Which front cover layout looks the best?

this one?

this one?

this one?

this one?

this one?

which picture should i use for my front cover??

this one?

Second rough design for front cover:

First rough design for front cover:

The first chart shows how often students read magazines: daily, weekly, monthy, other. The most popular out of these results were weekly. The second chart shows whether students currently read the student magazine or not: the results show that most students do not currently read the student magazine. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHY YOU THINK THIS IS??

The first chart on this page shows how many students currently read magazines and the result was more people read magazines than not.The second chart shows what magazines students currently read; the results from this chart show that alot of students like to read gossip magazines. DO YOU LIKE CATCHING UP ON CELEB GOSSIP?!

This chart shows the results for what students would like to see in a new student magazine. The most popular ideas were celeb gossip, job adds and more photos. The least popular idea was "college boobs of the week"!!!! LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE IN THE NEW COLLEGE MAG, ANY IDEAS APPRECIATED.

The front cover of this magazine is brightly coloured and very appealing to the eye as the colours on this magazine complement rather than oppose each other. The mast head at the top (magazine name) distinguishes the magazine and enables the target audience to recognise it easily. The cover lines are in bold and easy to read, the seven pictures on the cover give the audience an insight in to the articles featured in the magazine. Geometric shapes have been used as the graphics on the cover of this magazine to make it interesting; this is enhanced by the colour of them. The design of this cover draws the audience in and makes them want to see what stories the magazine is covering.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS MAGAZINE?
ARE THE COLOURS APPEALING?
IS THE FONT CLEAR?
WOULD YOU PICK UP THIS MAGAZINE AND READ IT?

Results from questionnaire

These graphs show some of the results from my questionnaire; the first graph shows who reads magazines the most out of male and female and as you can see females read magazines more than males. So prehaps the magazine a create needs to be aimed more at females or i could try to invlove males by includind a wide variety of story lines. The second graph shows the age of students who read magazines; these resluts are quite simular so i would need to include something for both of these age groups.

LET ME WHAT YOU THINK.

Researcing current college magazines

The front cover of this magazine (issue 8) has a black background. There are twelve different photos all taken from different shots. All of the images show the students having a good time, some of them are drinking and some shots have been taken from their trip to New York. Different shots include a long-shot of a crowd of students in a club at a bash, a medium close-up of two girls smiling at the camera, a three shot of three guys at the bash with drinks and smiling. This represents that students at Ludlow College have a good time and go to bashs or on exciting trips such as New York. The images grab the readers attention and the cover lines explain what the photos are about and show what other stories are included in the magazine.

The front cover also includes cover lines which are in different colours making the magazine stand out and grab the reader’s attention. The different colours of the magazine and the hearts used to link the images together show that this cover has been produced by younger people and is quite child like. The colours aren’t very sophisticated e.g. red, green and yellow have been used as the colours of the cover lines, however the use of these bright, clashing colours grab the audiences attention and make them want to pick up the magazine and read it.

Questionnaire for target audience

Researching target audience

Questionnaire


1. Male Female



2. Age



3. Do you currently read any magazines?



4. If so … what do you read?



5. How often do you read magazines?

Daily-

Weekly-

Monthly-

Other-

6. Have you ever read a student magazine?


Yes No


7. What would you like to see in a new student magazine?

The Brief_Action Plan

I have been asked to use DTP and an image manipulating program to produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally i have been asked to produce a mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstate the grasp of DTP.

Action Plan:-

First Week:

• Research other magazines
• Ask target audience what they want to read by completing a questionnaire aimed at the target audience.
• Setting up a Blog

Second Week:

• Use results to decide what to include in my magazine.
• Decide whats going to be on the front cover.
• Take photographs.

Third Week:

• Start to put magazine together.
• Complete designs.

Fourth Week:

• Evaluate magazine
• Finish Putting magazine together.