Evaluation...

My task was to produce the front page of a college magazine.
Overall I believe the preliminary task went well, and I thoroughly stuck to the brief. However if I were to do it again I would of used my time better, being more organised.
I believe the magazine relates well to the brief,  I tried to keep to the codes and conventions I had noticed in other college magazines after analysing them, for example; headlines, masthead, issue no. and barcode, as well as including things like this I also set them in a similar layout to how they were in the college magazines I had looked at.
My masthead particularly stands out being one of the first things you notice about the front cover along with the main image I believe this adds to the authenticity of the magazine.
The target audience for my College magazine is student who come to wyke I believe that it appeals to this target audience well it's story lines all being associated to Wyke and by having a college student on the front cover, as well as this the fonts are more appropriate for the target audience being bubbly and young looking, however more to the female side then the male due to a female being on the front cover and the slightly more feminine colour purple, if I had more time I would try to make it appeal to males as well.
The black and white image of the front cover adds to a more sophisticated style keeping the magazine somewhere in he middle of completely grown up and kiddy like much like the target audience
The language of my college magazine was quite simple and contemporary, appealing to the target audience as it was standard English and was not to over complicated, for example "win, win, win" repetition of the word draws the target audience in and makes it stick in their mind.