In my evaluation I am going to write about how I made the decisions to produce this front cover and also about any problems that arose in the creation of it.
The first thing I did was decide a name for my college magazine and because it is a weekly magazine I decided on the name ‘Wyke’s weekly mag’ but that sounded very strange because it was obvious that it is a magazine, so I then changed it to ‘Wyke Weekly’.
The second task I had was to create several drafts, with each one improving. This helped create my final production because it clearly showed what didn’t work well and what did.
The language I have used is very simple. It is also positive and promotes wyke college to be a happy learning environment which is what I intended to do.
I have used a question in one of my cover lines and the answer will be inside the magazine so this makes the audience want to buy the magazine and find the answer so this I thought putting a question on the front would be a good way to make sales.
A technique I have used in my masthead is alliteration as both words in ‘Wyke Weekly’ begin with a W.
The ideology is to represent a bright and welcoming learning environment and having a student who is smiling is a cheerful representation of wyke.
The image stands out from the background because the student is wearing dark clothes in comparison to the bright orange background.
My magazine has a barcode and is clearly priced and also has two offers in the top corner, I think the offers will attract an audience because firstly you can buy the magazine for cheaper and secondly people will want to buy the magazine more if they are saving money on driving lessons. However this would only appeal to the students who are 17 and over. Originally I put ‘Driving lessons for free inside’ but I then realised that it is a very unrealistic offer and changed it to ‘15% off’ because that is a lot more realistic.
The institution for my magazine would be the college.
The audience for my college magazine is both girls and boys aged 16-19, the colour scheme links to this because it is very neutral colours. Nothing on the front cover is aimed more for boys or girls.
The representation of this magazine is a female student that is smiling; this creates a positive atmosphere for the front cover.
There are four different cover lines on my front cover and a main cover line (anchorage).
I think a good thing about my magazine is that it isn’t empty and has a lot of content. I also think the fact I have used several different fonts and font sizes is good because it isn’t bland and boring which it would be if I hadn’t changed fonts or sizes.
In conclusion I am happy with my magazine front cover because I think it will appeal to the target audience.
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