This document analyzes and compares the effectiveness of different magazine covers. The first magazine cover appeals to parents with its picture of a happy mother and child, implying the school is a safe environment. However, the second magazine cover is criticized for having a faded background image that clashes with the text, making it difficult to read. The pictures are also clustered awkwardly. In contrast, the third magazine cover features a student in front of the title, creating an interesting layered effect that draws readers in. While a fourth sports magazine uses an inspiring professional cricket player, this may seem out of place for a school publication.

1. This magazine is a school magazine of early years, so this
magazine appeals more to the parents rather than the children.
The picture used is a happy mother and child, this is effective
as it appeals to the target audience, it will be published for
parents about their children and that they are being happy
implies that their school is a safe and happy place to be. The
picture also acts as the background so is very big and easily
catches the eye of the readers

2. The picture uses a faded
background image of 2 students
with their exam results. The faded
image however clashes with the
dark writing, making the readers
squint a bit to see what the writing
actually is, this will also get worse
and worse the further the distance
away from the magazine. In
addition to this the pictures below
them are all clustered together and
are at awkward angles, some even
being cropped out of the
magazine. Because of this it leads
to a very un- professional look and
doesn’t instantly tell the readers
what’s in the magazine, which
could put them off from reading it

3. This magazine cover uses the right
age range person of a student. It is
very effective that the person is in
front of the title ‘college’ (Although
being able to read the start and the
end of the title we are still able to
make out what it reads) however
being behind the text. This layered
effect works as it doesn’t seem like it
is just a flat picture, rather giving it
an effect that he is coming out of the
magazine, it very interesting and so
makes readers inquisitive and so
reads it as opposed to just another
picture

4. For a school sport magazine
It uses a professional cricket
Player. This could be inspiring
For the readers of the
Magazine, obviously they are
interested in sports so using a
sports star gives them something to try and
achieve. On the contrary of this however, it also
seems out of place for a school magazine, as it uses
a picture that has nothing to do with the school