Research and production college magazine.

Tom Sykes.

Research into student magazines.

• Magazine One.I chose this student magazine because of its I chose this student magazine because of its simplicity and age. Its mast head is outstanding simplicity and age. Its mast head is outstanding on the page due to the colour and the footer also on the page due to the colour and the footer also reaches out to the reader. The price is clearly reaches out to the reader. The price is clearly labelled and the relevant date is shown. I thought labelled and the relevant date is shown. I thought this magazine would be interesting to pick to this magazine would be interesting to pick to compare to a more modern one aimed at a compare to a more modern one aimed at a similar audience to see how much has changed. similar audience to see how much has changed. The mast head font is san serif which for the time The mast head font is san serif which for the time it was produced was very radical and out there it was produced was very radical and out there considering it was an academic magazine.considering it was an academic magazine.

Research into student magazines.

• Magazine TwoI chose this magazine because it stood out and I chose this magazine because it stood out and interestingly did not adhere to the left third ‘rule’. interestingly did not adhere to the left third ‘rule’. The mast head again stands out to the reader The mast head again stands out to the reader and is instantly recognisable if you happen to be and is instantly recognisable if you happen to be a regular reader. The colour scheme is very a regular reader. The colour scheme is very bright and primarily soft. If we compare this to bright and primarily soft. If we compare this to the older magazine we will see that some of the the older magazine we will see that some of the lay out it much the same, it is still dominated by lay out it much the same, it is still dominated by the mast head and the footer is very forward. the mast head and the footer is very forward. The font is also san serif, it differs in that there The font is also san serif, it differs in that there are pull lines located around the cover.are pull lines located around the cover.

Examples of fonts.

The available fonts on DaFont are extremely varied and give a wide variety of what to use on your magazine. I chose a more informal font for my cover because I wanted the magazine to be aimed less formally at students to hopefully entice them into buying it more.

My original medium close up image.

• I chose this image as my medium close up for my front cover because I wanted to raise the issue of equality and rights in my magazine. I asked two of my friends to model this picture for me as I believe they had the correct look for the shot. Potential problems I had when photo shopping this was the flower in the background because of its variety of colour.

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This was my original medium close up and mast head.

After a while getting used to photo shop we were shown how to blend the mast head and background.

Here the magazine is beginning to take shape with the Mast head complete and barcode in place.

Starting to look more like a magazine here with the tag lines making appearance.

Finally my magazine front cover was complete with mast head and several edited tag lines.

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My contents page was initially black with a red and white theme.

I stuck with this theme when adding borders to the pictures and white writing.

As the magazine progressed I added several more pictures but I was not focused on the basic principals of a contents page.

After re evaluating my page I decided to change the colour and begin to add more cover lines.

Finally I completed adding page numbers to each picture and showing what will feature and on which page.

Flat plans and designs.

Final front cover.

Final Contents page.