Research and Planning: Evaluation of college magazine

Front Cover:
I think that my front cover looks quite good. I think that I chose the font sizes correctly for their uses and they look correct on the page. My front cover consists only of blue, green and black so it follows the 3 colour rule, I chose these colours because they look bright and vibrant, but can also be used to look serious too. I have used a similar look on my contents page and would continue the look throughout the magazine if needed. The main central image used is a high-light mid-shot of my friend, who is using direct address to connect with the audience and is smiling to give off a friendly look that I wanted my magazine to represent about the college. I think that I chose the right amount of stories on the cover and I think that the stories that I did choose work well and would grab my audiences attention.

Contents Page:
I think that the font sizes on the contents page are good because it allows me to show everything that is included in the story, whilst still making it clear. Like the front cover the contents page follows the same 3 colour rule that I would be using consistently throughout the magazine. It is mainly because of this that I feel you can tell that the contents page and the front cover are from the same magazine, another feature that helps with this point is the tone I tried to express through the magazine. The photographs that I have used were chosen because I feel that the represent the college well, each photograph is well taken and appropriate for the magazine. I feel like I included enough stories in my contents page as I didnt want it to be too long, but I included a fair few stories anyway.