The colours used on the magazine cover are
kept to a minimum, this helps to keep the audience focused because if there were
too many colours then it would come across as confusing and may seem to over
powering. This would draw the audience’s attention away from it. The girl on the
front cover of the magazine is wearing a red coloured top, and they have made
the masthead of the magazine the exact same colour. This looks good as they link
together and draw them closer together. The red on her top and on the masthead
look good against the green blurred field in the background as it stands out
because it is a bold colour. The blue writing also matches the colour of her
blue shorts and these also link together. The important information is in the
blue and this yet again stands out from the blurred green fields in the
background. The black text is the descriptive text. This stands out but not as
much as the blue and red text this is because most pieces of text are printed in
a black colour. The predominant colour on the magazine cover is red; her top,
her lips and the masthead that runs across the top of the page. The colour red
symbolises love and excitement, this is shown in the magazine cover as the girl
modelling for the shoot looks happy and as if she loves her time at college and
that she may find the things and subjects that she is doing at college exciting
and enjoyable. The barcode that is in the bottom right corner is in black but
with a white background, this helps the audience as it has the price next to it
and is therefore recognisable. The ‘I
<3 smu’ on her t-shirt is a good way of showing that she enjoys the college
that she attends because by her wearing it is shows that she wants to inform
people about her opinion on it. The model has been posed for the shot and is
therefore not an action shot. This works really well because it still makes it
look realistic and natural and she has not been positioned in an uncomfortable
position. By the models head overlapping the masthead it makes the main image
the main thing on the front cover of the magazine, but they have made it so that
the audience are still able to read the title. All of the features on the
magazine cover are clear and consistent. It is easy to tell that the target
market for this magazine aimed at people aged 16+. You can tell this because the
magazine title is called college and 16+ is the age that people attend college.
Another reason for knowing that it is aimed at 16+ is by looking at the girl
modelling on the front as she looks around 17.
Different types of colours have been used on
the front cover of the student magazine ‘college’. The main colour that has been
used is black. Different shades of black have been used which allows the
audience be able to see the difference in the background and the male in the
foreground. The main information stands out because it is in a bright colour;
this shows the importance of it. The mast head is in a bright colour because
that is the main thing on the front cover of the magazine that gives it its own
identity; it also enables the audience to tell it apart from other student
magazines. The colour yellow symbolises warmth, cheerfulness, brightness and intelligence, it is therefore
appropriate to use the colour yellow on a student magazine cover as in portrays
the right impression. One of the main stories in the student magazine is
‘Dancehall’s Bright Feature’ and by having the word bright and the bright colour
yellow being used on that word it makes it sound and look better, this may also
interest the target market more. The bright colours indicate that they will
achieve a lot at college and that they will have a bright feature because of the
intelligence that they have and they would have got that intelligence from going
to that specific college. The male that is on the magazine cover has been posed
in that position although it does look natural because he is in a comfortable. A
mid shot has been used so that he looked he looks relaxed; this also enables
them to show off that he has text books in his hand. The textbooks show that the
college offers a wider choice of subjects to study in comparison to other
colleges. It also shows that that college can offer subjects that will get you a
high paid job that would benefit lots of people, the books may have been used
because people may want to go and study them at subjects at university. The
‘Make Money on Campus’ could link to the ‘Law and Society’ books that he is
holding. This shows that the college has more to offer than other colleges. This
would attract the audience’s attention as the majority of people are interested
in earning money and it shows that it would be a good opportunity for people to
be in education and earn money at the same tome so that they run along nicely
together. The pink splat would catch the eye of the public because it is an
unusual shape and it is pink and that is the only colour that has been used on
that page so therefore catches the eye of the public. The magazine contains the
barcode, price, issue number and the date that it was issued. These are key
elements on a magazine cover as they are useful and some of the elements are
needed to purchase the magazine. The
target market for the student magazine ‘College’ is 16+. This is made clear
because the male on the front cover looks around the age of 18. This would draw
16+ year olds to the magazine for that reason.
The colours used on the student magazine contents
page have been kept to a minimum. They are to bright and some of the colours
clash with each other, this doesn’t work well because it makes it look to
cluttered. The page has a small amount of detail on it which works well for some
people because it is clear and easy to understand. Even though there is a small
amount of detail that works well for some people, the contents page doesn’t
include all of the page numbers so by looking at it the target market is not
able to know what page that they should be going to to find the relevant article
that they want to read. From looking at the contents page I think the magazine
is meant to be aimed at people aged sixteen and upwards, I think this because a
picture of a PlayStation remote has been added to the page, this would draw the
attention in of teenagers and as it is a student/ college magazine contents page
and that is the age that they will start college. The images relate to the
articles that are in the magazine but they would link to the text on that page
more if they were next to the page numbers and the information that is on that
specific page. The magazine doesn’t have any credits on it to show who took the
photographs that has been used on the magazine. The main information on the page
such as the title has been made larger so that it stands out to the public and
so that it is easy to see what that page is about.
Colour Analysis
To find out what colours the target market would like to see on
the front of a student magazine I produced a survey and asked people aged
between 16 and 25 answering the questions so that I could refer back to it for
research.
The questions that I asked my target market
were:
1. From the different coloured swatches, which set
of colours would you like to see on the front of a student
magazine?
2. Why would you like to see them specific colours
on the front of a student magazine?
The results show that swatch number one that is the red swatch is the most
popular swatch. This means that I will be using the colour red a lot on my
student magazine preliminary task and may make it the predominant colour.
Font Analysis
To find out what font my target market would like to see on the
front cover of a student magazine I asked them by showing them five different
styles of fonts and then recorded my findings in a table and a pie chart so that
I could see what font was the most popular.
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