College Magazine Evalutaion

COVER PAGE

What Went Well

• The teasers on the page. They are in bold white and orange font so that they are easily seen.
• The color scheme is consistent and that they reflect the college colors.
• The image is related to the cover article as it gives tips for UCAS and the thumbs up reinforces that. The model is also looking directly at the audience thus creating a connection.
• The cover line is across the page making it stand out from the rest of the teasers.

What could be improved

• The image used as it was stretched.
• The distribution of teasers as they are mainly on the left side of the page.
• The masthead could have been spread across the page.

Audience Feedback

I like the way you have listened to the task brief of using a medium shot for your model and a plain background, as it is easy for the reader to focus on the model. Also using a colour theme of orange,white and blue gives your magazine consistency but its easy for the reader to identify the cover lines. One thing i would improve on is having the cover lines on both the left and right side of the model rather than across him. 

CONTENTS PAGE

What Went Well

• The colors from the front page are carried over onto the contents pages, giving the magazine a consistent house style.
• The contents are organised in a column on the left side of the page in a bright orange box.This makes it stand out from the blue background and draws the reader to it. 
• The use of the editors letter makes the contents page realistic. It also gives an insight into a students life as it gives an opinion on current events such as UCAS applications and settling into college.

What could be improved

• More images could have been used to advertise the feature articles. This would make the contents page more appealing as it would show the readers a visual representation of what the articles are about before reading them.

Audience Feedback

Again I think using a colour theme gives your magazine consistency but it allows the reader to focus on what is written. I think having an editors note makes your magazine look more realistic and shows you have put effort into your contents page. One thing I would improve on is having another picture because your contents doesn't look very appealing.