Enorf: College magazine front cover

Front Page:

The title of my college magazine is ‘enorf’ and this is the finished front cover. The reason behind the name of the magazine is due to this is a nickname that the college gets given by students and staff. This then makes the magazine loyal and easily correlated to by its target audience; Students of ‘East Norfolk Sixth Form’. The picture I used for the front cover is of two students socialising, they both happen to be male but by the types of clothing they’re wearing shows diversity in the college’s students and also cancels out stereotyping as they are both talking to each other yet they are displayed as from different sub-cultures. Capturing the ‘East Norfolk Sixth Form’ sign gives the reader something they can relate to at first glance if the title doesn’t do its intended objective. The colour scheme I have chosen to use is the original colours of the college. These are the colours you’ll see on the college logo, student handbook and college website alongside other college things. The colours are consistently kept throughout; orange, navy and white. The specific fonts are also kept throughout. This gives the magazine a theme. Themes are important on magazine front covers as this is what grabs your attention the next time you buy it, as it’s easily picked out from other competitors. As from the feedback I received from the questionnaire I clearly included the ‘what’s on’ guide on the front cover, as this is what the target audience would find attractive. In majority I believe my front cover does well to meet its target audience but the only let down is that due to the colour scheme for the college, it gives the magazine a very masculine perspective. This is something that I can pick up on and not make this mistake when completing my music magazine.

Contents Page:

With my contents page I kept a linear layout. This is because naturally older teens don’t like to be patronised by child like designs and patterns. It was also kept linear due to the fact the contents page is majorly a page to display information, this making it easier to comprehend. The same colour scheme runs through the magazine. Also the fonts are kept the same. The picture I chose to use was again trying to include the social side of college but this time adding the folder, that the two students were revising from makes it clear it’s still a learning environment, and a college magazine. This time around the contents page as you can clearly see has two females on. This gives it a more feminine outlook which contrasts to the colour scheme. To conclude I believe the contents page does what it should do. This is proven as it follows a clear theme, looks aesthetically pleasing to the eye and finally it tells the reader what’s in the magazine. The only negative I believe the contents page has is that the photo could be lightened using Photoshop. This gives me a good learning curve to not let this happen in my music magazine.