Top Terrace – The Front Page
Looking at the Top Terrace school magazine there are a lot of Codes and Conventions I can look at, this front cover is clearly split into different sections separating all the different pieces of information that is being projected to the target audience, not only making it clearer for the reader but also can show the vast amount of things going on within the school. A lot of the different sections are coloured completely different making each one stand out against each other, however due to the colour choices it is successful in making all of the boxes stand out rather than contrasting against each other. I can use these different elements to really get all the different pieces of information that are on show across to the reader as a magazine includes many different important aspects.
The Photographs used on the front cover of the top terrace magazine shows two different pupils, one is giving the camera eye contact and smiling this picture immediately stands out to the person looking at the cover, the second image is a picture of a boy playing a cello he isn’t giving the camera any eye contact, this photo is less effective than the other. The picture makes the reader of the magazine that this is a happy school and that it is a good place to be as well as trying to broadcast the talents that pupils at the school have. As both students in the images are Male this doesn’t show an image of a fair gender balance and could even suggest that the Male students are ‘better’ also as there are two photos I am able to see which photo would be better for a magazine if only one was to be used, this would be the first image as showing eye contact towards the camera will bring the possible audience in.
The font used on the front cover is consistent but isn’t an interesting choice making the overall look of the magazine suffer making the school look very education based rather than creativity. The font should be used to enthral the reader.
Fusion – The Contents Page
The contents page I am looking at is completely different to the home page; it has a very modern look using a white background meaning the coloured headings really stand out and showing all the different titles to the audiences. This can also show the versatility and range of subjects and the pupils who attend the school, The contents page also contains a summary of what each page is about in a grey colour underneath, this colour is sustained the whole way through the contents page creating a more clean and slick look for the overall page, This can showcase that although the school is very creative there is still an aspect of letting them be individual but with the underlining element of this still being a school and it needs to project important information. I can use this in my own Magazine as it is able to share the clear information of what a contents page is for as well as giving a short piece of information about what to expect from the magazine as a whole.
The picture being used on the contents page has no relevance to any of the articles being listed below, this has no purpose at all coming across as just a random image that has been placed to fill space, although it is pleasing to the eye, It also doesn’t look like an image that would usually be seen in a School Magazine with no relevance to education or anything else along those lines. I will use a relevant image on my contents page to make more sense to the reader.
At the bottom of the page there is a Recycling Sing next to a box of the same colour this sends out a good message to the reader saying they care about the planet and to an extent the pupil’s future but also gives information about one of the school’s policies. This can be used in many different ways to send out positive messages from the school to the target audience who may see it.
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