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To get some ideas about my school magazine I looked at several existing school magazines.

'Source'

This magazine has quite a bold image on the front cover which catches the audiences attention straight away with the words 'Where's your head at?' taking up the majority of the space. This is their main coverline about interviews with old and new headteachers which is accompanied by images of two older people (presumably old headteachers), although this catches the readers eye, as it is aimed at a younger audience I think there should be images of younger people on the cover. The colour scheme of yellow, blue and red is good as it is quite neutral so it is not leaning towards one gender and the masthead is very bold and stands out on the page. The name 'source' does have connotations of academia as a source is somewhere students look for research. I think the magazine could have a few more coverlines on it as it only has the 'Where's Your Head At?' and 'Aliens Exist!' coverlines, if it had more then it would draw the attention of more people.


'Tallulah Falls School Magazine'
The first thing I noticed about this magazine is that it didnt have a very creative name as it is simply called 'Tallulah Falls School Magazine' however this magazine does have a tagline unlike 'source' which says 'The Light in the Mountains' which more promotes the school than the magazine. The main image is of a young girl painting which will appeal to the younger audience it is aimed at, there are some coverlines but they are unclear due to the very thin, italic, white font chosen. The colour scheme is in green which again is a neutral colour and the main text on the magazine is on green rectangles which gives the magazine quite a professional look.





 

'Underground Art School Magazine'

This magazine is quite clearly different from the other magazines in that it is more creative as it is for an art school. There is no main image as the masthead is an image in itself which is very bold as the fonts have shadows to appear 3D which catches the eye of the audience. The overall look of the front cover looks like somebody has just doodled on a piece of paper which is quite original and different to other school magazines I have looked at. The coverlines are all about things that would interest students at an art school and the tagline for the magazine actually tells the reader about the content which is 'Art. Creativity. Life'. However, one point I would make is that the masthead is so bold and large it overpowers the coverlines which are supposed to stand out too.