Research and Planning: Final college magazine cover

Here is my final college magazine cover that I have created on Photoshop. On the magazine I have a black background which was one the colours that I was told to use in my feedback videos because the colours used are in the Hyde Clarendon logo. This is also the same with the Masthead which is 'hyde clarendon news' I have the font similar to the Hyde Clarendon logo and I have the font colour as yellow because it is one of the colours that were recommended by the people that are in my feedback videos. I have used the Masthead as 'hyde clarendon news' because in my feedback videos I was told to call my magazine 'Hyde news' but I have made it more specific to the college by putting Hyde Clarendon to make it more relevant to the college. I have used a font size of 72pt and the font is Cooper Black. I have used pink and yellow as my cover lines. The font size for my cover line is 20pt and the font is Cooper Black because the Masthead is Cooper Black so I am keeping the font consistent throughout the magazine cover. I have used the same font as my title show consistency and the magazine being professional. The cover lines I have used were influenced on the feedback videos. I was told from students that I should include technology and the gossip around college. I have wrote about the brand new iPhone 6 and 16 and pregnant. I have also used University as a cover lone because most college students want to go to University after they are done at college so college students would be interested in information about Universities. On the college magazine cover I have a main image. The main image is a college student holding books to show that he is a college student. The model is also wearing college clothes which would also show that he is a college student. He has the Hyde Clarendon badge around his neck therefore showing that he is apart of Hyde Clarendon and showing that he is a college student. I used the spot healing brush tool to remove blemishes such as spots and moles on the students face and neck. this is to make the magazine more professional. The image is a medium close up because it is more of a variation to the students entire body.  I have a barcode in the bottom half corner. This is to show that the magazine is professional. Also the price is next to the barcode which shows that it is professional. The font size of the price is 16pt. The font size needs to vary on the magazine because if the font was as big as the masthead it would be to big and wouldn't fit on the page. The font size is big for the masthead to make it stand out and to catch the users eye. I have an issue date in the top right hand corner to show when the issue was produced. This is to make it look more professional. I have a star in the right hand corner. The tool I have used is the custom shape tool to create this tool. This is to show that the magazine is a new issue. This is used to make it look professional. Finally I have a selling line underneath the masthead. The selling line is "the best college news around", this is used to show that it is college news and that it is aimed at college students.