Grimsby College
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Front Cover
Front Cover
The Grimsby College magazine contains the following, a masthead of “GX Magazine” which stands out in a white and grey large bold font, contrasting on the blue background, with a reasonably good colour scheme of blue, white and grey; the use of imagery for the front cover is a cartoon image of what seem to be two students, this is different to the normal medium shot which is usually used on the front cover; also, there are smaller thumbnails which illustrate the articles featured within the magazine and on the cover, the way they’re positioned shows the creator of the magazine has thought about the layout and kept the thumbnails look neat and tidy. The footer “the word on the street…” has a continuous flow throughout the magazine, this could be the colleges’ slogan.
Contents Page
A new vibrant colour scheme is introduced, pink, black, white, blue, orange and green, which is continuous throughout the magazine, showing the creator has taken time and effort into getting the magazine to look reasonably good; there are also thumbnails on the contents page which relate to articles being featured, also underneath the article name there are little descriptions as to what the article is about so the audience has a good idea what article they’ll be interested in the most.
Institution
The ‘GX Magazine’ is produced by the students or staff at Grimsby College. The reason for this will be because they want the students to have a better understanding of themselves, college life and what to do after college, so they’re prepared for the future.
The ‘GX Magazine’ is produced by the students or staff at Grimsby College. The reason for this will be because they want the students to have a better understanding of themselves, college life and what to do after college, so they’re prepared for the future.
Ideology
The ideology for Grimsby would be that the production team focus more on getting the information about jobs out to the students, than focusing on getting their students into university, which could lead to the students feeling pressured into going to university.
The ideology for Grimsby would be that the production team focus more on getting the information about jobs out to the students, than focusing on getting their students into university, which could lead to the students feeling pressured into going to university.
Audience
The magazine is aimed at the students which attend the college, genuinely aged 16-19. Also, the magazine targets its audience of college students by mentioning how the students can advance in life after college.
The magazine is aimed at the students which attend the college, genuinely aged 16-19. Also, the magazine targets its audience of college students by mentioning how the students can advance in life after college.
Representation: GX Magazine represents the students in a true light; I know this because in the contents it features articles which can relate to students, and help them within their own lifestyle, and educational lifestyle. Also the featured articles show that the college care about their students’ life now and after they do leave college.
East Riding College
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Front Cover
Front Cover
The East Riding College magazine, contains a very bland white masthead of “Student Life” however it stands out on the colour scheme of black and white but this isn’t very appealing to the audience as it doesn't shout out “read me!” like most magazines whether they’re college or gossip magazines do; a long shot of a group photo, with their backs to audience which isn’t great as on a magazine, the model or models need to be making eye contact with the audience; an issue and price are featured on the magazine; one main feature “Media students in Berlin. See page 12” which is illustrated by the front image; six very little features in the bottom left corner, however there isn’t any thumbnails to illustrate these articles, and the way they have been laid out look like they’ve just been dumped there with no thought go into the layout; a logo of the college in the bottom right corner, which looks to have been placed there to fill in the empty space left behind from not enough context on the front cover.
Contents Page
The contents page changes its colour scheme slightly by including green to their original scheme of black and white; five thumbnails which illustrate an article possibly featured in the contents box, however it’s hard to tell which thumbnail illustrates what feature as they’re just posted onto the page. The layout of this page does not appeal to the audience as it’s very bland and boring, there’s nothing that stands out to attract the audience’s attention.
Institution
The East Riding College magazine is produced by students from the college itself; this is a great idea as the students will know what news has happened to feature in the magazine, and what events will be happening in the near future. However, looking at the layout of the magazine shows the students didn’t think too clearly about how they wanted to portray their college within a magazine.
The East Riding College magazine is produced by students from the college itself; this is a great idea as the students will know what news has happened to feature in the magazine, and what events will be happening in the near future. However, looking at the layout of the magazine shows the students didn’t think too clearly about how they wanted to portray their college within a magazine.
Ideology
The ideology for the College is to inform students what’s going on within the college, life after college such as what to do during their gap year, and some things which will help them outside their college.
The ideology for the College is to inform students what’s going on within the college, life after college such as what to do during their gap year, and some things which will help them outside their college.
Audience
This magazine is aimed at the students within the East Riding College, as the articles seem to be about what the students within the college have done on their recent trips. The articles which have been featured may not appeal to people outside of the college as they won’t understand how the college works, and what the articles are about.
