The logo of the magazine was
 The banner of the                                                                                             made big and bold to stand out to
 magazine has useful                                                                                           its readers, size of the writing has
 information for the reader                                                                                    been showed by the name of the
 because it shows them                                                                                         magazine ‘The BUZZ’ you can see
 what issue they are                                                                                           special attention is put into the
 reading and what month                                                                                        last word ‘buzz’ by making it
 or year its from so the                                                                                       capitals so it stands out even
 reader knows if his up to                                                                                     more.
 date on the magazine.
                                                                                                                    In my school magazine a lot of
  The picture used on the cover                                                                                     bright colours involved to make
  of the school magazine has                                                                                        the magazine attractive to the
  been surrounded by a dark                                                                                         reader.
  shade of blue, The reason for                                                                                 Here we have news which are
  that is to make the picture                                                                                   happening around the school in
  stand out from the rest of the                                                                                the coming weeks like
  background.                                                                                                   interviewing the YouTube star
                                                                                                                Humza Ashad the creator of the
  As you might of noticed the
                                                                                                                popular show Diary of a
  colour purple is used a lot in
                                                                                                                Badman, News about Jefferson's
  this school magazine
                                                                                                                piano talent (a well known
  because it’s the colour of
                                                                                                                student)and how book day was
  the schools logo and
                                                                                                                celebrated and then you have
  students ties.
                                                                                                                the chance to discover the
                                                                                                                academy awards this shows that
Here they have included a possible                                                                              the magazine is attempting to
money prize for a competition                                                                                   include more students by
which will be available to the                                                                                  informing us of news around
students which has a purpose of                                                                                 school.
attracting the reader In school    Overall the magazine has a variety of colours, there is a lot of big and bright shapes which
activities and read on with the    contain the information about the things you will be reading in the selected issue, it also
magazine.                          includes pictures on the front cover the simple purpose of that is to attract the reader .
The sub-heading of the magazine name shows that the
The logo of the magazine has
                                   magazines are about students issues not just about the things
been made big and bold with a
                                   that are happening around school this shows that the
bright green colour. Teenaged
                                   magazine cares about the students point of view about things
Students are known to do a lot
                                   like home work and school council                                  They deliberately stood the student
of texting so the name of the
magazine being ‘sms’ is to                                                                            out side her school to have more of
attract the students to read the                                                                      an impact of this school magazine.
magazine as sms means the
same thing as texting.
On the front cover of the
magazine it has questions                                                                                  The magazine uses a student
which affect the students                                                                                  which looks keen on their
because its questions they                                                                                 studies you can tell this by
could be asking and they                                                                                   her body language and the
can read the magazine and                                                                                  books she’s holding, This
find out.                                                                                                  large image links with the
                                                                                                           main cover line ‘study smart’
Here we have questions                                                                                     this gives more reasons that
that students may want                                                                                     the aim of the magazine
to know so this proves my                                                                                  cover is to encourage
previous point which was                                                                                   students to focus on
that the magazine’s main                                                                                   studying.
purpose is to get the
opinion of the students.                                                                                      The font gives an
                                                                                                              impression of being hand
                                                                                                              written this shows it may
                                                                                                              have been deliberately
 The magazine has a footer                                                                                    excluded from the other
 bar to inform students that                                                                                  fonts in order for it to
 they can get advice from                                                                                     stand out the most.
 the previous students of
 the school, join
 competitions for a possible           Overall the magazine uses bright colours to make the magazine look appealing and attractive
 reward and much, much                 towards students and make them enjoy reading it also the magazines main topics involves
 more interesting activities.          the questions that students are likely to be asking.
All the text is in upper case, which makes the whole magazine seem exciting or as if it’s a urgency that     The date of the issue is
 you read it to find out what other exciting information could be mentioned inside. The next thing you do     clearly stated at top right
 notice also is the image of the girl as all the big, bold writing is around her                              corner of the magazine so
                                                                                                              that the reader is aware if
                                                                                                              they are up to date on them.
The school magazine title ‘fly’ in
the top middle is written in big
bold fancy letters which makes it
seem laid back and fun.


