Initial Research

The first task to complete was initial research of college magazine front covers which already exist in the world today. We had to collect images of these and compare them to find out what the key conventions they all shared together was.

The magazines showed that the majority of them had one main boost picture on them in which the image was of a student who could relate to the target audience and therefore connect with them.

The image highlights the key conventions which i came across when analysing the magazines included. They all look very different but all have very similar conventions which I will use in my college magazine. furthermore only a few of them are subject specific, such as 'Su magazine' which indicates it is for an outdoor magazine which is bluntly shown by the boost image of a man outside.