Analysis Of College Magazine

This collage magazine is for an older group of students. The first thing you notice is the picture of the student in the middle. He is smiling and holding ‘law business and society’ books which make you think straight away that the magazine is about happy students who are studying. The colours on this cover are very well done as it has a theme of yellow and white which make the eye focus on the head line and title, which is titled as ‘college’ which straight away give you the right feel of college and education. I think the image size is a good size, it is quite big which draws your eye to the cover but not so big you cannot read the cover lines. The cover lines are also a good size. I think they could have been a bit bigger or brighter as some of the white ones are a bit harder to read. I like the way the fonts are all different on the cover lines except the main title of each one. Each font gives a different feel for what you are reading about. For example ‘the ultimate spring break escape’ is in a very thin relaxed font, whereas ‘make money on campus’ is in a bold yellow font. The tone of the magazine is good because it is very relaxed and fun yet it still is talking about collage and not only information for students but about the collage or ‘campus’ too. I think the target audience is probably for older student about 16- 19 as the student on the front looks quite grown up and the cover lines are a lot about making money or about doing things independently which makes me thing the students that this is aimed for is for people who live on their own or who are moving out. The magazine is priced at $4.99 which is about £2.70 which I think is a reasonable price for the target audience as it is for an older group of students and it does look quite well made and as if it has a lot of useful information inside. I think the magazine is seasonal as it says on this issue, summer issue. I think that would work quite well as we have terms through each season so it would help to have a lot of information based on the summer like summer breaks and then a winter issue based on Christmas savings and things. I also think this explains why the price is a bit more than an average magazine as if there are only four a year, for each season, I think it would have a lot of information and advice in each one.