Research and Planning: College Magazine Analysis.

In my college magazine, I feel that the font sizes are appropriate as on the front cover the mast head is much bigger than the sell line fonts. The masthead is bolder that the others, although there is a sell line informing about competitions which stands out to attract the reader. On the contents page, the title is much bigger so the reader knows what the page is about. The fonts for the text telling the reader about the stories is smaller, but still big enough to read and stand out to catch the readers attention for certain stories so they can find what they want to read.


I followed the three colour rule when design the cover and contents page as i used pink and black with a little bit of white on the cover. The contents page has a white background with pink and black writing, these were also colours that i found out the target audience would like.

You can tell that the contents and cover are from the same magazine because they use the same font and colour for the headings and the rest of the text uses the same font and colour, so they look similar so look like they are from the same magazine.

I think the photographs are quite well taken as they are not stretched or distorted. The photo on the front cover fills the page without being stretched and is appropriate as the people in it are students from the college. The pictures on the contents are appropriate as they are pictures from around the college and relate to the articles. If the photo's were stretched, this wouldn't have a very good effect on the reader as it would look carelessly designed and unprofessional, so if the photo's are still in proportion and fit in with the design and subject of the magazine, this would look more attractive.

There are enough stories included on the cover as there are not too many, this would make the reader look into the magazine to find out more stories. On the contents page, i have used enough stories to fill 17 pages which would be enough to fill a college magazine. I think the stories are appropriate as they involve stories about students and information on college and events happening around them. By using interesting stories, this would make the reader want to look further into the magazine and find out what they are about. By using competitions on the cover, this makes the reader more interested as students will benefit from winning things as they are not always doing well financially.