Kollege Magazine evaluation

I am extremly fond of Ben's magazine. I feel his use of colours worked work well with the house style of his writing on the front cover of the magazine and also the contents. The house style fonts he used are appealing to the eye as they are bold and red which suddenly caught my eye as soon as I looked at the front cover of Ben's magazine. He uses red colouring for the font quite often which could connote 'love' implying 'love for the college'. Anchorage is also used on the front cover to grasp the readers attention, this is seen by the motto he has included which says 'aspire your desire'. The denotation of this is to achieve ones goal but the connotation behind this is to succeed at college and beyond. His magazine name is also very clever as it is extremly aimed at the younger generation as this letter change is used quite frequently to create a 'hip' affect of the magazine. I thought this style of font worked best with the magazine, there was also other fonts he was planning to use but didn't feel they would suit the magazine. The lay-out is in a very simplistic way so the reader can easily understand it, this is due to who it's aimed at. It is aimed at all ages including students and even staff.

The photo's of the student on Ben's front cover (me) shows the student revising setting a good and encouraging example to other fellow students. It is a full shot of the student so the audience know how he is revising. Moreover on the contents page the student is seen on the right of the page with his eyes facing the contents listings. This is to direct the reader to look at the contents listing. The other two spare photos Ben took were unused as he felt they would look out of place in which I also agreed. The photos are also in black and white which gives an air of mystery about the magazine.

To keep the magazine striking and authentic it can also be seen that Ben has used the 'Wyke College' logo to show who the magazine is aimed at. Moreover he uses a bar code on the front cover of his magazine to make it authentic so it gives that magazine feel about it. The coverlines used on the contents are also relevent with student life as they are revolved around it. Moreover it is easy to identify the main headline of the magazine as it is in bold and covers the bottom of the page. I also thought the editors note was very clever as it gives the reader an insight of what the main issue will be about in the magazine. This usually appears in many magazines.

In conclusion I think that Ben's magazine is very professional and attractive towards the audience. It looks like a typical magazine with similar features. It is certaintly a magazine me or anybody else would definatly purchase!

By Lindsey Simpson