Research & Planning: College Magazine Evaluation

Evaluation:

First of all I can tell that both the contents page and front cover are indeed of the same magazine. I can tell this from the colour scheme, the font type and size. 

I  have followed the three colour rule in both the front cover and the contents page, the three colours I have used are pink, white and blue. Also, the background is a light grey. I think these colours work and compliment each other well. However, considering I used different programs to do the contents page and the front cover, you can see the colour of pink is a different shade on the contents page from the shade on the front cover. 

The font size and style I think suit the magazine style well, as it is of a reasonable size so people can read it and it leaves enough room for other aspects of the magazine. The font style I think matches the rest of the magazine because it is very basic and blends with the background and colour scheme nicely.

The medium close-up photograph on the front cover is well taken, although I could have improved the colours in the photo to blend with the colour scheme better. The photograph is also appropriate, since the girl is holding a book which the college studies in English Literature and the girl is wearing clothes which we would associate students to wear, making the photo highly appropriate to the purpose of this magazine.

The photographs on the contents page are appropriate too because they are a photo of parts of the Hyde Building and it is also well taken to capture different angles on the building. However, they could indeed be improved by possibly catching the buildings a little closer, especially in the first photograph without the cars being captured. 

The cover lines on the front cover are appropriate as all three of them relate to college, which includes different aspects of the college life. I did this on purpose to try and capture all areas of what happens around a college environment because it is not all about the subjects and grade. I also think I picked a good number of cover lines because there is not too many that it clutters the front cover, but there is also not too little of them that the front cover seems empty.

On the contents page I have outlined 20 possible pages for the reader to navigate through the magazine. I think for a college magazine this is a reasonable size of pages. Although, more could be added.

Lastly, I think the title of my college magazine is very appropriate because it is simple and outlines the purpose of the magazine incredibly well.