College Magazine-front cover analysis

This is the front cover for the Deyes High newsletter. During the analysis of this front cover I discovered that it has a poor layout and is boring in its design. The reasons for this are:

• It has no colour
• There is no eye catching images
• The logo is faded
• The layout has no shape
• There is no masthead, instead a picture of the school
• It is exactly the same every month as it is of a house style
• The schools badge is the main front for the cover rather than having a headline or an attention grabbing picture

The reason why the newsletter is boring and plain is because it is more of a information booklet rather than a magazine and is just designed to get the message across to students and more importantly parents or guardians. There is no variation to the newsletter because it is all about the contents and the school printing the newsletter does not view the front cover as being as important as the content.

Introduction and genre

For my coursework I have been asked to make a front cover, contents page and 2 page spread for my own music magazine. The necessary research for this is as follows, i will create a questionnaire which will help me gain knowledge of what people like about music magazines and why, also I will study other music magazines and create a mock up of a college magazine.

My magazine will be a rock magazine. I have chosen this genre because although i listen to alot of different types of music i feel rock is my favourite and the most interesting. Some of my favourite bands/groups include:

• Rise Against
• 30 seconds to Mars
• The White Stripes
• Paramore

Research Questionnaire

For the first stage of my research i have created a questionnaire to gain a greater knowledge of my audience, to take part in my questionnaire click here

Coursework Brief

The brief states that I must produce a front cover of a music magazine, a contents and a double spread on an artist of my choice. Also I have to produce a front page of a college magazine and a mock up of a contents page. All of this including full research has to be completed by 16th April 2010. In order to complete the brief I will:- fully research music magazines

- Bands

- Genres

- Artists

- Other articles

- Create a Questionnaire

- Analyse a a school newspaper

- Websites and articles