Research for Preliminary Task

For my Preliminary Task I researched the other college magazines on the Internet to get an idea of what my front cover and contents page should look like.

( •http://themeshlife.com/home/tag/janelle-monae/ )  I liked this magazine because it says that its 'for college students by college students' so should be achievable for me to do a magazine to similar standard. I noted the style of the font, is still readable but different in a way that would appeal to young people. I like how it has headlines and sub- headlines explaining the headline more, this grabs more attention from the audience.
The contents of the headlines are very age specific, because this is an American college magazine, for example 'dorm room makeover', so this may not be the best style for me to use within my front cover.
This front cover looks very planned out because all the font and even the picture is very colour co-ordinated, the colours black, white, red and blue got together very well and make the cover look very simple and easy to look at, i will take this on board when it comes to putting my front cover together.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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I liked this front cover because its a college magazine with a twist, this magazine could be described as a music magazine, this is because of the bottom right headings of bands and also the style of the person on the front cover. The magazine could have the genre of heavy rock or alternative music.
On the other hand it is a very good front cover for a college,  because it gives room for a wide audience and also caters well for both sexes, it has a headline about the gamers lounge for mainly the men and a perfect wardrobe most likely aimed at women.