Final Front Cover

I have finally completed my front cover and overall i am very pleased with the end results. I believe that the pictures and the text work well together and support eachothers meaning. I chose to have a big, bold and bright title to represent the happy students. I like the colour scheme and this is why i kept it throughout the intire magazine to create a sense of recognisabilty. I chose to name my magazine 'B.I.Z.Z' this is because it stands for 'the buisness' which students would appeal to as it is colliqual language and it relates to teenage dialogue. For the tag line i used the college name to emphise that fact it is a college magazine and will include only information about the college. As i said in my flatplan anaysis, i used a small font for my issue number and date, and did so for the same reasons, to inform but not dominate. I put the main headlines on the right side of the page and in red to briefly give the reader an insght and the information in white to stand out from the darker background. I kept however the main headline at the bottom of the page to show importance but by keeping it the same colours as the other cells, it does not draw too much attention away from the heading. I am please with my cover but if i had to chane anything to improve, i would possibly use differnt fonts to show differnt meaning and perhaps would have only used a couple of colours to not confuse or suggest too much busyness on the page.

Flat plans

To the left is my main idea for my contents page of my magazine. I wanted all the focus on the front cover and so made the contents very simple. I intend to have my title in the slanted box, colours are white on blue to stand out. Then to have the signiture magazine name printed at the top right, in bright green. Just below, i will write 'Sussex Downs College'in turquoise and have in a small font so that it informs but does not dominate. In the center/bottom on the page, i will have a large box, with a blue border in which to shape and draw to attention, this will include all the information about what is in the magazine, and as well as being bigger than the other boxes, the font is also red, to attreact the eye. So i chose these colours to make sure that your eyes are drawn all over the page and so you take in everything on it and not just the most important or bigger information. Everything is important on the page and so i thought everything needs to be seen clearly and well presented. One thing i may add will be a select few pictures to support the text and to emphise but i am not too sure as yet.


This is my flatpan for my cover. Again i have tried to keep it simple but yet appealing to the young audiance. I have selected my picture to be the full and main focus of my cover as a picture says '1000 words.' I also thought becasue my choosen picture was so simple and fresh looking i would try to stick to this template. I have put the tile in the top left corner, in large text, as seen on many magazines as its the main focus and attraction. I have then but the issue number and date in the top right because even though its in small text, its not the most attractive text but informative. The title will be in a bright green and will be used in every issue so it is recognisable and the issue & date in white. Just below the title, sits the tag line as such, which is in turquoise and in small font, again informing but it doesnt draw too much attention. Then to the right of the page lies all the insites to whats inside the magazine, then are in red and white to be the main focus and also i think a bold colour alwasy dominates.

Final Contents Page

This is my final contents page. I like this page becuase its informative but not crowed or bunched. I didnt really change it much compared to my flatplan because i always intented it to be simple. I think the colours work well together as the blue directs your eyes around the page. I kept the tag line and signiture name (colours) on the page to emphise thats it is a college magazine. I think becasue the box is slanted it gives it more edgey appeal rather than being formal and teenager tend to enjoy reading things that look better that its content, referring to stereo types.