Dear Moderator

Welcome to my AS Media Studies blog. I have created a college magazine as a preliminary task, and created a music magazine for my main task.

My research and planning began September 2011
My magazine production began January 2012
I then did my evaluation in March 2012

My completed magazine is below

I hope you enjoy reading this.

Thank you.

Thursday, 15 September 2011

Research and planning-college magazine analysis

I am going to analyze a college magazine for the features of both a general magazine and those which make it obvious it's a college magazine.
Large masthead at the top, which is typical of any magazine.
The image has a guy with books, this is a stereotypical image of someone from a college.
The stories inside have very short names, to catch attention, there is no depth as young people lose focus more easily.
There are only 3 main colours, stereotypical of all magazines, this is to keep to a house style.
The main feature inside stands out, in this case it is pink, this is to make sure it is what the target audience direct their focus to the most.
The slugline is at the top, it is tiny as it doesn't have much important, but it keeps the same every edition and is never changed.
Bar code in the bottom corner, all magazines need one.
The image is of a young guy, fits in with the target audience of college students, they can relate to him.
Very few font style and size changes, too many would make it harder to keep to the house style.

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