University? University! Article

I have created a second article with the content being about students feelings towards the progression from sixth form to university. I use this article as a way of encouraging my audience to feel less worried about uni and instead, more excited about it. I believe this would appeal to my target audience as the content is very relevant to student life due to it being about education. The fact I have discussed the feelings of students makes this article seem more personal and therefore build a more trusting tenor with my reader. I interviewed a friend and fellow sixth former of mine, Isla Laidlaw (16) about her feelings and thoughts about university and asked open question to instigate a more in-depth and informative response. The questions are not demanding and are actually quite laid back; this creates a more informal tone that will aid my entertainment purpose. 

With relation to design, I used a bold, large 'Century Gothic' font for my header. This helps with the modern theme of my magazine as the sans serif strays from traditional typography. I used a very bright green for the background of the title to create a more urban and colourful style; contributing to the informal tone. I also created a contrasting black and white design for the 'uni' part of the word 'university in the title to emphasise the 'uni' letters. I did this on purpose to really showcase the use of text acronym/ text talk abbreviations as it is more relevant to a younger generation and would generally attract a young age group to this article. I also separated the question and answers from each other in the interview by editing the questions in bold. This is a typical convention of written interviews in magazine articles.