 The girl on the front                                                                                 The magazines text is chosen
 cover of the magazine                                                                                 specially to convince the reader to
 has her arms crossed,                                                                                 read it for example here we have a
 and she’s standing                                                                                    chance for the students to win a prize
 sideways looking up,                                                                                  which is ‘£100 worth of revision
 her body language                                                                                     books’ you can tell they have made
 shows that she most                                                                                   the ‘Win £100’ bolder then the rest
 be thinking or day                                                                                    of the text to make it the key thing
 dreaming about                                                                                        so it catches the readers eye first.
 something enjoyable                                                                                   Other examples of that technique
                                                                                                       being used in this magazine are ‘10
                                                                                                       ways to’ and ‘Free’ these words in
 This text has been put                                                                                bold manipulate the reader into
 into a dark shaded purple                                                                             reading so that they feel as they need
 circle to make it stand out                                                                           that information.
 from other texts on the
 page so the reader might
 think as that is another                                                                                   The magazine uses one of the
 reason they should read it                                                                                 pupils as the background image to
                                                                                                            make it clear that it is a school
                                                                                                            magazine for students.
 ‘How to relieve pre-exam stress!!!’ has been put at the bottom of the magazine in a large text to
 make it look as the most important piece of information on the page, Students will feel as if they
 read it they will find out how to relive stress from all their important exams.

3 School Magazine annotations

  • 1.
    The logo ofthe magazine was The banner of the made big and bold to stand out to magazine has useful its readers, size of the writing has information for the reader been showed by the name of the because it shows them magazine ‘The BUZZ’ you can see what issue they are special attention is put into the reading and what month last word ‘buzz’ by making it or year its from so the capitals so it stands out even reader knows if his up to more. date on the magazine. In my school magazine a lot of The picture used on the cover bright colours involved to make of the school magazine has the magazine attractive to the been surrounded by a dark reader. shade of blue, The reason for Here we have news which are that is to make the picture happening around the school in stand out from the rest of the the coming weeks like background. interviewing the YouTube star Humza Ashad the creator of the As you might of noticed the popular show Diary of a colour purple is used a lot in Badman, News about Jefferson's this school magazine piano talent (a well known because it’s the colour of student)and how book day was the schools logo and celebrated and then you have students ties. the chance to discover the academy awards this shows that Here they have included a possible the magazine is attempting to money prize for a competition include more students by which will be available to the informing us of news around students which has a purpose of school. attracting the reader In school Overall the magazine has a variety of colours, there is a lot of big and bright shapes which activities and read on with the contain the information about the things you will be reading in the selected issue, it also magazine. includes pictures on the front cover the simple purpose of that is to attract the reader .
  • 2.
    The sub-heading ofthe magazine name shows that the The logo of the magazine has magazines are about students issues not just about the things been made big and bold with a that are happening around school this shows that the bright green colour. Teenaged magazine cares about the students point of view about things Students are known to do a lot like home work and school council They deliberately stood the student of texting so the name of the magazine being ‘sms’ is to out side her school to have more of attract the students to read the an impact of this school magazine. magazine as sms means the same thing as texting. On the front cover of the magazine it has questions The magazine uses a student which affect the students which looks keen on their because its questions they studies you can tell this by could be asking and they her body language and the can read the magazine and books she’s holding, This find out. large image links with the main cover line ‘study smart’ Here we have questions this gives more reasons that that students may want the aim of the magazine to know so this proves my cover is to encourage previous point which was students to focus on that the magazine’s main studying. purpose is to get the opinion of the students. The font gives an impression of being hand written this shows it may have been deliberately The magazine has a footer excluded from the other bar to inform students that fonts in order for it to they can get advice from stand out the most. the previous students of the school, join competitions for a possible Overall the magazine uses bright colours to make the magazine look appealing and attractive reward and much, much towards students and make them enjoy reading it also the magazines main topics involves more interesting activities. the questions that students are likely to be asking.
  • 3.
    All the textis in upper case, which makes the whole magazine seem exciting or as if it’s a urgency that The date of the issue is you read it to find out what other exciting information could be mentioned inside. The next thing you do clearly stated at top right notice also is the image of the girl as all the big, bold writing is around her corner of the magazine so that the reader is aware if they are up to date on them. The school magazine title ‘fly’ in the top middle is written in big bold fancy letters which makes it seem laid back and fun. The girl on the front The magazines text is chosen cover of the magazine specially to convince the reader to has her arms crossed, read it for example here we have a and she’s standing chance for the students to win a prize sideways looking up, which is ‘£100 worth of revision her body language books’ you can tell they have made shows that she most the ‘Win £100’ bolder then the rest be thinking or day of the text to make it the key thing dreaming about so it catches the readers eye first. something enjoyable Other examples of that technique being used in this magazine are ‘10 ways to’ and ‘Free’ these words in This text has been put bold manipulate the reader into into a dark shaded purple reading so that they feel as they need circle to make it stand out that information. from other texts on the page so the reader might think as that is another The magazine uses one of the reason they should read it pupils as the background image to make it clear that it is a school magazine for students. ‘How to relieve pre-exam stress!!!’ has been put at the bottom of the magazine in a large text to make it look as the most important piece of information on the page, Students will feel as if they read it they will find out how to relive stress from all their important exams.