Evaluation

LIIAR
Language- The stories on the cover, appeal to the audience as they are relevant topics within college. The stories focus more on the social life of college as this is more interesting than the work side of college to the students.
Institution-My magazine is for Wyke. I chose to make my magazine for Wyke as i go to Wyke so i know the topics impotent around the time of the issue and can focus on real issues within the college.
Ideology-The background behind the girl, is Wyke college this allows people to know that the magazine is for Wyke college. The girl in the picture is happy, we know this as she is smiling. This gives the college and the magazine a positive feeling.
Audience-My target audience are students that go to Wyke. The topics within the magazine will relate to the students as they go to the college. The blocked titles of the cover topics make it easier to read.
Representation-The person on the front of the magazine represents the students that are my target market. Her smiling gives a positive feeling towards the magazine.

Things i would change
The lack of time given to complete the magazine was limited which meant my work was rushed. If i had more time i would have improved my magazine cover and gone into more depth about why i did the things i did.
I would have also planned my work more carefully and analysed more college magazines. I would have researched topics around the college so that i could fill my cover more. I would also have taken more pictures so i had more to work with.

Contents page draft

My magazine cover

Experimenting

I'm not sure weather to use this picture as my main picture for my cover, If i was to use it i would use it because the people within the picture are both college students, this makes it apeal to my target audience, this is because my target audience are college students, so the main picture focusing on them allows them to think the magazine is for them.

Although, the picture consists of two males, this may put girls off getting the magazine, and the college i am setting my magazine on is a mixed college. Also the pose, and face expression of the person on the left hand side looks negative. He isn't smiling, and doesn't look too focused, this puts a negative view on the college and the magazine. Him holding his arm up, by his other hand ties in with my magazine masthead "college" as he looks laid back.

The pose and expression of the person on the right hand side is a positive pose, He is smiling and looks happy. Him looking straight at the camera makes the audience feel as if the magazine is directly for them, and makes them feel involved.

Research

I like this magazine cover, as it's different, the main picture is not a person unlike other college magazines, also it doesn't have the main stories on the front this makes it look different to an ordinary magazine. The collage background works well as the pictures that the collage consist of are to do with colleges this makes it relevant to the magazine. The title of the magazine stands out as its, black, bold and all though the words are separated the title is together as they overlap, whereas the other pictures on the cover are all separated by whats meant to looked like ripped borders. The writting on the cover is on yellow pieces of paper, this makes them link together as there is a colour scheme through the magazine, and it stands out against the background.

Planning

from looking at this magazine you can see the title is bold, and takes up the whole length of the magazine, this makes it the main focus, the red against the black helps the title stand out. The red is repeated in the magazine, this makes the magazine cover link to the whole of the magazine. The main stories being blocked  and black give them priority, the chosen stories appeal to the audience, for example: "spice up your results" this appeals to college students as they hope for the best results at a-level so are interested in this story. 
 
form looking at these magazines, they have given me some idea's, i want interesting stories on my front cover, with a colourful, bold title, starting in the left hand corner, as we read from left to right. i want a picture of a student looking, well and happy as this gives the college a good reputation, which makes people want to read there magazine.

I want to do my magazine for wyke college, as it'll be easier as i go there, so know the issues that should be on the cover, and i can take pictures from around the college.