Magazine analysis

Alice Stone

MAGAZINE ANALYSIS

The brief was to make a magazine front cover for a college magazine, I chose to do a college magazine that involved a

lot of music influences and was mainly about music for college students.

THE BRIEF

I think on my front cover the picture worked really well because it suits the music and college genre really well.

I think the masthead and name worked really well because it is short and snappy but because of the black on red it draws

attention.

I also really like the red, black and white colour scheme because everyone knows that those colours go well together and I think

that they are common colours and colours that people look towards particularly the bright red.

WHAT WORKED

Sometimes on my magazine front cover I have used black over dark areas of the picture so it hasn’t showed up very

well.

WHAT DIDN’T WORK SO WELL?

The part I found most difficult was the amount of layers and making sure they were all right for

example I cut the head out of the body and moved it about the writing at the top so it stood out, but I

found that part very difficult to get it lined up correctly.

MOST DIFFICULT?

I found the masthead easy because I already had practise with it before so I knew how to do it.

WHAT WAS EASY?

I learnt –

how to put effects onto a picture.

Use text effectively on a magazine

A lot about the layout of a magazine

Colours that work on a magazine to get attention

Conventions of a magazine

Things that have to be on a magazine

New things on Photoshop

Good idea of what works and what doesn’t for future work.

WHAT I LEARNT

If I was to do my whole magazine front cover again I would use a picture of a band with their instruments and make it

look very professional.

I would also change my layout slightly so that things were clearer but I would mostly keep it the same because I am very pleased with it overall and I think that it looks good

and will appeal to the target audience of students particularly ones with an interest in music.

IF I WAS TO DO IT AGAIN I WOULD…

I would compare my magazine to a magazine like ‘Q’ because I got my idea for the masthead from this magazine and it would appeal to the same audience as my magazine

COMPARISON…

Overall I am very pleased with my magazine front cover, I think that it is perfect for the audience that I am appealing

to and has a lot of variety from a musical point of view within it.

OVERALL…