The masthead is a bright green colour. This is stands out clearly. It also contrasts with the other writing on the page. This allows the magazine to look good and stand out to its audience.

The main image of the magazine is of a student. He is looking at the audience, a form of direct address. The student is holding some books, this shows he is an intelligent student.

The background is dark. This helps enforce the brightness and boldness of the lightly coloured words this again making the magazine stand out.

Each of these topics is portrayed brightly and boldly. They are the main topic of the issue and the way they are presented stresses this. The main topic is clearly portrayed by the size of the font.

The model on the cover seems to be wearing nice clothes. This not only stresses he is intelligent but that he is wealthy and stylish. An iconic student figure.

An advertisement is used here. It is made clear to the reader by changing the colour and making it bright and stands out. It goes against the contrast of colours.

Heading is big bold and bright. This stands out clearly and shows to the audience what the main theme or topic of the issue is about.

Title of the magazine is placed at the top of the cover page. Black and white colouring clearly stands out and shows the audience what magazine it is.

Small puffs are used to show other topics that are within the magazine. These will be short and interesting, to grab attention of the reader.

Two models are used, both are wearing sporting clothing and are in a stadium, this makes the magazine appealing to a sports audience and also shows them to be good at their sport

This picture may suggest that the college may be an all girls one because all the models are female or that the sports team is successful. You can see the students are happy. Their happy expressions connote excitement during college life.

This picture shows to its audience a view of one of its buildings. The building itself is very well structured and elegant. The magazine is showing the audience the architecture.

The volume and issue number are displayed clearly at the top to show the audience what issue/volume they are reading

Page numbers are clearly stated to show reader what page article is on

Conventional large title font, used to show reader title of article.

Small font size and non bold explanation text explaining what article is about etc.

Bold question, shows its reader what features and topics are inside the magazine.

Various adverts and company names inserted at bottom of page to advertise the companies or show who is involved in the making of the magazine. It gives the reader a perspective of these elements.

Page numbers used to show reader what page articles are on. They are all neatly aligned in a straight line, making it easier for the reader to find articles.

Magazine has highlighted certain articles in orange as cover stories. These may be interesting or motivational articles.

Various pictures placed to entertain the audience and make the contents page seem more colourful and appealing.

Evaluation I have created a cover page and a contents page for a college magazine. I think that I successfully constructed a realistic and interesting double page spread. Each of the pages are both colourful and stand out to the target audience, which is college students (16-19). I think that the layout is one that college students can relate to and enjoy reading as well as grabbing their attention when coming to choosing a magazine to read. I think I have successfully applied the right conventions when coming to construct a college magazine. For example the magazine itself is bright and has one main image, this is similar to the magazines I have researched and therefore would compete in the market. I have learnt a lot during the construction of magazine. I have learnt about two new applications. I n design and Photoshop I used both when creating my magazine cover and contents page. Both applications are fairly complex so when I fi rst used them I struggled to fully grasp what I needed to do. However af ter a while I got used to them and now know how to use them. Before I started creating my cover and contents page I researched other pages so I had an idea of what to add to my pages to make them interesting as well as professional. I think by using this research I have made my pages the most professional and realistic as possible. I f I were to repeat the task, I would change the pictures and change the box types. The reason I would do this is because there would be a variety of diff erence on the two pages. I think that this again helps influence the reader when coming to choose a magazine. Overall I think that I have successfully constructed both a cover page and a contents page for a college magazine. I have learnt to use new types of technology and will use this new knowledge when creating my music magazine. I have also learnt that it is extremely hard to create a magazine and is a complex business.