Evaluation Of My College Magazine

In this task we were told we had to make a front cover for a college magazine and a draft for a contents page. I really underestimated this task as it proved to be a lot harder than I thought it would be. For starters getting a photo that would be eye-catching and relevant was very difficult. What to put on the front page for headlines, sub-stories, and general information was hard as well and I put a lot of research into getting the right things to put on the front cover. The contents page did not take as long as I thought it would; this was due to not having to put much on.

The first thing I did for my front cover was take a photograph. I originally took about fifty of around the college and the people in it. I then went back and started narrowing it down to about ten. Out of the ten I decided which one would be best to put on the front cover, this ended up been a photo of the Wilson Building. After putting it onto Microsoft Publisher I started work on the actual front cover. I needed a logo and slogan. I came up with “Wyke Weekly”, “College News” and Wyke News”. Wyke Weekly seemed too cheesy and it didn’t feel right having it on there. College News was too general and I wanted a magazine for this particular college. Wyke News worked well enough. As I sat back and looked at the front cover so far I realised I really didn’t like it. It looked too much like a brochure for advertising the sale of a house, or a leaflet advertising a university, not a magazine for 16-19 yr old students.

I scrapped the whole thing and started fresh. This meant re-taking all of the photo’s which set me back a little bit. I rang my mate and asked if he would be willing to pose for a few photo’s which at first he didn’t like the idea of. After convincing him he said he was with someone else who would be willing to do it as well. So I met up with them and walked around college taking photos with them in it. I went into the rose garden, into all the buildings and even around the building site. This time I came out with about sixty photos and again went through the process of narrowing them down to about ten. The one I found that was the most eye-catching and with the most potential was one of them in front of the main entrance. It was also one of the few where they weren’t blinking, laughing, coughing or sneezing.

I put this on Microsoft Publisher and came up with a new name for it; WykeMagazine. I incorporated this into the photo using the logo on the front of the main entrance. Also on the entrance sign I put the date and price. In the bottom left I put a barcode. I then edited the people in the photo and make them cartoon-like. I added the main headline; Halloween Party At Asylum. This is accompanied with facts about the party making you want to read on. I then took a photo of someone in my class and edited them to look like the devil and put that within the text. This was a task on it’s own as I had a great deal of difficulty getting the photo onto Microsoft Publisher without it having a white background to it. I then put a section in the top-left saying what’s inside. For the contents page I put the heading “What’s Inside…” with a list of contents and a photo.

In conclusion, I found this a fairly hard task and making the mistake of getting the wrong photo’s cost me a lot of time and effort. Overall I enjoyed making this magazine front cover and contents page and think that it has worked out pretty well.

The Creation Of A College Magazine

My Stages Of Creating A College Magazine Front Cover

First off I wanted a cover that would catch your attention and look quite cool. Something a student would pick up, not a teacher. I took several pictures around college of people and buildings as a potential front cover. I ended up with about fifty photo's of Wyke College. To the left is a photo of the Wilson Building. This was the first front cover idea I had.

I wanted a quick, easy name to remember; WykeMagazine seemed appropriate enough. It wasn't trying too hard and by reading it you could tell what college it's for and that it is informal. This was then put in the font and colour of Wyke’s logo, bluey purple in bold writing. I then realised that this front cover was not catchy enough. It seemed too plain. Too boring. Not enough happening. The picture didn’t grab my attention at all and it looked more like a brochure advertising a building than a magazine for students.

I scrapped that idea and went for something new. I got my mate and his friend and asked if I take photo's of them. After a lot of work they said yes. I got them to stand

infront of different buildings and look happy. This was harder than I thought it would be. It was quite hard to get a photo of them

when they weren't laughing or blinking. In the end I got a photo of them infront of Wyke's main enterance. I took it into photoshop and edited it. I removed the word college on the sign, edited the logo Wyke to be 3D and shine and edited the two people to be cartoony and two tone. This (left) gave me a good magazine cover. I added the word "Magazine" under the Wykelogo and the price, date and slogan; "Everything You Need To Know". I then came up with a headline; "Halloween Party". This was accompnied with facts about the party and a photo I took of someone else in my media class edited to look like the devil. In the bottom right is a barcode. In the top left I put a section for "What's Inside". This explained what else might be in the magazine such as "Coursework Help" and "Smoking Rules Explained". The finished product looks like this:

The Contents Page:

This is the contents page of my college magazine

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Language
Institutuion
Ideoligy
Audiance
Representation

Secondary Teachers (Contents Page)

The contents of Secondary Teachers is very simple, easy to read and packs a lot of infomation in without overwhelming you. There is a straight line down the middle with the page with the page numbers and to the right of that are what are on those pages.

There are pictures to show you what you might expect inside and a little welcome note with an e-mail address to the left of the page. The heading is "what's inside?" which is fairly straight forward and gives quite a casual look to the magazine.

At the very bottom of the page is the small print saying that the magazine is 100% recyclable which is good as now-a-days recyling is very important. It also says the terms and conditions the the compotitions that go on inside the magazine.

Q Music Magazine (Review)

Q Music Magazine Review

"Q" is a major music magazine and is not the normal music magazine, most music magazines are just paper and are a price range of about 99p- £1.20. This is a glossy magazine with a price of £3.90. This is a music magazine for people who take a real seriousness of music.

The age group for this magazine is (instead of been for 16-21 like most music magazines) is for 25-40 years old. The logo is always in the top-left corner of the magazine with the catchline; "The UK's Biggest Music Magazine". There is normally a striking photo that will catch your attention. The photo will then link to the main story. In this case MUSE are releasing a new album and hoping for a new look. The photo is Matt Bellamy smashing a guitar.

There is then something in the bottom right that is the secondry main thing. In this case "200 Things You Didn't Know About The Beatles" accompnied with a photo.

The barcode is in the bottom left with the price and date.

Overall this magazine is an upper-class, fairly expensive magazine. But it does know what it's talking about, and is worth every penny.

Secondary Teachers (Front Cover)

The first thing you notice when you look at the magazine is the photo. This is made to attract your attention. It will then be a headline under or above the photo. In this case the photo is a child wearing boxing gloves. The headline is "Hooked".

In the top third of the cover is the title, Secondary Teachers. This is big and bold and makes sure you know the magazine.

At the very top of the magazine is a prieview of the magazine. For example, "Special end-of-year quiz".
At the bottom is the date and website.