Evaluation

I started out by looking at conventions of different magazines and identified that the most used conventions are; the masthead, the Skyline, the main cover line, the selling line, barcode, the cover lines and the main image. Taking from my research, I decided to use these conventions on my college magazine.

In my planning I suggested that my model should be a student who is smiling and holding a folder/has a bag, I used this because this is the classic stereotype for a modern day student so when looking for my model I followed these classifications.

My audience would be anyone who is looking to join or already has joined Wyke College and wants to know more knowledge about the college/staff.

To appeal to my audience I used a model that fits into the same age group and using the word ‘welcome’ makes the reader feel like the college is happy to have them there. During my research I took out a survey to find out what people would like to see from a college magazine.

I took my photos of my model using my camera and loaded the best one on to Photoshop, using Photoshop I resized the image by using the ‘Ctrl+T’ shortcut. I then used the text tool to put the masthead, skyline, selling line, date line, and main cover line and cover lines. I then took a barcode from Google images and placed it onto my cover. The text was difficult to 

see on top of my image so using the blending options I used drop shadow to make my text easy to see over my image.

L – The image is a MLS of a student with direct mode of address. She is stood against a locker holding a folder which connotes that she is a student at Wyke College and is ready of a day of learning. Most magazines use a model with direct mode of address which inspired me to do the same on mine. I used the standard conventions of a masthead, skyline, selling line, date line, main cover line, cover lines and a barcode to make my magazine look realistic and make it actually look like a magazine and not a newspaper or poster. I used the college’s colour scheme to connote that this magazine belongs and is about the college.  I repeated the name of the college over and over again to show that the magazine is about the college. My skyline shows that this issue is a special edition issue and shows it’ll talk to people who have just joined/want to join the college.

I - I made this myself so it would be a small company and would only branch out to students/staff of this college or people considering joining the college.

I - The ideology of my magazine is to promote the college to people who want to join and for the people who have just joined to learn more about the college.

A - The audience is anyone who is looking to join/has already joined the college.

R – The model is represented as a student, she is stood within the college next to the lockers, holding a folder, these are stereotypical things you would see a student doing which connotes the ideology of the magazine.