My Evaluation

Evaluation of magazine cover

We had to make a college magazine front cover. I choose to call my magazine “wyke” as this is simple and is the name of the college so sums up the magazine quickly and easily.

The language I used is informal; this is because the magazine is aimed at college students, who mostly are aged between 16 – 18 so simple chatty language suits their style in a better way. I tried to set the magazine out like an everyday magazine that you would buy from the shop, to keep it in the style of a magazine; this is done by working with the codes and conventions of a magazine. Such as a masthead at the top of the image and straplines down the side.

The magazine would be for 16 – 18 year olds, as it is a college magazine, it has to suit both male and females, therefore I used colours such as purple, black and white as these are unisex colours and don’t single people out. I tried to stick to these three colours so the magazine looks neat and professional, the colours also represent the college as purple is the colour of the college. As when I was researching other magazines this is what they did. Also the straplines down the side was a common feature of the magazine so you know what to expect in the magazine.  The main strapline stands out as been bigger and bolder so that you know what the main story is going to be. I did this by writing it in capitals to make it stand out. The banner across the top of the magazine is another convention; it is another way of showing the reader what is to be expected in the magazine. The competition puff is a convention and it is used encourage the reader to buy the magazine, if they think something can be won through it or they will get a prize. They will be more likely to buy the magazine. I think that if the college magazine looks like an everyday magazine people will be more likely to buy it.

The price of the magazine is £2.50 as most people said that they would pay between £2.00 and £2.50 when they were asked in the survey.

The representation of the magazine is students, the image on the front shows a student working on a computer, this immediately relates to students as the come to college to work, the straplines are related to music, fashion, work and university, these are all things that relate to students and are things that they might be interested in and want to find out more about.

Altogether I am pleased with the magazine cover as it includes codes and conventions and is relatable to the college so fits the brief of a college magazine.