Preliminary Magazine Research

During the making of my preliminary college magazine, I chose on three example college magazines for research purposes. The top three were:

I like the first one because of the explosion of colours and the ripped look about it. It gets my attention to the cover, and makes me intrigued to know what else is in the magazine. It is quite different too, as it doesn't have photos as such. This isn’t something I could interpret for my preliminary magazine as it does not have a medium-close shot.

The second one I like, because it has a nice picture in the middle which grabs my attention as it’s so pleasing to look at. The person is smiling and looks relaxed, giving me the impression of college being ‘stress free’. This is something that I could base my preliminary magazine off, because it has a medium-close shot that is required. This also has some detail because it includes a barcode and an issue number.

The final magazine I liked because of the picture also, it looks interesting and catches my attention as I want to know why the person is posed like that. This also includes a barcode, but also some another photo that could catch the viewer’s eye.