College Magazine Cover Analysis

College Magazine Front Cover Analysis

This college magazine has a bold, orange masthead to attract the audience’s attention so they know what the magazine will be based on. This orange colour scheme is also

placed in other areas around the page to show importance to the topics, but also to fit with the overall style. Blue and yellow is also used to add interesting visuals to the page and attract the audience to read them. The image shows a student in smart clothing and portraits that he is ready to learn in college. The image gives a positive view of the black male, which goes against the usual stereotyping of his race, age and gender. The image doesn’t distract from the cover lines, yet it still impacts the page, giving the audience further visual information. The cover line topics also give some indication as to the context of the magazine. With references to university, professors and campuses-alongside the college masthead- it shows that “College Lifestyle”, is about life at college. However, it also includes other topics that would be relevant to the target audience. These are topics such as technology, fashion and sport. These topics further entice the audience to find out more and carry on reading the rest of the magazine. The fonts used are bold variety that are clear and understandable for the audience to view. The larger fonts attract more attention to the audience, showing these topics have more importance. The text is placed around the outside, so it doesn’t distract from the image, but is still present for close reference. Other images such as sunglasses and an iPad are also present to encourage the audience further and give extra visual information.