Evaluation

                        Evaluation

My magazine has many of the conventions you would expect to see on a front cover for a magazine. I have done this purposefully, so that the magazine looks neat and professional. I have also done this purposefully so that I am able to include all the magazine conventions that are needed to be included, such as the masthead, small features, colour scheme, sky line, left third etc. the way that these are set out is really just as important, if not more important, as if they are just thrown onto the page without any real thought of where they are being placed then it can make the front cover look untidy and not cared for, and this really isn’t what I wanted my magazine to look like, I want it to look like it has been cared for and there is a reason for things being where they are.   By placing the barcode, price and issue number in the bottom left hand corner of the magazine, it not only makes the magazine look even more professional but also can determine how successful the magazine is, which could be seen as a positive.

I have used two students, who have been photo shopped so that they are actually on the campus of the college and you are able to see the college in the background and the college looks clean and tidy and a nice place to be. Originally, you could see lots of students in the background, when the photograph was landscape, however the image had to be cropped to portrait A4, so I lost some of that but you are still able to see the students in the background and this is good because it shows that the college is a place that excepts most people and it is a busy and popular college which is good to have on the front of the magazine as it is promoting the college. The college students are smiling and holding books which show they are hard-working and at college to learn, and by them smiling it shows that they are happy to be at the college and they are enjoying it. By incorporating the logo into the magazine makes the magazine seem more familiar and may make people recognise the logo more so it makes it more clear of which college the magazine is aimed at so I also see this as a positive which is why the logo has been included, by including the logo this is called an identifying image.

Institution

The magazine would be distributed around the college and advertised on the college website where students are accessing the site daily to check their emails and catch up on the courses they are studying so catching a glimpse of the college being advertised is indefinite. The college would not need to be distributed outside of the college or at other colleges because the magazine is solely for Wyke and their students and therefore no other colleges should need to know about what is happening, as the magazine is simply informing people about events happening at Wyke and then exam pressure etc which other colleges will have in their magazine for themselves.

Ideology

By using an image of the college site, it shows that we are not afraid to show off the college facilities and that the college is a clean, tidy and happy environment to be in. the fact I have used two students stood happily smiling and holding books this gives the impression that they are happy to be at college and enjoying their education which is definitely a positive. The fact I have used two women also promotes the idea that men and women are equal at the college and women have just as much of a chance to gain a good education as men despite the stereotypical view that women are supposed to stay at home and not gain an education, this is 100% not the case now in the modern world we live in and at Wyke college.

Audience

It is clear to see the audience that my college magazine has been aimed at, it is aimed completely at college student and the magazine has been made to help them further and to help them to find out about activities and clubs taking place at the college and to also give them help about exams and the pressure of exams and help them to succeed during their time at Wyke. However, college teachers may want to also read the magazine to find out what’s going on and what the students are up to, this could also give them a better idea of student life and help them to relate to students problems and help students feel like their teachers are their friends as well as their tutors.

Representation

The college is represented well on the magazine front cover as the college looks clean and tidy and there is no rubbish anywhere on the site in the picture so therefore, this is a positive and the college site looks busy with students which shows that Wyke college is a popular place to study and not only that, the two students included on the front of the magazine are both smiling and both look really happy and enjoying their studies which once again promotes a happy environment for students which may persuade people to choose Wyke.