Research and planning: College front cover analysis

What I learnt-

The intended target audience is people who are currently studying at collage and want to be involved with extra curriculum activities. It’s also a way of gaining information about collage associated tasks and helps students with future careers.  The conventions of the magazines on a connotation level are colours which you would associate with student life e.g Purple, it has connotations to royalty and if the article is on the past success of students, the purple will be appropriate here. The house style must be consistent and this is done through typography- no more than three fonts. The house style must also have conventional colours which are yellow, purple, white, black, red etc… most colours can be associated to a collage magazine as long as it has connotations to the article itself. This is to enforce brand awareness.  The main image is normally an image of a college student who has something which invokes the academical side to collage but this is only different, if the featured article is sport.

Ideas that we can use-

·       Pull quotes- from students, teachers and student services. This depends on the topic page.

·       There can be interviews with teachers, student service, tutors and students which can provide us with a range of topics.

·       Btec courses showing the practical side of their course and pull quotes with how the students are finding their experiences.

·       Cover lines: enrichment activities, drama department, science department and public services.

·       We can have an agony aunt double page spread which tackles student issues.

·       Trips from the past and trips that will be available.