Front Cover Evaluation

The main task was to create a magazine front cover for a college  magazine. The magazine name I made is called 'Focus magazine' because that is what students have to do when they get to college.

The audience research i did helped me to create my magazine because my audience asked for a  magazine that is based more around education so i had my masthead, coverlines, main image and other  images based around education.  My audience also asked for a more traditional modern magazine which is what i went for with the masthead font and other fonts i used on my magazine.
The font i used for the mast head is very bold and stands out alot i think which is good when competing with other magazines.

The denotation of my magazine is that it features in the main image a student with a text book and either side of  her are coverlines talking about education and topics that will effect her for example 'info on the governments plans for higher  tuition fees and EMA'. I used the word 'info' because it is more modern and takes up less room than the actual word information. I picked that certain story because both  EMA and higher tuition fees relate to alot of college students.

The coverline 'have your say' was also used in my draft because the student council needs people to contribute there ideas and i thought that would be a good coverline for a college magazine. This is the kind of thing my audience is looking for in a college magazine.

What the second image on the bottom right hand side of the magazine connotes is that students are over worked and don't no how to revise which is why the coverline on the bottom is about giving help to new students by previous students. The background of the second photo is alot of mathematical sums that are meant to look confusing to show how difficult she is finding the work.

The colours i used were red, white and black i stuck to these colours because they are modern colours and it matches the main image of the student. The colours of the magazine match her outfit and hair. When i took the picture of the main image the weather made the lighting kind of low key so i changed some of the contrast to make it look like a warmer and more brighter picture.
The colour of the coverlines are white because using dark colours would  be bad  because they would fade into the background because in the main image the student is wearing dark colours.
The selling line on my magazine says 'Excellence is in the details. FOCUS on the details and excellence will come!' what this connotes is that students need to focus because when you focus you  notice small  details that you wouldn't notice  before and to get good grades students have to focus to get what they want.