An comparison of school magazines

1. Master head: All of the three magazine covers are
clear to an extent that the reader can clearly see
and read who the magazine is by. The master head
blends well with the cover and the use of using a
different colour like white on green makes the
master head stand out. The best master head is the
“the caterhamain” because it is clearer to the
readers eyes and not mixed in with text like a
school announcement that is in “UK Champions”
magazine.
Main Image: The main image of two of the
magazines only allow students there moment of
fame and not images related to their topics that are
in the magazine. “UK Champions” magazine is the
only magazine that has a main image that is related
to the topics in their magazine.
Date and Price: On all three magazines the date is
indicated on the side or below the master head
which is clear to the reader. The price is not on the
magazine cover as it is a school magazine which is
free to all students, parents and staff.
Left Third: Only the “UK Champions” magazine
has the left third with the highlights of the
magazine whilst the other two magazines don’t
have highlights on the left third.
Font: The font used in all the magazines are trendy
and stylish that engage the audience, especially the
younger audiences such as students.
Photography: The photography is all original
images that are left untampered with which keeps
the realistic feel of the magazine.
Background Image: The background image for all
three of the magazines are of students at events
and in school which promotes how the schools in
a positive way as it shows them being respectful
and having fun rather than being in a dull lesson.
The images aren’t being overlapped by each
other so that the images are unclear and the
layout of the images themselves improves the
aesthetic look of the magazine which in turn
catches the eye of potential readers.

2. Title: Both magazines use the same font that
they used for their cover so that they can
keep the trend and them going on
throughout the magazine. In addition, the
bold font and colours makes the title stand
out so it is eye catching to readers.
Content Structure: The “Stover” magazine
uses a simple column structure for the
contents to avoid alienating the reader
with unfamiliar structures that look odd.
The “carterhamian” magazine uses images
to mould the structure of the text so that
the page is more engaging and
entertaining to the reader.
Photography: Only the “carterhamian”
magazine has images and only the top left
image is a real image but is has no relation to
the topics of the magazine. The other images
are of BBC News and Obama which show
what topics are being covered in the
magazine.
Page Numbers: Only the “carterhamian”
has page numbers which is an essential
part of an contents page as the reader
would have no way of knowing what
article is on what page. The fact that the
“Stover” has no page numbers is very
page as the reader won’t be able to
quickly locate an article he/she wants to
read.
The “UK Champions” magazine
has no contents page which is
very negative thing for the
magazine as the reader won’t be
bale to know what topics are
located in the magazine.

3. Title: All the three magazines use bold titles
that stand out by using colours such as black on
white to make it stand out to the reader.
However, the “UK Champions” magazine does
not have a title as clear as the other magazines
because the title is blended in with the
background image rather than popping out and
being easily noticed.
Graphics: the graphics are very good for all of
the magazines as they all use clear and stylish
text that allows the reader to clearly read .
The Photography: The photography is all
original images that are left untampered
with which keeps the realistic feel of the
magazine.