Evaluation of my College Magazine

THOMAS HAROLD

My magazine represents the social group of students. It does this by using typography that has the connotation of handwriting, which is relatable to students. The font was chosen because me and 2 other that I asked the font was easy to read and I thought it would make student look because it looks like handwriting. The text was placed in that location so that the person in the photograph wouldn’t have writing going over him as he is the most important aspect of the cover. The images on the magazine are also mostly of students and so students can relate to the images. The central framing and 90o angle of the photograph show that the he is the most important thing on the cover. On the contents page I split the images to top right and bottom left so that they wouldn’t look too squashed, however looking back I think I should have just used three or two images instead of four. I also could have added some more cover lines on the front cover or stories to the contents page. I chose the colour scheme of yellow purple and red because I knew that students would instantly associate it with City College Norwich and so then associate City College Norwich with themselves.

Improvements

My magazine can be improved by checking spelling because when I looked back at my work I saw I misspelled ‘student’. I also could change the font style because apparently it is sometimes hard to read. I could also change the amount of images on the contents page from four to two or three. I could also stretch the images a bit more as they look a little squashed.

Things I am happy with

I am happy with the layout of my magazine as I think it is clear and easy to understand. I happy with the connotations of some of the various aspects of the magazine for example I am happy that the font and the colours of the masthead made people think about college and about handwriting that links to students and college. The social media is also effective.