We evaluated some college magazine front covers we found online to give us an idea of what makes a good college magazine cover so we apply those when creating our own college magazine.
The layout of this magazine works well. The masthead fits across the top of the page perfectly, the person in the photo is directly centre and the coverlines are written all around him not covering his face. The top of his head goes over the masthead so his eyes are not cut out by it. The colours work well together and are kept very minimal with different shades of blue and a tan colour, the blue fits with the darker blue background of the photograph.
Once again, the masthead fits perfectly across the top of the page, with the persons head covering it partly so we can see them properly, however the
masthead can still be read. The cover titles are placed differently to the
first and are all down the bottom so the photo is not hidden by them and they
are still legible. The colours once again fit the background by using white for
the masthead and some of the cover lines and aslo using yellow and a pop of
red.
This magazine is a little bit more busy but still works well
as a front cover, it is a college football magazine so the business of the
front could represent the business of a football match. The photo is an action
shot and the person is wearing green and white, the colours of the magazine
contrast his uniform by using mainly white and yellow. The coverlines do not
cover the photo at all but the photo slightly covers the masthead. The masthead
fits well across the top of the page.
The font of this magazine does not fit very well, it looks
very unprofessional and the colours do not fit the photo very well. The
background of the photo is a garden and was not thought through very well as it
does not reflect a college and because of the lighting you cannot see the photo
very well. The cover lines are placed randomly around the edge and do not fit a
format, the masthead also does not fit across the top.
The photo is much more suited to a college magazine in this
as you can see it’s taken outside a college, however the colour scheme does not
fit with it. The masthead is placed to the left of the cover and does not go
across the entire top which is unconventional. As the previous, the cover lines
are placed very randomly all around the magazine and many of them are not
legible because of the colour, size and font. The photo does not have direct
mode of address so we do not relate to the person on the front.
The masthead for this cover is on two lines which is very
unconventional and makes it look unprofessional. The font of the cover lines is
in serif but is not very readable, the cover lines are minimal and are not
fitted in a professional looking format around the photos, although the front
colours fit the photos it is a bleak colour and does appeal to the desired
audience. There are also several different fonts which makes it look messy
