Photo Editing

I chose a few pictures for my front cover and had a little play around with photoshop, this is what I came out with.

Draft layout for college mag

Judging from what I've seen in other college magazines, the layout is pretty simple, easy to read, not too flashy or over decorated...well, actually they're quite boring and plain.

I would like to do something that will actually draw attention to it, such as this magazine cover:

The only problem on this magazine cover is that it is hard to read, jumbled and doesn't have a lot of information, older people applying for college may want something more simple.

So I have decided to stick to the basic, plain colour scheme etc.

But my amazing photographic skills will make it beautiful...

College magazine layout research

I've had a look at some college magazine front covers, research suggests they are entirely different to any other magazine, the magazine may be aimed at a younger age group but it doesn't have your average celeb, impossibly buff guy or "miss perfect" on the cover, it is full of more real looking models, the layout is simple and there isn't alot of random things nobody really cares about unlike most magazines.

Here are some front cover examples, I could possibly consider a layout like one of these for my own college mag.

These first two covers have a more child like look to them, the colours are attractive and bold, although both the layouts and designs are completely opposite, they both have a good appeal that would attract teenagers.

The only thing with the first magazine is that it looks as if it is aimed at only females, the steriotyping of pink colours, curved text and a photograph of a girl.

These two magazines are both very similar, there is a bold headline, the colours are simple as is the layout and although both key images are of females, the magazines don't look remotely sexist or only aimed at one gender.

College magazine photoshoot

Right, so THIRD attempt thanks to my cleaner and the refresh button, I hate you both.

Anyway, I did a quick photoshoot at college for my college magazine, a few friends modelled their beautiful selves for me and this is what i came out with:

Media Studies- 01/10/2010

Today I did some work on Demographics.
What the...?
Demographics- Concrete variables: Gender, race, age, income, employment status and even location, used in government, marketing or opinion research.

In my media studies course, i will learn to analyze the media around me and be critical about what I see and hear.

The Jincar scale (Joint industry committee for newspaper advertising research)- This is the scale used to define the social class one individual belongs to (steriotyping)