The document analyzes a school magazine. It notes that the masthead shows the magazine is aimed at the school's audience. The magazine promotes a laidback approach by showing a student with an unbuttoned shirt. All stories focus on music, promoting the school's music programs. The magazine lays out information clearly with easy to read text and a coordinated color scheme to seem professional. It aims to inform parents on the head teacher's thoughts and school updates.

1. The Masthead
shows the name of
the school which
shows the audience
that the magazine is
aimed at.
The boy has his top
button undone which
shows that the school
takes a more laid back
approach and allows
the students to express
themselves however
they want.
All of the stories are
based around music
which suggests that
the school wants to
promote itself as
music based.
The text in the bottom right
says ‘’Head boy’’ and is the
second largest text after the
title which shows that it is
the main focus. The
magazine is also promoting
the students blogs and
encouraging the audience
to go and read more about
them.
The amount of text is very limited
meaning that the audience is more
likely to read what’s on the page. The
text is also quite clear and easy to read
as it is a suitable size and colour.
The magazine has no price
suggesting that the school want the
magazine to be available to as many
people as possible.

2. The colour scheme is very co-ordinated
making the magazine seem very
professional and also the text and the
boxes are laid out very effectively with
images from the school adding to the
idea of it being professional.
The magazine has the date
Included to make sure
Parents know when it
Was issued and so they can
Update on what’s been going
On at the school.
The magazine contains
a lot of text which may
not catch the eyes of
the students as they
don’t want to read a
load of text that they
may not understand.
The masthead says, ‘’Notes form
the Head teacher’’ showing that the
main focus of the magazine is to
inform parents on how the head
teacher thinks the school is going
and any information they may need
to know about.