Research And Planning: Evaluation Of College Magazine

I think that the college magazine I created is suitable for the target audience. Firstly, the magazine I created has suitable font size. The masthead is the largest font size so that it looks like a real magazine. It is also a good font as it is bold so it easily catches the eye. I believe that the college magazine I have created is also good because it has suitable cover lines. Lines such as "We're a proud college" makes it more realistic and college like. I think that some of the colours I used such as green are quite effective because I took this from the interviews I had done and the majority of people said they liked green on a college magazine. Using brown was also a good idea as it tinted the green whilst still looking effective.
The magazine unfortunately doesn't have a three colour rule as it instead is quite colourful with numerous colours to it but this is something that I can improve on for my real magazine. I also think that there weren't enough cover lines on the front cover and it still looked unfinished because of this. I think that the magazine front cover and contents page doesn't entirely look like they are linked together and due to this it makes it look less professional. To have this improved I could have used the same colour scheme which I didn't. The photographs which I had taken were first inappropriate and due to this I changed them to suit the right task. I have taken a medium close up and added this to the front cover and it was also quite suitable for the environment that the model was in as it gave a college feel. I think that the lighting is great with the photo because it is quite bright but it isn't completely in your face.
I have also cropped the photo so then it fits to a medium close up size and this was done on Photoshop.
I think that the layout of my magazine is quite simple. To be quite honest, I believe that this isn't a bad thing. Due to this being a college magazine, it doesn't need a complicated layout so then people won't be able to make out where everything is nor read it.