College magazine analysis

This is a college magazine, obviously aimed at college students. There are three colours used, which keeps it simple and clean. The colours compliment the background really well. There are various font sizes to entice the readers because larger fonts gain someone’s attention quicker than if it was all one font. There’s only one image on the front cover; the main image. It’s clear and contrasting against the darker background because there are no colours on the magazine cover which are lighter than his skin. The masthead is in a font easy to read so people can quickly recognise that it is a college magazine. The barcode is simplistic so it doesn’t take any attention from the main image and cover lines. The price and date are extremely small, but also hard to miss since it’s right under the masthead. The fact that the cover lines are extremely dramatic might also attract young people because they typically want to read about drama, and know all of the gossip going around.