Evaluation
As part of my AS media coursework I had to design a front cover college magazine and contents page, I explored many areas to design this college magazine for example the language, institution, ideology, audience and representation.
Firstly the language I decided to use on my front cover aimed to sum up the whole piece and show what this college has to offer.
I decided that the masthead would also suggest the success of the college and because I chose to do a dance college having a title that sums it up would be a good idea. I decided on “centre stage” as been the title to symbolise the college in all its aspects.
I also decided on having a sentence on the front cover that would be consistent throughout the college magazine, this sentence would be “put a spring in your step” I used this to aim on the college having different connotations such as energy and happiness, but to also encourage success and determination.
In addition to this the different articles used on the front cover also were used to determine college life and teenagers which is who this magazine is aimed at. For example the article “health week” promotes the college in so many ways, all positive towards the college and its encouragement to the students.
I decided that the masthead would also suggest the success of the college and because I chose to do a dance college having a title that sums it up would be a good idea. I decided on “centre stage” as been the title to symbolise the college in all its aspects.
I also decided on having a sentence on the front cover that would be consistent throughout the college magazine, this sentence would be “put a spring in your step” I used this to aim on the college having different connotations such as energy and happiness, but to also encourage success and determination.
In addition to this the different articles used on the front cover also were used to determine college life and teenagers which is who this magazine is aimed at. For example the article “health week” promotes the college in so many ways, all positive towards the college and its encouragement to the students.
My initial idea of this front cover was to show the belief in the college and its success and well being of the students that attend.
It was also to show the fun side to college and to make students see there’s more to college then just books and work. Dance as a theme makes the whole magazine and college seem more interesting and different compared to other colleges it excludes dullness.
It was also to show the fun side to college and to make students see there’s more to college then just books and work. Dance as a theme makes the whole magazine and college seem more interesting and different compared to other colleges it excludes dullness.
The audience I wanted to appeal to for this college magazine were young teenage students wanting to or attending this particular dance college.
Using certain aspects of this magazine was also used to aim at younger people, for example using that certain image of the model doing a dance pose adds to the reasoning of the magazine and the college.
Using certain aspects of this magazine was also used to aim at younger people, for example using that certain image of the model doing a dance pose adds to the reasoning of the magazine and the college.
Furthermore the decisions of the colour scheme were taking into consideration as I had many different plans and ideas for the front covers colour scheme. The final decision was to make the background a light shade of grey and to make the text different shades of black, blue and grey. I did this to make the image of the model stand out on the page more.
Also using that chosen font, font size and colour was to also make the masthead noticeable and attractive to the viewer.
However I did feel the contents page was much more straight forward than the cover page, I decided straight away on the colour scheme and layout of the contents because I knew I wanted the contents page to reflect the front cover. In order of this I kept the font style the same for more of the text.
Also using that chosen font, font size and colour was to also make the masthead noticeable and attractive to the viewer.
However I did feel the contents page was much more straight forward than the cover page, I decided straight away on the colour scheme and layout of the contents because I knew I wanted the contents page to reflect the front cover. In order of this I kept the font style the same for more of the text.
Overall if I was to do this piece of coursework again I would have chosen a different image to use and would have taken more time to place it on the actual front cover as in my opinion I feel like that certain area was rushed. I would have also kept the font style the same throughout the front cover and contents page in order of keeping professionalism.
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