Evaluation Of Student Magazine Task

In the media task i have create a front page and contents page for my magazine. In these i have used several different key magazine elements. Such as a bar code on the front and a letter from the editor on the contents page. I think this gives the magazine a professional feel and makes it look like its got more to it. I also took the idea of having a colour scheme and used the colour purple to portray this. I used several different shads of the colour to keep everything looking professorial. Other than this, i looked at other student magazine that are already on the market. I evaluated these and looked at the good and bad points of them. I think this helped me to make my magazine more appealing to people who already read student magazines. I think the key ingredient to a student magazine is to have relevant information in them. Whether this is images of other students or relevant news to them, for example university news and information. On the front cover of any magazine has to be the title of the magazine. Mine is 'college survival'. I think that there should be a recognisable colour or something to show what the magazine is, but subtly. I have inclued this in my magazine becuase i have used a purple colour scheme. I think that my magazine represnts girls aged 16-19 well because of the colours and images that i have used. I have represented these becuas ei thought they were an easy target group to do. For the image on the front cover i have used a 16 year old girl. I have used relevent storys and news to do with girls this age.

Some of my coverlines include:

"What i like about college!"

I think that a college might distribute my magazine, because that's were my audience are mainly. Other than that, maybe youth clubs, high schools and general news agents. I think that a school would be good to distribute the magazine as it would give students thinking about going to college, an idea of what it is like. The audience of my magazine will be aged 16-19, girls and will be in college or thinking about going to college. In the magazine i have included exciting storys and news that relates to young people.I used chatty coverlines and interesting pictures and colours to attract my audience.I used a girl on the front cover and put storys that relateted to my target audience on the front cover.

I think that this project went well, and will help alot when i come to make my music magazine.