Audience Profile for College Magazine

From our research we were able to create this audience profile.You range from 16-17 years old and are mostly 1st years. This means that the majority do not drive but are all keen to. You live in the West Midlands between Herefordshire and Worcestershire. You tend to live with your parents and have no children of your own. You tend to be Acheivers, Aspirers and Hedonists. You are between C2 and B on the Jicnar scale and hope to reach B and A when you become fully independant. You study a wide range of subjects from Chemistry to Photography, and therefore have a wide range of interests. You are interested in general high street fashion and chart music and like to follow the lastest celebrities. You are very sociable and enjoy big events such as festivals.

College Magazine Analysis

Solutions Magazine from Baylor College of Medicine.

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  Denotation - Masthead is in Sans Serif Font, Lower case. The text is brown and stands out from the background of a different colour. Connotation - friendly and inivting due to the font being soft. The colour, brown, conotes that the audience is likely to be adult as it is not a particularly attractive or child friendly colour. It isn't particularly glamourous and therefore this also helps to show the type of audience that would read it.

• Denotation - Multi-coloured image of a DNA strand which twists through a second image and is underneath informative text. Connotation - It shows it is scientific due to the nature of the image. The image is relevant to the magazine. It is made to give an exciting feel for science.

• Denotation - A hand, in a negative effect, stretched out through the DNA strand. Connatation - The way the hand is reaching into the DNA strand it makes you feel like you can take control of science, and it connotes that the magazine gives you the power to learn about science. The hand is purple which connotes things like mysitcal, wierd and magical. These are relavant to this magazine because science is wierd, and it will mysitify you.

• Denotation - The bottom right hand corner looks as thought it is being lifted up to reveal what is inside the magazine. It says " Discovery worth repeating" and it gives a page reference. Connotation - This connotes, discovery, excitment, interest into science. This is relevant because showing you a bit of the context intices the reader into getting the magazine.

Emmanuel College Magazine.

State College Magazine.

Planning for College Magazine.

I chose the above colour scheme for my college magazine as the bright colours are attractive to teenagers. Also i think that the colours used are attractive to both males and females.

The font used throughout the magazine will be san serif as it looks more informal and inviting. I think teenagers will be more interested in a magazine that looks like this as it connotes friendliness. In the masthead the title of the magazine will be in capitals sans serif, - RANGE. There will be a tagline underneath saying 'CELBRATE DIFFERENCE. This is also in sans serif font. The puff next to the tagline says 'Best selling college magazine in the world'.

The main sell will be a midclose up of an attractive female college student holding folders. This will be taken from side profile with her looking over her shoulder. She will have a positive expression on her face e.g. laughing and there will be a group of students sat behind her however out of focus. The picture will be taken outside as a shallow depth shot so that the group of students sat behind and the tree will be out of focus in comparison to the main sell. I think that this connotes sociability, fun and a relaxed atmosphere and this are all positive things that will help to interest people in the magazine.

The front cover also includes adverts for upcoming college gigs in order to involve the reader. Other features include student service ad's and celeb news and gossip. This gives interesting and important information to students displayed attractively. A freebie is included in the bottom left of the magazine, a free college pen for every reader. The pen connotes work but also it encourages you to have fun with it. This is because of the range of bright colours the pen will come in.