My Contents page

My Contents page
Originally uploaded by Kate Pritchard

On my contents page I tried to keep the same colour scheme as the one created on the front cover. The masthead on this page is using the same font, but I made it slightly transparent to show that it is less important than the rest of this text, but added a drop shadow to make it still stand out. Beneath this I added the word Contents to show what the page is about, I coloured this pink to make it stand out against the background and the masthead.

In my questionnaire I found out that only 20% of people would be willing to subscribe to the magazine, thus I decided to create an offer that would entice readers to subscirbe by offering 50% off. I advertised this offer at the top of the page, the text is bright yellow which adds attention, and I also used capital letters to capture attention. The background colour of this text is a pale purple; keeping to the colour scheme and also in an interesting shape to attract the audience.

The 'on the cover' section is conventional of magazines, it allows the audience to track the articles that captured their attention in the first place quickly and easily. Therefore I decided to keep to this trend, and used capitals to make it seem more important than the general articles located at the bottom. The colour I used was pink, and also used an outer glow to make it stand out against the background. I used this same outer glow on the pictures to create somewhat of a theme.

The pictures that I used I think portray college life pretty well, there are a couple of pictures of friendship groups, which can relate to the audience, and also a picture of a college party atmosphere. I used this picture because it relates to one of the articles that I included in the magazine.
The background that I used was a pale blue colour, I used this because I wanted to try and tie the cover and the contents page together through colour scheme, although I do think that I should have used a picture instead, to relate to my audience better. If I was to do this again, I think I would try and make my magazine look more professional.

My Magazine Cover

My Magazine Cover
Originally uploaded by Kate Pritchard

The name of my magazine is ‘HGF’ I decided to place this at the top of the page in clear capital letters and in a bright purple colour so that it would stand out against the background and be easy to locate, I also did this because it is typical of most magazines that the masthead is located at the top. The font that I used was a youthful font that attracts my student audience. I tried to remain consistent in the use of font, and so kept it the same throughout. I did however; use a smaller size and different colours for the subheadings to make them stand out. I also used a drop shadow on the subheadings to add attention. The subheadings are arranged around the main image, this is to make them easy to read, and to also keep the attention on the image. I used bright coloured boxes behind the headings to make them stand out against the background, the text isn’t fitted inside the box, to relate to my audience and give a rebellious feel to it. The subheadings that I included on the front cover, are those that were asked for in my questionnaire.

To promote my magazine, I included beneath the masthead the fact that my magazine was new. I used an exclaimation mark to advertise and emphasis this point. The bright pink colour stands out against the blue background. The person on this magazine is making eye contact, this is conventional of magazines. I also included a date line and a barcode which are also conventional of magazines. The colour scheme that I used was purple, pink and blue which are bright colours, and should attract my audience.

If I was to change anything about my magazine cover, I would change the image. The lighting in this picture is not very good and so makes the magazine look unprofessional.