Draft of my front cover.

This a rough idea of what i would like my magazine cover to look like. My ideas went to plan and I feel that my front page has turned out to be more successful then i had hoped.

Analysis of my front cover.

•  My masthead is Wyke.
• My sell line, 'BE LOUD, BE PROUD' shows that Wyke are very enthusiastic about students learning, also it encourages students to be proud of what they achieve while being at college, this how the magazine cover firstly interacts with my target audience.
• The photograph shows a 'perfect' portrait of students enjoying college life. By the smiles on their faces it shows enjoyment and interest in their studies, as the photo shows them revising and working as a group.
• My magazine front cover conveys a students life at college that the college and the teachers are very supportive of. The smiles on their faces also show that they're friendly and the college is very welcoming.
• My cover lines are short, snappy and captivating. They inform my target audience exactly whats going to be inside my magazine and with a cover line like 'New York' that will really interest majority of students.
• It represents the students positively, and the college. The bright colours infer a cheerful environment and  because it looks as if the sun is shinning in through the window it creates a glow surrounding the masthead Wyke making it look vibrant and full of life.
• The colour scheme I have used is fresh and lively. The purple masthead ties in well with the dark colours the male student is wearing, also it contrasts well against the white glow. The green plant in the background ties in well with the white and the green jumper the female student is wearing. The bright pink font covers the bottom of the picture making it stand out which catches the audiences attention. Keeping my colour scheme simple but vibrant, i have achieved a realistic college front cover.

Draft of my contents page.

My contents page has the same font as my front page which makes it all tie in well together. I want the pictures to be on a slight angle because I think it is different and the colour scheme will be the same, fun, vibrant and welcoming.  I only included a few of the main sell lines just to demonstrate how it would be laid out.

My final front cover.

Preliminary breif.

We was set a preliminary task to design and create a college front cover and a draft of a contents page. It has to include a medium close-up original photograph, masthead, it has to appeal to the target audience and the conventions of a magazine have to be shown. This is a practise magazine to prepare for our actual coursework, a music magazine.

LIIAR interpretation.

 L-  Language. When analysing a media product we have to consider the language used.
 I- Institution. The producer controls what is going to the production of a magazine.
 I- Ideology. When analysing a media product we have to consider the values and beliefs.
A- Audience. A media product has too apply to a target audience.
R- Representation. When analysing a media product we have to consider how it is represented. (positively or negatively) also how stereotypes are represented.

Analysed photos.

This is the picture i chose for my final front cover. I used this because the light coming in from the window brightens up the picture a lot, and the smiles on the students faces really sell the magazine for me. They look interested and and happy to be at college. Also i find this picture very realistic and could imagine this to be on an actual college magazine cover.  

I was going to use this photo on the front of my magazine with a cover line, i used the eraser tool to make it blend in with my main picture however it didn't work.

I did not use this photograph because i thought the students didn't look necessarily happy, they look interested however they should be enjoying college. I was going to use this photograph as my main background, but i have decided on a different photograph because there is more light shining through, making the magazine more eye catching. Using dark colours would not really catch peoples attention.

This photograph is very similar to the one i have chosen, however i decided to not choose this photo because the other photo i took which i have chosen to use for my magazine background had two students smiling while the other turns the page of the book.  

I didn't use this photo because i think straight away the attention is focused straight on the book, they are both looking down and i think the photo can come across sexist because i have not involved girls as well.

I chose not to use this photo because it is not light enough. I was going to use it at the side with a cover line, however i have taken another photo which i prefer to this one. 

Thought showers of ideas for my magazine.

Anaylsis of another college front cover.

Firstly the front cover of this magazine is more lively, more colourful and it is much busier. It stands out and would catch the audiences attention. The title 'college' is in large black font, which makes it really stands out amongst the rest of the colour scheme. The orange font and the pink sub title 'Sporting News' ties in well with the colours of the students uniform. The contrast between the white and the other vibrant colour choices makes everything seem really eye catching, and the green grass in the bottom right hand corner works well because it prevents the coach like figures top blending in with the white background. This magazine front cover is straight forward, and the ideology of the cover is easy to follow. It also has a pacific theme and informs and also entertains their audience more than the previous magazine I annotated. The signifier (photograph) in this picture can be represented positively because it shows at college there is a lot to offer, also it encourages sport. On the other hand it can be represented negatively because it can be seen as being sexist, in comparison to the other magazine, it may have being bland but it would of applied to both sexes.

There is more text and information making the magazine look entertaining but it doesnt look to over crowded.

The photograph denotes sport in college and links with the sub title. It connotes that he has interest in his sport and its important to encourage other students in the college to start a sport. The young man is symbolising an interest in what hes doing, he shows enthusiasm and determination through his stance and body language, but not with just sport alone, we could presume that he shows this much interest in his studies as well. Also this magazine front cover has used more technical codes, it has used more than one photo and has edited the different photos to blend in with each other.

The ideology of this magazine cover illustrates a sports life at college and getting more students involved with sport at college. In comparison to the other magazine cover this front page conveys the ideology and a message much more clearly.

I think this magazine represents different social groups at college because the more extrovert students will take more advantage of this magazine. On the other hand quieter students may benefit from a magazine on a different theme.

Analysis of a past college magazine front cover.

 Firstly the front cover of the magazine is very bland, it does not use much colour to attract their target audience. The contrast however between the black background and the white font works well. The front cover is not busy and over crowded with information for students, its very plain which ties in well with the plain use of colour.
I think the magazine is pretty straight forward, there is little text and it's not hectic which can be represented positively, with it not having lots of different ideas crammed onto the front cover it makes it easier to follow. On the other hand it can be represented negatively because it doesn't seem to inform the target audience much of what the magazine contains.

It seems that the photograph taken connotes student life, linking to the title of the magazine. Conversely the image doesn't symbolise whats happening, it doesn't really tell a interesting story or show any excitement through the students body language, which must of been important because there is no shot of a face showing that their excited to be there, also the mise-en-scene doesnt really reflect any of the students interest.

 The ideology of this magazine front cover is to illustrate a students life at college. However I personally think that the image doesn't really represent a student, I think that there isn't any enthusiasm, and there seems to be no particular theme to really grab the audiences attention. I think that if a student was to pick up this magazine in college, they wouldn't show much interest as there is no colour to brighten up the stereotypical student life I think that parents/guardians and teachers would like to enforce on a pupil. There is no real exhilaration into the front cover and I think the target audience when consuming a product needs to entertained as well as informed. I don't think there is enough on the front cover to attract a pupils attention, on the other hand other students may disagree and find this magazine simple and easy to follow.

 This magazine i think represents different social groups at college, you may have quiet students who may enjoy the trouble free, uncrowded magazine cover, or you may have loud, extrovert students who may want the magazine cover to offer more.