Our task was to create a college magazine, you could either use an existing college or then make a magazine for that college, you could make on up. The front cover had to be a medium close up of someone’s face to follow the conventions of an actual college magazine.
I feel that my college magazine front cover and content page was effective. I followed the house colours which I feel added to the professional look. Another reason why I followed the two house colours was because the colours of Wyke are green and purple. I followed my magazine conventions correctly, I used a masthead at the top of my front cover to let the reader aware of what college is was doing a magazine for, I also gave teasing content around the edge of the page and I laid them out appropriately, I used a main image of a student who went to the college, which was a medium close up to follow the guide lines, and I used sub-text. At the top of the page I stated what term issue it was to make it look more professional. I also placed a barcode at the bottom of the page and the price at the top of the page to put across that the reader had to pay for it because if there was a couple hundred been published then there had to be a way of making a profit. I made the front cover affective to try and put my own stamp on the magazine, affectively using the colour scheme and working them well together. I tried to make it stand out from all of the other college magazine that people hand done by affectively placing the student in the background picture of Wyke and placing all of the information around her in the appropriate and professional places. With the sun shining in the background I tried to show that it was a nice and relaxing place to be in, but at the same time it was a place for work and a chance for you to do well in further education. I did this by making sure that you could see the buildings in the background. Also the effect that I wanted is that with the sun shining that it was such an outstanding college and that it should be appreciated. I aimed my magazine at both sides of college life, with the fact that there is the building in the background and then with the information around the edge of the page talking about the Pozition parties. I did this because I feel that students would like to know more about the college and what courses it does, then also about the social life of college and what the life is like. I asked a couple of students on what they thought about my front magazine cover, and they said ‘Yeah, it is affective and a good quality front covers. It gives you a little inside on what the college life could be like.’ This is the exact the effect I wanted my magazine to have on people.
My college magazine contents page is full of information about the college and about the courses that I wanted to put across. I followed the house colours that I used on the front cover so it carried out that professional look. I wanted to go for the less is more idea. I didn’t feel that it was necessary to fill the contents page with lots of unneeded photos and useless information. I felt that the pages I put down on the page were very useful for the readers to go and look for because it talks about the student life and about the Pozition parties that are held regally, and then on the other hand I also noted about the different types of courses that you are able to do at Wyke. Then I also mentioned about how the students could get to Wyke, whether they needed to get a train, a bus, or if they were close enough to walk. Underneath the statement that said what you will find on the page, I felt that it would be appropriate to put a caption under it letting the reader know what they could find there, and whether they felt if it was necessary to go to that page. I made the page numbers noticeable for the readers to see, I didn’t want the reader to be struggling when they are trying to see what the page number was. If I made the caption purple then it would be difficult for the reader to see what page number, because it was a dark purple on the students dark jacket, it would not look professional about would not of worked affectively. Along the bottom of the page I placed a selection of pictures that I felt related to the college. There is a picture in the bottom left corner of the page, the reason why I put it there is because it is related to the college because if it is letting the reader know that they have all of the freedom, but it tis their choice if they do well at college, and it is also stating that they are an adult know because they have that ‘freedom.’ There is another picture in the bottom right hand corner of the page. I put it there because it wanted the reader to know that the college was a place where disabled people could go and learn as well because I know that it is difficult for disabled people to go in further education because of the facilities that they need. Fortunately Wyke is installed with lifts to be able to get upstairs and go to all of the lessons. There are no steps for the disabled people to have to struggle with when they go into the buildings around the college. When I asked my fellow students at Wyke what they thought about my college magazine contents page they said ‘it’s good, it is not too busy but yet it is not to boring, it’s good the way that you have placed the boy reading the book behind the writing, it looks affective and professional.’ This is the exact outcome I wanted from my magazine.
The way in which I created my magazine was using Photoshop on my computer, I feel that it is the best way and useful way to make a college magazine; it helps you get that professional look I wanted. It was the first time I had used Photoshop, i felt that it was not that hard to pick up and understand how to use it. Once I had done a couple of drafts on other images and got used to it, I quickly understood how to use it. The reason why I didn’t use my other drafts was because I felt that they were not up to a professional standard. One of my drafts was very boring and it would not catch a student’s eye if it was on the shelf in a supermarket.
I feel that I have done well producing my college magazine, but if I could do it again, I may have tried to make it a little more unique and not so simple and go for more on the content page to try and fill it up.
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