This magazine is aimed at the students within the East Riding College, as the articles seem to be about what the students within the college have done on their recent trips. The articles which have been featured may not appeal to people outside of the college as they won’t understand how the college works, and what the articles are about.
Representation
The way the students within the college have set the layout for the magazine, seems to have been lazily, the representation given by this is that the college are lazy, and don’t have much creativity within them, to make a simple magazine stand out at the audience. Whilst looking at the articles, the college is represented in accurately as the articles featured are all about what’s going on within the college environment, which will obviously state what the college students are like.
The way the students within the college have set the layout for the magazine, seems to have been lazily, the representation given by this is that the college are lazy, and don’t have much creativity within them, to make a simple magazine stand out at the audience. Whilst looking at the articles, the college is represented in accurately as the articles featured are all about what’s going on within the college environment, which will obviously state what the college students are like.
Lewisham College
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Front Cover
The Lewisham College magazine contains, a clean bold white masthead of “The LC” and the issue stamp “Winter 2011” in a smaller font, but still bold and white; a long shot of a musician for the imagery; one large feature which is aimed at the imagery used for the front cover, this is bold and white, with a description of the article underneath in the same font, but not bold, also three smaller features but still stand out as they’re in a white bold font, but without any descriptions; a small college logo in the right hand corner, also in white. The colour scheme for this magazine would be white which contrasts on the image used.
The contents page adds more colours to first colour scheme introducing blue and pink used on the headings for three very small informative pieces, also the colour black has been used for the informative text. There are five small thumbnails which illustrate the little pieces of text on the contents page, and one close up of the principal above her piece of text. Underneath each of the article names there are little descriptions, and there is a small list of the writers which put together the magazine. All small text is in black, apart from the blue writing underneath the contents list which tells the students where they can go if their interested in becoming a part of the team.
Institution
The magazine has been produced by the students from the Lewisham College; this way the students which have produced the magazine will know what the audience will want to be included.
Ideology
The ideology for “The LC” is for the students to make the most of their college life; in the magazine, there seems to be no mention of higher education or life after college, everything seems to fit into the college life, so the students don’t feel as pressured to attend higher education or get a job as they may feel in other colleges.
Audience
The audience for “The LC” is the students which attend the college, but this magazine seems to be aimed at people who are more interested in art, music and what is happening within the college.
Representation
This magazine represents the students and the college positively, as the features show what the students did to make themselves look good, and the college look like a better place to be studying at. The articles which are featured show that the college staff as a whole are interested in what their students are doing, which maybe makes younger generations want to go to this college.
Front Cover
The Lewisham College magazine contains, a clean bold white masthead of “The LC” and the issue stamp “Winter 2011” in a smaller font, but still bold and white; a long shot of a musician for the imagery; one large feature which is aimed at the imagery used for the front cover, this is bold and white, with a description of the article underneath in the same font, but not bold, also three smaller features but still stand out as they’re in a white bold font, but without any descriptions; a small college logo in the right hand corner, also in white. The colour scheme for this magazine would be white which contrasts on the image used.
Contents Page
The contents page adds more colours to first colour scheme introducing blue and pink used on the headings for three very small informative pieces, also the colour black has been used for the informative text. There are five small thumbnails which illustrate the little pieces of text on the contents page, and one close up of the principal above her piece of text. Underneath each of the article names there are little descriptions, and there is a small list of the writers which put together the magazine. All small text is in black, apart from the blue writing underneath the contents list which tells the students where they can go if their interested in becoming a part of the team. Institution
The magazine has been produced by the students from the Lewisham College; this way the students which have produced the magazine will know what the audience will want to be included.
Ideology
The ideology for “The LC” is for the students to make the most of their college life; in the magazine, there seems to be no mention of higher education or life after college, everything seems to fit into the college life, so the students don’t feel as pressured to attend higher education or get a job as they may feel in other colleges.
Audience
The audience for “The LC” is the students which attend the college, but this magazine seems to be aimed at people who are more interested in art, music and what is happening within the college.
Representation
This magazine represents the students and the college positively, as the features show what the students did to make themselves look good, and the college look like a better place to be studying at. The articles which are featured show that the college staff as a whole are interested in what their students are doing, which maybe makes younger generations want to go to this college.
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