task 2.

LIIAR evaluation of front cover:

2.

L: My front cover that I am going to be making is from a school/ college magazine. My front cover will have a running house style. This is crucial in any magazine because it keeps it all looking professional and keeps the same sort of theme. I will keep my house style colour running from the front cover through to the contents. Also on my front cover I will have the masthead at the top, I will make this easy to read and clear to see as I want it to be the first thing that the reader or member of public will see when they pick up the magazine. The masthead needs to stand out but not take up too much of the front page. Preferably the masthead needs to be the same font as all the other text on the front cover and on the contents this is also to keep the same house style running through the front cover and the contents so it is consistent.  Nobody wants to see a boring and dull front cover on the magazine, so I will make sure that my colours chosen are not boring to look at and pick 2 or 3 colours that actually blend together quite well. 

On the front of my magazine I will have a main image in the centre of the cover which is a MCU (medium close up). I will have my person on the front cover looking directly straight forward as then they will grab the attention of the reader of the college magazine. Also I wouldn’t want to have a boring magazine colour scheme so I will make sure that i use brighter colours to make it stand out but whilst using bright colours, still make sure I am using a running house style from the front cover to the contents. On my front cover I will also add a few thumbnail images. This is so the reader will automatically have some idea of what will be involved in the magazine.

The price of the magazine will be free. This is because it is a school / college magazine and people don’t usually tend to pay for them. I will still state on the magazine what the price is, this is as it may cause confusion with no price. The price which will read ‘free’ will be laid out at the top right hand corner just below the masthead. The barcode is also very important on a magazine, this is because you need to scan an item before it is sold. Although this magazine is free, I will still have a barcode on mine to keep it looking professional.

Usually on magazines you see a competition or an advert for a competition to be entered. I think I will have a small strip at the bottom or to the right of my front cover to state that something could be won or you have the chance to win something within the school/ college. Another thing that you usually see on magazines are that the main article and short part of writing are related to the main image, I will attempt to do this as it makes it more professional.

I: The magazine I will be making is for an existing publisher who’s other publications are very similar to the planning of mine and the magazine I had in mind. I don’t think this should make me worried. If anything I think it would encourage me to live up to the expectations of the other magazines. I could use some of their ideas that they have used as some of the others were also aimed at people at college. These other publications that have been made are all successful. I believe in order to make a college magazine successful is to think about your target audience and what sort of things they are interested in. I could possibly use sneaky ideas to make them read the magazines that haven’t been used before, these ideas such as having the competition and having the main prize as 4 free tickets to an immense college party that shouldn’t be missed out on.

I: I have planned my magazine so that it sends out a positive look on the college. The college that I am using is Wyke College, which is my own college. I am using it because It is practical for me, a great environment for taking pictures, also its local and easy to get pictures. The way in which I will make the college look good on the magazine front cover is will have positive stories on the front cover and the contents. For example pick up on students excelling in certain things, for example, football or in the music industry. You could also say about the excellent grades that have been achieved over the summer and also the excellent facilities that are available. An important thing I could say is that there is a new principal at the college and have a thumbnail picture of him on the front cover. This would be good to use as I could say that he will be giving a speech on what he thinks of the college and how the friendly staff have welcomed him in.

Basically I will be attempting to get the message out that Wyke College is one of the greatest colleges around and sending out a clear picture of how good it actually is.

A: My target audience is very specifically aimed at people at college within the age range of 16 upwards to around 20. Taking into account that some people at college will have sat back years so you have to think about things like this when producing your magazine. Thinking about my target audience, I will try and make the magazine as mature  and as professional as possible as they are not at primary school anymore.

R: As I have already mentioned I will make the students at the college all positive and send out the message that Wyke College is a succeeding college. This is so when people are reading the magazine they look at Wyke highly. My main intention is to make Wyke out to be the best college around.