Our magazine is aimed at a student reader, which inspired the name "Campus Mango", which refers to college whilst being slightly comedic. The photograph of our model on the front is bright and friendly, making the magazine look approachable, encouraging the reader to pick up the magazine. We tried to include witty cover lines and strap lines to appeal to the demographic of our audience, whilst including articles which they may find interesting or useful. This is similar to other college magazines we've studied, which included each of these features.
However, we have created our magazine so it is slightly different to the typical college magazine; it is aimed at mainly a mature female audience, which is similar to a women’s magazine. Nevertheless, it is still slightly upbeat and includes humorous features which create a more college feel. We felt it quite simple to relate to the audience as it is aimed at people similar to us. To portray this, we used language and font which was easy to read, and included topics that we felt we could relate to as the ideal audience.
Through creating the college magazine, I have learnt how to use ‘Photoshop’ more effectively, thus I am now able to edit and improve a photograph. We also used a programme called ‘Quark Xpress’, which I found was a useful tool for creating a contents page. I hadn’t used the programme prior to this project, and I have now learnt how to successfully arrange text and pictures on a page in order to make it look professional.
Grade: C+
ReplyDeleteWell done, this shows a good understanding of concepts and technical language. You have made connections between genre, representation and audience - this is especially impressive at this early stage in the course.
However, you need to write in more detail about how you've addressed the target audience.
Together with your practical work, this represents a really good start to the year - give yourself a pat on the back.