a house-style for the magazine as I think that this connotates achievement and I think this is a good thing to show on a magazine cover.
I then did a masthead which ran across the top of the page and this gave the basic information for the magazine as it shows that it is for ‘The Henley College’ and it is ‘Free For Students’ this masthead gives the most basic information and I found that this is what most of the mastheads do as I found out in my research they just normally give the information which people would need to know before the magazine and this is why the text has to be in a bright colour and it has to stand out so people know what they are going to expect when buying the magazine.
For the background image i used one of the model looking more relaxed than usual as i think that it relates to the title of the topic which is Stressed? Dont Be... I took all of the images myself for these preliminary tasks
I then added a bar-code to suggest how people would have to ask for them and how they would have to scan the barcode before giving them out to check how many have been given out and how many have been taken in a certain amount of time and this will show whether it is worth producing them as if they are not many being given out then there is not much point in producing the magazines as it is a wasted of money.
I then started to add the text and I began with the parts which were inserted underneath the title and these were ‘Issue 15’ and the date which shows which issue it is to keep up to date with what information should be in the magazine. The second section of text that I put on was ‘Real Life stories’ and I included this as I think people will be able to relate to what the topic is as they may face the situation later in life or may want to know how people have coped in certain situations as people like to read about other people’s success as it makes them feel good. The next part of text I added was the heading 2 which related to what the background image was based around as I thought that people would feel more relaxed after reading the title and realising that they need to relax more and stop worrying about exams. The subtitle underneath this heading says ‘Read Inside For More Information’ and people will want to read more about this topic as it relates to what they are doing at the moment and they may want to know how to cut out the stress.
Contents Page
I then set out my contents page and started off by setting the background to a gold colour and this is useful as it relates to the title page as it has a similar house style colour which means that it is consistent throughout the magazine. If there were many different colours it would be hard to understand what the magazine is as you would not be able to recognise it from other magazines.
I then added the two images of the model for the magazine as i think they relate back to the target audience who are teenagers. i also took all of the images which are shown in this contents page.
I then added the text which will show what is inside the magazine I chose the colour black as it stands out well on the gold background and some of the headlines are in red to show that they are main topics and more important than other parts of the magazine. This may make people turn directly to these sections to save time from reading through the whole magazine to find certain sections of the magazine. I chose the topics from research I did on the internet and this helped me choose different topics which were still relevant to people in college.
Topics
This magazine is very similar to lots of other college magazines so I have used different colours to show accomplishment to make them stand out when people are picking them up as it will make them notice certain parts more than others which will mean there is less chance of them putting it back down. This magazine is challenging the stereotypical feature that all college magazines have to be ‘mediocre’ and this magazine challenges this by using brighter colours than other magazines and it has features which will interest the reader rather than make them put the magazine down. I developed the idea of the stereotypical magazine format as I changed some features from other magazines including college/ music and fashion but I changed what they look like on the front cover to make sure that it related to that it was still a college magazine and not a fashion magazine.
This magazine tries to represents teenagers and young adults in a way which can be constructive and it shows how they are in tough times at the moment with exams and coursework to keep up with. It does not represents that they are a problem and this is good as if it did then people would not want to read it as they would not want to read something which puts them down on a lower level. It tries to represent all students as having the same potential and also having the same opportunities if everyone works hard. It also represents teachers and how they don’t have to be people who you dislike and how they can always help you get a better grade.
The people who would distribute this item would be people who want to produce this magazine for their college and they can have the option of changing the college name as I think it would be good if there were similar magazines throughout each college as it would give what you can expect when you pick up the college magazine. The main college that I focused on was ‘The Henley College’ as I think that they could use a magazine like this to benefit all of the students who read it. The audience for this product is college students who want to read about what is happening in the college and also how they can be helped by tips in the magazine so I think the fact that they can relate to that what the magazine says can help them when they are having exams or looking for higher education. I attracted this audience by having colours which can represent achievement which will keep people reading as they believe that the colours show that the magazine can help them in other parts of college e.g. exams and keeping up with work and university.
I have learnt about the amount of different way that the use of technologies can help you when creating a product e.g. a magazine. The first technology I used was when I was researching the other magazines and I used ‘Google’ as it is suitable ways of searching for magazines without having other products appear. I then used Microsoft word to use the images for magazines that I had from the internet to analyse the way which they can appeal to a particular audience and how each part of the magazine is important when attracting the audience. We then used Microsoft publisher to construct the front pages of the college magazine and this is good as it allows you to connect lots of different parts of the magazine without it looking messy. If I did not have the technology then I would of had to draw all of the plans for the front cover and contents page of the magazine by hand which would have taken a lot longer and would not of had the same final product.
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