Evaluation

In reflection on my project i feel that i have done very well. Seeing as i'm new to all the software and designing of magazines i have really enjoyed it. I feel my choice of fonts has worked well and i think that they would be that on a really magazine that was getting published. i think my colour scheme may be controversial as people may say that it looks boring and dull. But i feel that most people try and make it so bright and bold to grab the attention of the reader that they can get carried away and put so much colour on there that the actual content get lost. I think that the fact that i have got black and white and red, this will make my magazine stand out against the 'magazines of rainbows.'

I think that i would work better on my layout. For example, my front cover main headline isn't as bold as i would have liked it to be. It also covers the models head which makes the picture not as affective. The picture should be the bit that makes the reader want to read it, and see who that model is. I would change this by creating a box around the main headline.

Overall i feel that i have worked hard in creating what i have, and i feel i have done well as it is my first time. But, there is definitely a few things i would improve and change.

Proposal

I am aiming my magazine at all genders at college. This will be shown  through an appropriate colour scheme (not all pink) so it will appeal to boys as well as girls. The typical content in my magazine will be about life at college, revision techniques and have a few freebe vouchers in. I feel that this is the right kind of things to put in a magazine for this age group. My cover lines could be about general life at college, for example, 'take a look into Laura's life at college.' There could be ones about student union. I decided on choosing the title 'Ultimate.' I thought that this would be a good title because it could be interpreted in a range of ways and mean something different to each individual student. I did  think of "SDC' but i thought that this wasn't that original and inventive so i rejected this title. I want to use 'Chalkduster' as one of my main fonts because i feel it relates to the 'school/college' look. 'American typewriter' and 'Bank Gothic' appeal to me as they are clear and look good. I think a tag line would be good for example 'Ultimate is the guide to success at college.' My magazine would be released in october time as that is the time when it get cold and people start to think about halloween. So the black and white go with this. I think my front cover image will be a girl looking natural and pretty, books in hand. It will be the girl that has the main story in the magazine. The magazine will be an every month magazine with different themes to go with what is happening that month. My magazine will be an A4 size (normal magazine size) which is just the right size to carry around with you. on the contents page i will have a picture and maybe a few smaller pictures and boxes to go around the page numbers. The colours will be red, black and white, these are very bold colours which will also stand out. they will be the same as the front cover.

Content page of College Magazine

This is my plan of my content page.

i feel that this is spread out and will be easy to read. I have done a lot of research in to the style of content pages and i have had a lot of inspiration from them, and this is what i have come up with. It has elements from a teen based magazine but i combined it with aspects from the older end of the teenage continuum.

Front cover of my college magazine

FRONT COVER OF MY COLLEGE MAGAZINE

Using my plan of the front cover in my previous post, i have created a full front cover. I am very please with this as i think it looks like something that you could get a college. My title is  in the font 'Chalkduster' I thought this would be a good font to use as it represents the chalk a teacher would use on a old fashion blackboard which resembles to learning. 

     

With the colour side of things I haven't been religious to the colours i have chosen because I think that using an array of bright colours on a magazine will intrigue the target audience.

My Main image is of a girl looking happy, relaxed and casual. I took this photo like this because i didn't want to photo to look staged and 'fake.' 

I think my puffs and plugs work well because I have used different shapes, e.g stars, circles and rectangles. This creates a different dynamic and dimensions to the cover. These are the things that will catch the audiences eye.

Things i could improve:

i feel that maybe a colour scheme could work better to make the cover have more unity. Also i feel my main cover line 'Student president announced!' could be bolder and more prominent then the rest of the magazine, having its own box for example.     

Content page draft

Front cover draft

Content Page Design

This is my full design of my content page. I feel that this is a good design basis and i feel that the layout of it is a very easy and clear design which would be easy to navigate your way around. I feel that even though i haven't used the conventional colour scheme for  a teenage targeted magazine but i feel this would be an advantage because it would stand out. It would appeal to girls and boys which is what it should do.