2nd draft with photoshop

Need more of a background. The colours are too plain it's generally too boring. The 'photoshopping' isn't very good on the model.

First draft with photoshop

Much room for improvement. This is my basic first draft. I'll change the font and colour of the writing. I will enlarge the picture as well.

photo's

2nd Mock Up

First Mock Up

Price

As my target audience is between 16-19 year olds the price cannot be too steep otherwise the students wont be able top afford the magazine. I would produce the magazine twice a month therefore a price of £1.99 each issue is reasonable.

Target Audience

The target audience for my magazine is college students in particular the magazine will be aimed at sport students. I have chosen this because sport is an area in which I am comfortable talking about. It is also something that I can easily produce a medium close up photo of for my front cover. The age range of target audience for this magazine is 16-19 years old because this is the age group which attend college. By producing a magazine about sport, other people outside of the college environment would still be interested in buying the magazine because it has a neutral topic of interest. The target audience is an E demographic.

Task 3: Identify and explain choice of college to feature in my preliminary task.

GoAnimate.com: task 3 by Josh Worthington



Through this video I have identified and explained which college I have chosen for my preliminary task. I have chosen Wyke as my college for the preliminary task. I picked Wyke because of several reasons. They are:

• Accessability-Due to the task being limited time, chosing Wyke gives me more opportunities to chose take photo's
• I'm a student at Wyke so I know what happens here
• Students at Wyke are hard-working, polite and achieve good grades which correlates with the ethos of the magazine

Analysis of a college magazine (2)

Language

The masthead on this particular magazine isn’t very clear. However this can easily be recognised to mean Wyke entertainment (the title of the magazine). All writing on the splash is very clear and also part of a colour scheme which makes it easy for the reader to associate the magazine with Wyke 6^th form. The anchorage on this front cover stands out as opposed to the ‘COLLEGE’ magazine. The main image is again a medium long shot of a female student; this follows the conventions of a magazine front cover. All cover lines are very engaging with the target audience, by using the repetition of Wyke. This front cover also follows typical magazine conventions of having a barcode the date and issue number as well as the website.

Institution

Because it is also a college magazine the institution analysis will be the same:

The institution is the group that control the production process. From the front cover you can assume that the institution that produced the front cover is associated in some way with college. This is because a large publication company would have no interest in producing a college magazine. This is because there would be a very small profit as the target audience is relatively small. Therefore it is fair to assume that it is the college itself that has produced the magazine. Due to the production company having a smaller budget than that of a company producing a national or global magazine, the magazine will look cheaper; this could be as simple as the type of paper or type of camera used. Also because the target audience is limited the stories in the magazines can be more particular and more specific to particular pupil/teachers and events.

Ideology

Ideology is the meaning and ideas of the text. This particularly aims to engage the reader. All the cover lines are stories that involve the potential readers in some way. The ‘model’ appears as an everyday student. This achieved by a use of mise-en-scene with the folder being in one hand. Also with the use of cinematography it looks like the ‘model’ has just been stopped on her way to lesson. This effect is made by other students being in the background. The front cover is the main way to entice the audience to buy the magazine. This particular splash focuses on creating a bond with the students. They do this with the cover lines that encourage communication with people at the college e.g. “Wyke worries: Wyke’s very own agony aunt and also the website is clearly visible.

Audience

The audience is again made clear from the splash. The target audience is obviously students of Wyke 6^th Form College. Many factors indicate this. One factor is that the main image is a student. Also the main cover lines are about student life and or problems. Another reason is that the website on the magazine is the college email. More obviously you can connote that the magazine is for Wyke as you can see that W.E stands for Wyke entertainment. This magazine is clearly meant to be read and then there is meant to be an interaction between reader and the production company.

Representation

Representation is all about the individual/groups that appear in the text and about how they’re portrayed. Wyke Entertainment magazine is portrayed by the student in the main image. The life of a student is portrayed as being hard-work this is implied with the ‘model’ holding a folder full of work. Wyke is also portrayed as being a very helpful community about offering the opportunity of interaction as well as providing opportunities such as getting your articles published in the magazine. This reward/competition also gives a certain prestige about the magazine. The main story still has a mystery about the story. This is a clever representation about this particular story which becomes a tease story. This story is anchoring the main image so you immediately wonder what she has done surrounding a hunger strike.

Analysing a college magazine






L.I.I.A.R Analysis

Language

The language is the particular terminology being used. Language is vital to any front cover of a magazine. The masthead is the most important item on any front cover. It is the first thing any potential buyer will see. Along with the left third of the magazine, the masthead can be seen on any magazine rack because of the way they are stacked. There are many cover lines on this particular magazine cover. Unusually the main anchorage for the magazine which accompanies the main image doesn’t stand out anymore than any other of the cover lines on the front cover. The colour of the writing on the front cover is coordinated with the colours that the ‘model’ is wearing. All the cover lines are aimed to entice a student audience. All language used is clear and simple which encourages students to buy the magazine.

Institution

The institution is the group that control the production process. From the front cover you can assume that the institution that produced the front cover is associated in some way with college. This is because a large publication company would have no interest in producing a college magazine. This is because there would be a very small profit as the target audience is relatively small. Therefore it is fair to assume that it is the college itself that has produced the magazine. Due to the production company having a smaller budget than that of a company producing a national or global magazine, the magazine will look cheaper; this could be as simple as the type of paper or type of camera used. Also because the target audience is limited the stories in the magazines can be more particular and more specific to particular pupil/teachers and events.

Ideology

Ideology basically means the ideas and meanings of a text. The idea of the front cover is to encapsulate the audience. The meaning of the front cover is to briefly describe the contents. This particular college magazine appears to appeal to a ‘gossip lover’ with cover lines such as “She’s 15 and pregnant”. Despite this story clearly for fans of gossip, there is a wide range of varied stories within the magazine which caters for many different interests. The context of the text is very clearly deduced from the masthead – “COLLEGE”. The writing is very clear which coincides with the idea that the magazine is clearly for college students. Also the writing is red. Red connotes many things, one being power. This shows that students have power over the contents of the magazine.

Audience

Audience covers: who the magazine is for; what do people do with the product and whose needs does it fulfil. This magazine is obviously aimed at college students. This is clear from many techniques used on the front cover. The masthead itself – “COLLEGE”, immediately tells any prospective buyer that this particular magazine is in someway related to college life. The main image on the splash appears to be a student, this is another indication that the magazine is about college. All cover lines are about topics that surround everyday teenage life, e.g. teenage pregnancy and smoking, yet another indication to who the audience of the magazine is supposed to be. This is clearly a magazine which is to inform students about life on ‘campus’.

Representation

Representation is about who appear in the product or advertisement, in this instance a magazine front cover. It is also about how the people on the magazine are portrayed. This magazine is again obviously about students. From the main image alone students at this college are portrayed as all being good looking girls, who take pride in their college by wearing college colours. Each cover line story targets areas that are often associated with teenage life (not always flattering). E.g. teenage pregnancy, smoking and beer are all mentioned on the front cover. Despite all this there is a sense of cleanliness on the campus by the green background.