Research and Planning - College Magazine Analysis.

This is a magazine cover I found on Google. It looks as though it is from an American college, and is named 'College Lifestyle'.
The Masthead - this is the title along the top. The colour of the text is bright yellow, this is eye-catching for potential readers and stands out against the background so it is easy to read and shows the importance and relevance of the magazine; making it stand out amongst others.
The Cover Stories - The cover story advertisements are also using a similar colour scheme to that of the masthead. The ones of relevance to the college such as 'Make Money On Campus' are coloured the same as the word 'College' in the masthead, as is 'College Couture'. However, those written in white - which is the same colour as the word 'Lifestyle' in the masthead are presented in the same colour, ie. 'Why We Love Blackberry' and 'The Worlds Sprint Factory' to show the link to unrelated college articles.
The Main Picture - The main picture is of a young man holding exercise books, he looks as though he is between either the age of late teens or mid 20's, often the age of students in America. Because he is the main picture this gives us an idea of the target audience being that age group. His facial expression connatates to the audience that he is happy and enjoys college life, also giving the impression to younger age groups not yet in college that it is fun and a good environment to be in, this can also advertise the idea of college to those yet to young to have attended it themselves.
The Publication Line/Selling Line - The publication line of the magazine says 'Your exclusive guide to everything hip, hot and happening'. This is used as an attempt to draw the reader in and persuade them to buy the magazine, with use of the words 'hip' 'hot' and 'happening'. They have used these words because it is the sort of slang vocabulary used by teen.
The Bar-code - The bar-code is normally the last thing you look at on a magazine, the price of the magazine is underneath this and shows the price of $4.99. This is roughly the average price of a magazine and normally students have jobs, so are able to afford this price range.