school magazine analysis

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The magazines headline is vertical instead of horizontal, something which is not traditional for most magazines. It uses a large, serif font in order to look more traditional Scrapbook style composition of images related to what the school has been doing, such as a A list of what features there are in this edition of the magazine School logo, to with the school’s web address below making it extremely obvious what school this is related to. Title for a main feature, crowning the school’s achievements, with a picture of those that took part in the achievements Lack of barcode, indicating that the magazine is not intended to be bought. Short story about the main feature of the magazine. ‘News From’ making it apparent that this magazine is a news feature magazine, not an entertainment magazine

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Page 1: School Magazine Analysis

The magazines headline is vertical instead of horizontal, something which is not traditional for most magazines. It uses a large, serif font in order to look more traditional

Scrapbook style composition of images related to what the school has been doing, such as a

A list of what features there are in this edition of the magazine

School logo, to with the school’s web address below making it extremely obvious what school this is related to.

Title for a main feature, crowning the school’s achievements, with a picture of those that took part in the achievements

Lack of barcode, indicating that the magazine is not intended to be bought.

Short story about the main feature of the magazine.

‘News From’ making it apparent that this magazine is a news feature magazine, not an entertainment magazine

Page 2: School Magazine Analysis

More photo collages to make the magazine look like a collage or a scrap book, so the magazine looks somewhat less official and more inviting.

Multiple short stories on single page so the magazine appears more busy and full of content that if it was a single story to a page.

Boundaries of picture and body text are less apparent in this picture, creating an interesting composition

Picture blends into body text, creating a visually interesting effect.

Page 3: School Magazine Analysis

Title of the magazine at the top with a picture of the head teacher, the date and the school emblem on the right. Date is useful

Large thank you letter from the headteacher to all staff and students

Term dates so that a student or parent would not have to phone in or check online to work out term dates, a useful addition

Lack of barcode, indicating that the magazine is not intended to be bought.

Page 4: School Magazine Analysis

Title of the feature so that the audience knows what they are going to be looking at.

Body text in a font that is designe to look somewhat handwritten, so it is more personal to the reader, like it was drawn too.

Photo collages down the sides create an interesting visual effect when combined with the body text.

White on green with a border creates a sense of depth in the magazine, causing the focus(body and images) to ‘pop’

Page 5: School Magazine Analysis

School emblem and name on the bottom of the magazine, so it is clear which school’s magazine this is.

Name of magazine, and as the magazine is annual it has the year’s edition below the title. ‘caterhamian’ is in bold to create emphasis around the name of the school.

Tagline of the school so the school, so the magazine cover is both more interesting and has more content on the frontpage.

Lack of barcode, indicating that the magazine is not intended to be bought.

Name of magazine, and as the magazine is annual it has the year’s edition below the title. ‘caterhamian’ is in bold to create emphasis around the name of the school.

Image of a school celebration that is relevant to the year – the school’s 200th year of existence.

Series of images about school events and achievements, demonstrating that the school has a wide variety of activities offered.

Page 6: School Magazine Analysis

Picture of the Olympic Stadium, with the ‘Olympic Site Trip’ title below it, making the content of the article obvious. The writer is also displayed below.

Sub-headline gives slightly more information than the headline, giving specifics about what is in the article

Actual article itself about the Olympic stadium trip Navigational features: page

numbers as the magazine is more than 150 pages long

Miscellaneous picture relating to the trip to fill space on the article, the picture is taken with a London landmark in shot.

Inspiring quote relating to the subject matter.