magazine cover research

1. All these three magazines are by Lewisham college. They all show that the college is a lot about Media, and they show it in different ways. They all have a bright, bold background and students in. The magazines have a masthead that stands out well, some in contrasting colours. Two of the magazine covers have a form of singing or vocals on, because of the microphone that is included in the images. The other cover features a student and a lecturer helping out the student with a film camera. These covers show a little of what the college teach, and they have used a simple style with bold colours which are mainly plain, is eye catching, so it would attract more attention. They also have a slogo underneath the Masthead, which also has the logo beside it.

2. These two front covers are much more edited and much more busier than the previous covers. The first cover seems to go with the colours: white, blue and red, while the second cover: purple and green; which are contrasting colours. The Catawba cover is a clearly a music magazine as it has musical genres and ‘Our purpose: YOUR MUSIC’ which is a pointer to the college courses. The second cover gives us the impression that it’s a technology school; such as computer graphics and other media subjects. I think the second cover seems a much more eye catching and professional, but the first cover seems messy and disorientating. The purple and green cover has a logo in white, which stands out; while the other has one in the top left hand corner that you really have to search for.