Production of my College Magazine front cover :)

When thinking about my front cover for my college magazine I took many ideas into consideration with how I wanted it to look, however what would appeal to others.

After analysing several college magazines I decided to aim my college magazine mainly at the younger students in the college age 16-18 middle class students as they are the hardest age group to get through to involving eduacation, therefore they need something within the college that creates fun and creativity. I am also taking into consideration the adult learners at the college that may like to know what is going on around the college therefore I am going to add aspects of college information for this. Thinking about males and females I will choose the colours carefully. The colours I looked into using are blue's and yellows linking to the college logo, I wanted to add reds into the scheme as it is quite a catchy, bright colour that many age and gender groups attract to.

Firstly I wanted to decide on the masthead for my magazine as I felt I would then be able to link my ideas for other aspects around my masthead. I chose my masthead to be called 'NC Complete' portraying that everything you need to know about the college is inside this magazine. The name is short and catchy however the word 'complete' shows that this is all the information you need. I then thought about the cover lines I should add into my front cover, involving information from around the college but also adding fun to the page such as information on a winter ball and ways to keep warm this winter. However also information on the new building and when we will be moving over. 'Winter ball coming soon, time to grab your date'
I decided on using just one main image on the front cover to attract the attention of the students, a picture of a student outside on the college grounds, showing them enjoying the environment of the college and also showing the weather, linking to the relevance of my magazine it being the december issue.
I decided to keep the price of the magazine affordable between £1.00 and £2.00 as the people that will be buying it are students therefore may not be working.

Here is a mind map of ideas I originally thought of...