My Final Cover

This is my final front cover. I used this picture because he has a happy expression but it’s not a generic pose with thumbs up. I also liked it because I used the red background which is a good base colour to apply different colours on because of its boldness. I used the name student weekly because it’s self explanatory and simple. The thought bubbles around his head I think will appeal to young people who make up the majority of the audience plus it’s to my knowledge quite unique to this magazine. I tried to include both genders with the headlines thinking that both male and female students would like to win an iPod shuffle and want to know more of what the college has to offer in terms of clubs, this is also good for parents or potential college students who would want to use the magazine as a prospectus. At the bottom I chose to put a picture of a Christmas tree because it’s festive to the season.I chose yellow for my headlines because it’s a good colour on red and still stands out easy enough to read, I tried to make sure my font was clear enough for all ages to read without difficulty so I was very picky about my colour, size and font it’s self.

My Final Contents Page

This is my final contents page for my college magazine. I kept with the colours white, red and yellow for my colour scheme. I chose these colours because they work very well together, the red is very bold but the white writing and numbers on it become very bold and is easily read. I chose yellow as the third colour because it goes well with the red and is bold enough so you can read what’s written in the colour but isn't so bold that it phase's out the white. I think using primary colours makes the page look simplistic.

I took the idea of the bold numbers in white from my research into contents pages; I liked it because it made the numbers stand out and made the page look a bit more interesting.

I used the same font on the masthead of the front cover and used it throughout the magazine because it gives the magazine consistency, I like the font I used because it isn’t too childish or old-fashioned to it would appeal to all people within the college rather than a specific age range.

I used the picture of the Christmas tree because of the time of year and because its in the main entrance of the college so everyone would have seen it and would be able to relate. I liked the picture of the dinner ladies and so put it in because they are cheerful and gives a good welcoming appearance of the college so if a person visiting the college and wanted to treat the magazine as a prospectus they could look at this picture and think that it is a very welcoming place and the staff are friendly, its also a good picture to put in because everyone who eats in the refectory can relate to the staff that work there.

I put in the other picture of the sandwiches and drinks to show what the college has to offer and I couldn't put one of the common room because it would ruin the surprise!

Drafts For My Contents Page

 These two contents page draft I felt were not suitable for my magazine for various reasons as will be explained below.

I felt this contents page didn't really go well with the front cover colour scheme even though the colours were the same the base colour in this page is yellow rather than red  like the front cover. I liked the layout of this page but to me it was mainly the colours that weren't right especially the white numbers on a yellow background because it would be very hard to read.

I like the purple white and red on this page but i think it would  hard to read when printed out. Another thing I didn't like about this contents page way the lay out of the pictures they seem un-organised. When i come to making my final draft they will all be on one side. I also think that the fonts are all messy because they are all different rather than the same, it makes it look ammature. I will be changing a lot of things on this page when I make the final contents page.