Student Mag Analysis

Student Mag Analysis  

Target Audience
The Target Audience for this student magazine is University Students. The model is a picture of a University Student (age range 18-25) and he is holding books which may be the course he is studying, showing that he is  University student.
Lay out
The magazine has a colour scheme of yellow and black, which gives it a simple look because they're not many colours used. White font is used to follow the scheme also. The models outfit goes very well with the colour scheme because he is wearing the colours black and white.The model is centre and also covering the masthead showing that the model may be an important figure in that university or it may show that the students in the university always come first. The model covering the masthead also shows that the magazine is well known on the campus
 Sell lines
The language used for the sell lines is very simple and catchy, also they've used phrase that most university students would use such as 'Thank God Its Friday' and also they're talking about trends which are popular which will engage the reader more 'Why we love blackberrys' and 'make money on campus'
Conventions
This front cover does follow many conventions such as no text covering the model, by having a strap line and headline. There is a button and the button is in a different colour which makes it stand out more, showing its more a notice. There's a bar code showing that it has to be bought.