Preliminary Task - Evaluation

For my preliminary task I was asked to create a school magazine front cover and contents page.


The school magazine Front Cover and Contents Page Analysis


Magazine usually three mains colours that run through every page. This is done to create a brand identity. So when u glance at the pages of a magazine u can recognize which magazine it’s from. This is also a convention of a magazine. A convention is a rule that can be broken. The main colours of this magazine are blue and grey. Blue is one of the main colours as blue is used mainly for professional things. Therefore it suits this situation. The reason for calling my magazine “The RH messenger” is because it is a catchy name that suits not only the teenagers also their parents. This name would remind the teenagers of a social networking site called MSN messenger. It has the word messenger on the name because it is giving out information as messengers provide you with information. The typography I have used also suits the demographic. As it is mainly aimed at parents instead of using hard capital bold letters I have also used feminine curvy simple letters. This is done to break the barrier between the genders as it’s aimed at both. The layout of the magazine is simple and easy to read. I have given the magazine taglines that are catchy for example “Chaos over cornflakes!” and buzzwords such as “exclusive” . This is done to keep the audience interested although this is a school magazine. When exclusive images of the brand new common room are shown in the magazine the parents would immediately want to see this as it could be their child who is going to go to sixth form. The contents page looks quite simple. This is done as it is aimed at parents. It should be straight forward. I have put images next to the featured stories. Also tagline are under the featured stories as it is a convention and it also helps the reader make sense if the featured stories does not give much away. The typography and the brand identity is kept the same through out this page as it helps the readers to recognize the magazine.