Evaluation

For this task i was asked to develop a cover and contents page for my own college magazine. I had to do research8 into the conventions of a college magazine and then analyse other college magazines to get the idea of who to set mine out.

When i was researching magazines many of the magazines where similar as they all described what college the college was like and what it had to offer. This meant that i had to describe the college as best as possible to make a good magazine. When I had a rough idea of what I wanted my magazine to be I had to apply the conventions used on magazines that are sold nationwide to make it seem more professional.

For my magazine, I designed to design it for my college, "Wyke". I also used the usual conventions for my cover such as a masthead, cover line, cover image, main article. I discovered the conventions through my research. I compared college magazines, and compared commercial magazines to college magazines to see how my magazine would compare to them.

Every magazine has some sort of photograph on the cover, this photograph usually has some sort of reference to the main story contained within the magazine. Also all the magazines I have researched have the inside stories mentioned on the cover. These stories are used to draw the reader in, they give an idea of what will be included in the magazine.

For my work I created a Blog to present it, this also made it easy for me to work on my project from home, and anywhere in the college. On this I uploaded all of my work, my research and my plans.

In my final piece i used three images and a main backgroung image. This gave the magazine alot of variaty in terms of stories. i have three stories on the cover which briefly describe the magazine.

I aimed my magazine at college students and teachers. I chose this audience because they are the main people you will find at a college. Also it is likely that the only people the magazine will appeal to is college students. The text, masthead, images and stories have to be appropriate and appealing to the audience for the magazine to sell.

I think that my magazine would be appeal to students from the age of sixteen to nineteen as that is the age of most college students. I am happy with the way my magazine cover has turned out but if i was to do it again i nwould change the stories and the way it is presentesd. i wo9uld also make it appealing to a wider age group such as teachers as well as college students.

My magazines main story is about bonfire night and that "wyke" is doing a display of fireworks, this would help promote the college as well as my magazine. there are to other stories that support the main story to help promte my magazine.