College magazine analysis

For my Sunderland college magazine, I chose to use a picture of myself holding up an A-Level English Language book from the library. The angle of the picture is a medium shot of half my body/shoulders and face looking directly at the camera. I chose to use this picture because it shows the audience the very good facilities the college has. I was smiling at the camera to show how good the resources are that Sunderland college obtain. 

I chose to put the header of my magazine at the side which was a risk but I made sure it stood out so people could still see it clearly. I made 'Sunderland College' bold dark blue writing with 'Cable' underneath ranging from the 'C' being dark blue to the 'E' being a very light blue to give it effect. I decided to do this because as it needs to attract young adults it can't all be boring, so I added lots of different shades of blue to entice the audience to view the magazine. I named my magazine 'Sunderland College Cable' because the use of the alliteration would also attract the audience' age range. Although cable is a very old saying, I've used it because usually on cable shows you find out the latest news so you can never miss out. This is what my magazine is like, the latest news for all students. I made the background white behind the header so that it also makes the title stand out above everything else.

Around the left side of my magazine I included information that will be appearing in the magazine. I put the titles in a blue colour as it fits with the house style of my magazine. Since my magazine has a house style of blue and white, I put the information that went under the titles in white so this also fits and allows the magazine to follow pattern. I picked the colours blue and white because the Sunderland College logo is actually blue and white so it actually fits with the house style of the college too. I added a range of exciting information around the side of my magazine so the majority of the students who attend the college will find it interesting and will read on. 

I added the Twitter and Facebook logo sign to the front page of my magazine to show the audience that they can get in touch and find out more of the latest news via internet. The colours of those logo's also fit in with the colour scheme of my magazine. 

On the contents page of my magazine I included a large header saying 'Contents'. I made this blue to match the colour of my magazine. I included a picture on the contents page to show the audience about other resources the college has and how important they can be to them.