Analysis of the Sixth Form magazine 'The Common Room'

1. Sixth Form Magazine Analysis 2

2. Front CoverThe green paint brush
strokes make the front
cover look minimalistic but
well thought out, effective
and planned. The paint
brush strokes connote
creativity which relates to
how the school is an all girl
school and stereotypically
girls are more creative and
artistic. The green colour
relates to how the schools
main colour is green.
Green also has many
connotations of calmness,
ambition, and protection.
This relates to how they
want the sixth form to feel
safe and calm but also that
they want their students to
do well in their a levels.
There is also a variety of
shades of green, this
represents their diversity
within the school and how
they all come together as
one school.
The font is the same
throughout the front cover
which creates a good
continuity. But as there
kerning varies throughout
set phrases it creates a
hierarchy which connotes
that the most important
part of the magazine is the
name ‘the common room’.
This is because it is the key
focus of the magazine as
only the sixth form has a
common room and this is a
sixth form magazine.
All the writing is white
which makes it look more
sophisticated and mature
as this magazine is aimed
at older teenagers.
The masthead is at the
bottom of the page which
goes against the codes and
conventions of it being at
the top of the page. This
connotes that the
magazine is not
stereotypical.

3. Contents Page
Very clear house style of
minimalism, this is
because it uses the same
font and is completely in
lower case. This connotes
how it is a sophisticated
sixth form.
The contents page has
been separated into
sections which show how
they are creative as the
two main sections are art
and music. This relates to
the front cover and how it
is paint strokes which is
creative.
The ‘and’ ‘everything’
sections highlight their
focus on the creative
parts of the magazine.
This connotes that they
are a very creative sixth
form.
This contents page only
includes the page number
and their corresponding
article. This somewhat plain
contents page has a more
professional, sophisticated
and upper class. This links to
how the school is a private
school and their
demographic is As and Bs.
The contents page also has
a continuity of using a row
of dots to separate the
sections of the magazine.
This is a basic but
sophisticated method of
separating the magazine.
There is also a large amount
of negative space on the
contents page. This makes
the magazine look more
professional even though it
is designed by sixth formers.