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College Magazine Analysis

This magazine uses a range of 3 colours (green, shades of black and white, there is also a bright blob of pink), by using fewer colours it makes it look simple and more eye catching to the target audience.

The masthead is bold and centered at the top of the magazine which makes it stand out and clear that the target audience is college students as it is all about college lifestyle. We can also tell that this is the target audience because it mentions technology which is linked with the younger generation and also campus and college are mentioned more than once on the front cover with in the cover lines.

The main cover line is in the bigger font size but is still the same font as the rest of the cover line titles.  This makes it stand out and tell the audience what the main feature of this magazine is, it also links with the main image which is a front facing shot of the student they are talking about, and it is also placed in the center of the magazine making it stand out and the audience more aware of the features. Overall this magazine uses around 2 -3 different font to differentiate the cover line titles from the little bit about each cover line this helps the audience not get confused because it is simple, clear and easy to read. The front cover is also advertising paintball which is something the younger generation like to do with their mates this is advertised in a pink splat of paint so it stands out but also links to the activity.

Magazine Analysis

Preliminary Task - Questionnaire

1. Do you read the student magazine?

 Yes
 No

2. What 3 colours would attract you to a magazine front cover?


3. How often would you like the magazine published?

 Weekly 
 Fortnight
 Monthly
 Half-term
 Term

4. How much would you pay for a college magazine?

 Nothing
 25p
 50p
 £1
 £2

5. What would you like in the college magazine?

 Health Advice
 Problem Page
 Revision Advice
 College Events
 Competitions
 Music
 Fashion
 Technology
 News
 Food

6. Would free things encourage you to buy the magazine?

 Yes
 No

7. What images would you like to see on the front cover?

 Student
 Teacher
 Student work
 Other

8. Would you like the magazine to be multi-platform?

 Yes
 No

9. Do you want advertising in the magazine?

 Yes 
 No

10. Where would you like the magazine distributed?

Preliminary - Questionnaire Analysis

From the questionnaire about the college magazine I found out that 90% of the participants don’t read the current version of the college magazine. The participants however inferred that they would read the magazine based on the questions that where asked.

The top 5 colours for a magazine front page that the participants suggested where black, red, white, blue and green. This suggests that the public like eye catching colours and ones that don`t clash, this would mean that from these suggestions I would be most likely to use black, red and white.

I also asked how often they would like the magazine published, the results concluded that 30% would like it monthly, 30% Termly and 20% fortnightly, although the monthly and termly got equal percentages the average amount of people suggested monthly issue of a college magazine, this would be able to keep the up to date more regally about college life.

Furthermore the public was also asked how much they would likely pay for a college magazine the results came out as 40% nothing, 20% 50p, 12% 25p and 12% £1. The most likely price I would charge for this magazine is 50p even though a there was a high percentage say nothing the majority still said they would pay something towards the magazine. Also 95% of the public free things would encourage them to buy the magazine meaning I could charge more for it to compensate.

When asking the public what they would like to see included in the magazine the top choices where music, food, competitions, fashion and revision so these would make the main feature articles and the front cover in every issue of the magazine as this is what the public would most want to see.  Furthermore on the front cover, I asked what image would they like to see and 70% said a student or a piece of student work as it gives them the opportunity to showcase work and also fits in more with the target audience.

80% of the public would also like to see the magazine available on multi- platforms so it would more accessible and in touch with this generation. Therefore I will include a web address on the front cover. 

Preliminary Task - College Magazine

Front Cover 

Contents Page