The front cover needs to contain:
- A large, dominating masthead (name/title), which is usually short and memorable.
- A main image. Specifically, a MCU (Medium Close Up; i.e. head and shoulders). The subject should make eye contact with the audience.
- There has to be a bright colour scheme, of two to four colours.
- Thumbnails should be used to entice readers to interesting articles.
- Anchorage (captions and headline; Text to accompany pictures) should be used.
- A price/barcode, to create the feel of a professional magazine.
- Little notes to tease the contents.
- Notice of any free gifts/competitions in the magazine.
- The main image must relate to the main article.
- I will base my magazine on Wyke College.
- I will make it similar to other college magazines in its style and type of content, but I will attempt to make it a unique college magazine.
Ideology
- I have to balance the college's views, so I do not offend any minority groups that could be in college (no sexism, racism, etc)
- My primary audience will be Wyke students and staff, but my secondary audience will include the friends and families of those who attend/work at Wyke.
- I want my college to attract stereotypical but positive, happy and intelligent students. I also want to portray Wyke in a positive way.
