MAGAZINE CONTENTS PAGE

This is my final contents page, i found making my contents page fairly easy because I already had things such as the colour scheme etc sorted since I had done my magazine cover. Because of that, it was just the simple case of making it look professional and bringing my magazine together as a complete project

FINAL MAGAZINE COVER

I am finally pleased with my final magazine cover. A lot changed throughout the process of making it as i was constantly unhappy with the text, layout image etc which meant I kept going back and changing things. To show how my magazine changed this is how it first appeared when I thought i was done and dusted:

Although the image remained the same, a lot of my taglines, colour scheme and the font style changed as I thought it didnt look very professional and seemed unfinished. I decided to be a bit more bold with my cover and go for a brighter color scheme which would really stand out. This is something I pointed out in my plan. When i first started making my cover I realised that I wasnt doing a lot of the things I had mentioned in my plan which is why i was always unhappy with it. Intsead, I decided to look for inspiration and look at magazines such as VOGUE and COLLEGE which both have magazines which are nicely done. Their magazines are very appealing to the eye in terms of how they grab your attention from the image all the way to to the text and so on. I'd like to think this is something I tried to do and hopefully achieved. Another thing which I made a change to was thew title, to begin with I tried to be quirky by calling it 'Ur' Future, however after looking at magazines for examples I found they only used one word which stood out, was easy to remember and quite catchy. This lead me to the direction of 'Generation'. Generation is a strong word which stands for diversity and a group people as a whole. In terms of my magazine, this is a young generation magazine which is for young people to turn to for advice on colleges but also on having fun and any tips and ideas they may need. This is represented through my cover lines, I picked "top 10 colleges in hampshire and they want you", " thank god its friday, hottest spots in the south", "what uni's want; top tips to success", "make money whilst studying; quick and easy","college couture, outfit ideas to impress" and "splat! lets go paintaballing". I personally think that these are effective cover lines as they tell the public what type of magazine Generation is and also have appealing qaulities to them which my target audience would appreciate. I made sure how they were layed out would also contribute in the design of my magazine and took into consideration all the colors being balanced and it not being too overpowering.