Prelim task

I have managed to make my magazine cover, for the prelim task, look like an authentic cover by using the conventions of a magazine genre. I have done this through relating everything to my target audience, which is college students. I have done this by naming the magazine after the college where it would be sold, also I used students for my image on the cover. The colour of the cover also will help people associate people with the fact that this magazine is about St Mary's as it uses the same blue as the college. Also with the colours I have made the background a bright blue and the writing bright white. This entices the reader and invites them to come and look at it. To gain interest in the magazine i used a direct address image, which invites readers in as the image is making eye contact with the reader. I have used a strapline to advertise a competition inside of the magazine which may grab the readers attention and want to find out what it is. To make the cover look more authentic i placed a barcode, price and date just like real magazines have.

 The things which i would now change if i could do it again are, that i would have placed the college logo in the space in the top right hand corner of the cover, in order to create a more authentic look. I would possibly also add more text on the front cover of what is inside of the magazine, or talk in more detail about the things i have mentioned, to grab the interest of the reader further.