LIIAR analysis of existing college magazines #2

First of all the mast head on this magazine does stand out rather well, the colours and the way it’s sectioned off make it look more attractive. I like the way it shows the issue number and the fact it displays it’s a new revamped style! The cover does hold a consistent house style too. A negative point about this cover is the fact that one of the ‘main’ images doesn’t correspond to the headline over the top of it, also it’s not clear to the reader who the shadow images of the people are and their isn’t a distinct clear main image either... could it be the shadows or the books pictured? There is a barcode in the bottom right hand corner, so it’s clear that the institution behind the magazine are wishing to sell it.

The contents page for the ‘Medway mag’ doesn’t actually indicate that it is a contents page, so to me it would seem that the reader wouldn’t know what page they’re turning to. Also there is not a single page number to fit alongside the captions or pictures. The layout of the page doesn’t really have a specific style to it either, it’s all jumbled up and looks blocked, squared and sectioned too.  Another good point observe is that the house style shown on the front cover doesn’t even follow on to this page; it doesn’t set of a very professional message to the reader.  Also the pictures they have selected to put on the contents page haven’t been taken by the institution, they’ve just been   taken off a search engine and copied and pasted onto the magazine, again not giving it a very professional finish and flare.