My college magazine

This is my college magazine front cover.

This is my cover for the college magazine I created as a piece of coursework. I have used one image for the background and the main image.The image used is of a friend and fellow student from college holding her work folder. I chose this image, because it links with the main feature of the issue and it is of a college student which is who the magazine is targeted for. It is also portrait, making it easier to fit to the cover of the magazine.

I called my magazine 'College term', because I wanted it to relate to what the magazine is about. Next to that I have put the college logo, so the readers know what college it is about.
The colour scheme matches the college logo, although this wasn't intentional.

I have used two smaller images on the front cover, they both are of students from the college and link to the stories listed in the contents page. I put anchorage text underneath that links to the image,to let the readers know what is in the issue.
I put the issue number and date in the bottom left hand corner, so the readers know they are up to date. 
I didn't use a barcode or put a price on it, because after my survey results I discovered that people would rather not pay for a college magazine.

This is my college magazine contents page.

I didn't want the contents page to look too busy and have lots on it, so like the cover I used one image for the main image and background and used two smaller images. This time I didn't put text around the images. I kept the colour scheme from the cover so it matched the college logo.

To improve, I would use more text on the cover because it is a bit plain for a college magazine. I maybe wouldn't use the colours to match the logo because it looks a bit dull and boring. I'd maybe also use images from around the college and not use the same people in my images. Also, I'd use more images relating to the stories in my contents page.