This is the analysis of the front covers of twocollege magazines.

1. Analysis of College Magazines:
Front Covers
Sophia Leiper 12FG Media Studies

2. This is the first
magazine front
cover that I
analysed.

3. Masthead
The magazine is called ‘The Reflection’. This could be because the magazine is about
the year11 fashion show and they are therefore reflecting on the evening and what
happened.
The font in used isn’t very professional but it seems friendly which would encourage
the student to pick it up and read it. However, the colour stands out against the black
background.

4. Main Picture
The main picture is that of two
girls, presumably in the year11 fashion
show themselves. They are smiling which
adds to the friendly image of the magazine.
The colours of their dresses stand out
against the plain dark background.
They are facing towards us which adds a
welcoming tone to the magazine. The shot
used is a mid-shot.
The picture also represents the target
audience; the girls of the year (not many
boys would be very interested in fashion).
They have very simplistic make-up but hair
that has been styled.

5. Date Line
The purpose of the dateline is to signify when the magazine is from and in the
case to show the issue number. Also here it shows the tagline ‘ high quality
learning for all’. However, this is usually separate from the rest of the dateline. Also,
the writing is done in white so that it stands out from the black background.

6. Main Coverline
This is an unconventional place to out your coverline as it is not clear for the
reader to see what the main topic is. Also it is in very small print which
makes it very difficult to spot on the page.

7. This is the second
magazine front cover
that I analysed.

8. Masthead
The title of this magazine is ‘Spotlight’ . This suggests that it will focus on key
features of the school. As with the previous magazine, the colour of the font is
bright, in this case white, to stand out from the coloured background.
Also, the font used is quite childish but gives the magazine a certain tone of
friendship. As the magazine is aimed at teenagers, it is necessary to have a
friendly tone otherwise they won’t read it.

9. Main Picture
In this main picture, we can see that
some artwork from the school has
been used. This adds to the
previously mentioned ‘friendly tone’
to the magazine. Similarly to ‘The
Reflection’, the students work was
used to garb the attention of the
other pupils and make them
acknowledge the magazine.

10. Date Line
The dateline of this magazine; also has the ‘selling line’. In this case it says
‘stoke newington school media arts and science college’; this is more of a
slogan rather than a selling line. This relates to the picture that has been used
as the main image. It also has the schools website and the edition number in
conjunction with the year rather than month and year.

11. Coverlines
Rather unconventionally, the coverlines to this magazine are put at the top
under the masthead. This wouldn’t be practical for another magazine, but here
they are drawing attention to the student’s artwork which is the main picture.
As with the masthead, the text is in white to stand out against the purple
background. Also, we see that different types/sizes of font have been used. This
is to draw attention to the presumably more important topics in the magazine.