Student magazine analysis

Student magazine analysis 

This is an example of a student magazine, the title is ‘sixth’ which is the place where the students are at ‘sixth form college’.  The mast head is positioned at the top of the poster in a plain font, the colour is plain blue, which stands out well on the image and background colour. The colours that are used are natural and dull. The main image is of an attractive girl which looks like she is at college, the image is black and white, the student look natural and it wearing general day to day clothes.  There is a combination of different fonts which all follow the same colour scheme of blue, grey, black and white. The fonts are different for each topic that is going to be covered within the magazine. They have included the different topics on the cover to appeal to the student audience and make them want to read it.  They have included the issue date of the magazine in on the cover, which is positioned next to the mast head.

This magazine includes a contents page. The contents is down the right hand side of the page, on a plain black font.  The contents tells you what is going to be in each page.  On the contents page it also has the latest news about the college. They include images to draw the audience in. they have included the new so it allows the students to know what has been going on around the college.

Magazine 2 

The mast head ‘BANTER’ is positioned at the top of the magazine in a bold, red and unique font. The main image is of a student wearing geek glasses and holding a hair brush to her mouth. She has a red nose on her nose, which is bright red which stands out from the background and matches the title of the masthead. There are cover lines on the cover which links into the main image about comic relief. There is a puff positioned at the top of the magazine which says free which is also in a red circle to stand out and grab the audiences attention. The fonts that are  on the cover are plain and casual which fits in with students approach . At the top of the magazine they have placed the issue it is underneath the mast head so students aware of when it was issued.

Down the left hand side of the contents page is the information about what is going to be included in each page. They have included images on the contents page with text boxes on saying what page it is found on and what it is about. The pictures are interesting and of the students that are at the college which makes them want to read more. The mast head in also placed in the middles of the contents but a different colour scheme has been used. The colour scheme for the contents page is the same as the front cover, red white and grey.