My Front Cover Images

 I took a number of images, but I decided that theese four were the best ones. All of the pictures are medium close ups. In the background I have managed to get the impressive college building and also the name of the college which is obviously Wyke. I was thinking about using the college name in the background perhaps in the title for my magazine.

i decided not to post some of the images. There were a number of reasons for this. For example on some my model was not looking or had blinked, and on some I simply decided that the background to the image didn't look right and would therefore not be suitable for my college magazine.

Why I Chose Wyke(Go Animate)

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The Target Audience, Price and How Often It's Published

I am choosing Wyke college as the college for my magazine. This is bcause Wyke is a very good college, were you can work and have fun. Also the college campus is very impressive because it has new buildings, and very good facillities. Another reason why I chose Wyke for my college magazine, is simply because it will be easier for me to take photos as I am at the college for most of the week, so i can take pictures in my free periods or at luch time.  Members of Wyke college are E demographic. This means that students are either casual labourers or unemployed. Most people who attend Wyke have outer directed or inner directed Value Life Styles. Outer directed (VALS) mean that they are belongers, emulators and achievers. Whereas inner-directed (VALS) are experimentals, sociallity concious and they are themselves. Using 'Maslows Hierachy Of Needs' chart, I would class most people either in the social, esteem or self actualiseaon groups. This is beause most people at Wyke belong to part of a group(Social) i.e part of a goup in class or part of group in a sports team. The majority of students at Wyke also have admiration for others, and self esteem (Esteem). Pupils at Wyke also have the need to suceed, and become what they want to be (Self-Actualisation). Due to this reaseacrh i have decided that the target audience for my college magazine is going to be for people aged 16-19, as this is the age of people who go to Wyke college. My college magazine will be aimed at males and females because both males and females attend Wyke college. I am going to price my magazine at £1.50 per copy. This is because people at the ages of 16-19 generally don't have that much money so I didn't want to price my magazine too highly because otherwise no one would buy it. However I didn't want to price it too low, otherwise I would be ripping myself off, so I decided on a price in the middle. I am going to publish my magazine monthly, as this way there will be plenty to write about each month, and I can do monthly updates on the football, rugby and netball teams. I was originally thinking of doing a weekly magazine, but I decided not to because I don't think I would have enough to write about and the magazines would just be boring. I also think many people would begin to find the magazine a bit tedious if there was a new issue coming out every week. By it coming out monthly people should easily be able to spare £1.50 month to buy my college magazine.

Comparing Two College Magazines (LIIAR)

I am going to compare two college magazines, and do a LIIAR analysis of them.
                                                                                     

   The first front cover I have chosen is from an American College's magazine which is inventively called 'College'. Although its quite a boring name, it does get straight down to the point about what the magazine is about. The masthead of the magazine is in bold capital letters, and the colour is in red. This makes it stand out from the crowd, because red is a bright colour. Also the colour red has connotations with danger so it immediately catches the readers attention because of this.
The main picture of the front cover(splash) in the magazine is a medium close up of the girl. She is wearing a red t-shirt which cleverly colour co-ordinates with the masthead. This makes the magazine flow from masthead to the main image. The piucture dominates the page so you cannot miss the girl in the image. The background of the image is out of focus, so the reader immediately knows what the main focus of the magazine is, which is student life at the college.
The cover lines of the magazine let us understand information which is included in the magazine, and tell us about articles included in the magazine. The cover lines on this magazine are in blue and black. The main title of the cover line is in blue and the information included in the article and the names of people interviewed are in black. I like this because the blue, colour co-ordinates with the woman in the picture's shorts. This again gives off this idea of the magazine flowing. The black coloured writing gives the magazine a more formal feel to it and I like this because I think it's important that the magazine needs to be taken seriously. The subject of the cover lines also tell us who the magazine is aimed at. Many of them talk about student issues such as, being pregnant at a young age and smoking. This would appeal to the target audience because issues like this will pop up in many  of the students  at the college lives. I feel the magazine is aimed more at girls rather than boys. This is because the picture is of a girl, and some of the issues discussed are only for girls. For example the '15 and pregnant article'. However the fact that 'College' magazine uses black and blue fonts shows that boys can still read the magazine if they wish because these colours are usually associated with boys.
The magazine is representing the college so it's important that the girl on the front cover looks happy and pleased. This shows that she is enjoying college life and will promote the college as a positive place were people can go and be happy, but also learn at the same time. Something else which I noticed is that the girl is wearing a football shirt which could  be the college football teams shirt. This shows that there is sport at the college, and it also shows the commitment of the girl, that she is wearing the football shirt on the front cover of the magazine. On the t-shirt it says 'I love SMU'. This could be something to do with the college and it is promoting it by it being on the front cover of the college magazine.

The second magazine I have chosen is another copy of the magazine 'College'. However It's very different to the previous magazine I LIIAR analysed.

This copy of the magazines masthead, is in a different colour to the previous copy I talked about. This time the  masthead is in yellow. The yellow colour stands out against the dark background, and catches the readers attention because its bright and bold.
The splash on the front cover is different to the splash on the previous 'College' magazine front cover. This picture is from the waist up so therefore is just a close up, were as on the other copy of 'College' the picture was a medium close up and went down to just above the woman's knees. Again colour co-ordination is used. The man in the pictures jacket colour co-ordinates with the dark black background. The splash really dominates the page. However I don't think it has quite the same affect as the previous copy of 'College'. I don't think it flows quite as nicely, however I do think it works just not as successfully. The man in picture is really in focus. This makes him really stand out and immediately lets the reader know what the magazine is about. There is a light glow on the man's forehead which again gives off this effect that the man is happy, and it genreally puts him in a positive light.
The cover lines of this version of 'College' are in a different colour to the ones in the previous copy. This time the cover lines are in yellow and white. Another difference is that in the previous copy of the college magazine, the blue coloured writing was used for the title of the articles, and the black coloured writing gave you some more information about what was included in the article. However on this version of 'College' both the yellow coloured writing and the white coloured writing is used as the colour of the titles. Personally I don't like this because I think it's confusing, and I feel they should have just used one colour for the titles. The subject of these titles, are similar to the ones in the first copy of 'College' in that they are to do with student life, and things they would be interested in. For example there are articles to do with mobile phones, college culture and an article on 'how to make money on campus'. These articles seem to particularly appeal to the male audience. There is also a cover line which is shaped like a splat of paint, which is advertising paint balling, which again appeals to the male audience as going paintballing is traditionally associated with the male audiance.
Again this magazine is representing the college. So it's important that the man in the picture looks happy like the girl did on the other copy of the magazine. The man in the picture also looks smart and stylish which is important for the college to show that people like this attend there college. The man in the splash also looks very in shape, which means he probably plays sports at the college. Also the fact that he is holding books shows that he can balance life playing sports and also study his subjects. I also think the fact that the man is wearing a Christian cross around his neck shows that he is most probably a sensible and moral person, which is good for the college to show that sensible people attend there college. It also shows that people from all backgrounds of society are accepted at the college, what ever there religion.