School magazine analysis

school magazine analysis 

• The genre of magazine is education. I can tell this through many things such as the main image, it shows an older guy teaching pupils and the sell lines indicates that this is about education.
• The target audience is unisex and aimed for students learning a new language.
• The main colour scheme is blue and orange/red. These two colours complement each other so they both stand out to the viewers eyes.
• The photography is of a models in a working environment and using working equipment. The photo shows mainly the torso and face.
• The mast head is at the top of the magazine. The font of the mast head is not formal and not informal this shows that there is a formal and an informal element to the magazine.

Preliminary Task

Planning ideas for my student magazine:

Who is the target audience?
The target audience is secondary students who are interested in art sports drama information within their area and facts within the college.

What is the name of my magazine? What are the connotations of the name?
The Daily Zap. This title gives an gives off an informal impression because it uses the word "zap" so this shows that the magazine would not be aimed for adults but for teenagers

Who will be my front cover model and why?
My front cover model would be of a school child because my main headline is about the pupil of the year.

What sort of shot will it be?
The photo would be of the model tilted but faced towards the camera.

What mise en scene will be required?
Outside of a school site (St.Bonaventures)

What would be your sell lines? How will you entice your target audience?
my sell lines would be "head boy interview" "how can you save money?" and "Would Rysharn accept the chance to play with the LA Lakers" these maybe things people are interested in and the questions make people want to find out the answer so they will read on.

What would iteams and feature articles would i need on my contents page?
i would need the same model on the contents page, i would need page numbers and or references, information underneath each subheading, the date and issue of the magazine, columns and some images as a preview of the page.

masthead analysis

• The font has a school theme with hand written text, which reminds the students of school.
• The font indicates that that the magazine will be based on academia and productivity.
• The informal writing shows an element of fun within the magazine.

• Unlike the text above this font is more graphical and it looks like it is aimed to a sports genre. 
• The font indicates that the magazine will be based on an athletic and sports theme.
• The line across it gives off an informal element to the magazine. the line could also represent speed.

Front Cover Analysis

Front Cover Analysis

•   The genre of the magazine is rock. We can see this by the rock artists displayed in the main image, sub image and sub lines.

•   the target audience is unisex and is aimed at people aged 12-30.

•   the main colour schemes is black white and red as these are harsh and heavy colours that represents the theme of the magazine.

•   the photography is of a model (torso to head) and shows a contrast in his face.

•   Masthead at the top of the magazine. The masthead is able to be covered by the model as it's a well known magazine so readers can identify it without seeing the full name.

•   There are two smaller sub images that are not as big as the main image.

•   The celebrity on the main model is looking directly at the reader so this follow magazine conventions.

•   The headline is bigger and bolder than the sell lines but smaller than the masthead.

•   The barcode, issue number and price is on the front cover.

•   There is a strapline but it is covered by the main image as it's a very well known strapline so it doesn't need to be displayed.

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