College magazine front page and contents page analysis

This is my college magazine, front cover and contents page.
I have chosen to use this image on my front cover as my background, as it shows one of the bede students at work on some of the facilities in the college and it shows what is available to use. I also choose to put two pull quotes on the main page to attract attention of the reader, to make them want to read more about what is in the inside. I also added the date at the bottom of the page as it will be issued every week and you can make sure if your reading the most up to date magazine or ones off a while ago if you missed an issue. I also kept the main colour blue, as it symbolises the college as the logo has blue art around it. I also made the main image more transparent so the pull quotes will stand out more to the user and draw attention. The title indicates that the magazine will be brought out once every week, after being updated with new information for the students. 

On my contents page, i kept the font of the title and all the writing on the page the same to make it ook more professional to the reader. I added images down the right hand side to make the page look more appealing and worth reading. I choose images of the college and students around college enjoying and using all the facilities that offered. I also added some  in different colours on the bottom left had corner of the page, as bede college also symbolises some of the events they put online and they use this pattern as a consecutive house style.   

From this process i have learnt what makes a good contents page and front page. I learnt what to add to the pages and the best places to put them to get the most detail into them. I have also learnt to make sure everything stands out and the more important parts are more eye catching to the audience. Also making sure that the images all fit to the primary audience's needs and them to be a good quality. Another thing i have learnt is to use a selection of different colours and different fonts to make the pages look more interesting and catch the attention of the audience and makes them want to read on. Also that it is important to carry on throughout the magazine with the same house style, which makes it look professional and it looks neat rather than messy, and looking like its all over.