Analysing a School magazine cover - 2

This school magazine cover is for a school in Sheffield. The magazine is all in one colour, green, and therefore may not be very appealing to the mixed audience of the students at the school.

It is not very colourful and there is only one image, the schools emblem, as a visual aspect to the cover. therefore, it may not be very appealing to the teenagers. It may, however, be more appealing to the parents of the students. The emblem is the largest part of the cover and its the background of the cover. Therefore it is eye catching that it is for the particular school, King Edward V11 school in Sheffield.

The Schools motto is also on the cover of the magazine. This shows the school is traditional and has pride for the school.

The magazine may be more appealing to the parents of the students as the colours and style seem aimed at an older audience. In addition to this, the cover also looks 'mature' and 'sophisticated'.

The text fonts are large and bold and therefore noticeable however the colour of the text blends with the colour of the background and does not stand out so that it is eye catching.

The Cover does not state what issue of the magazine it is and therefore it is unknown whether the magazine is weekly, monthly or annually.

In conclusion, the school magazine cover for King Edward V11 School Sheffield, uses 1 plain colour as the background and text for its cover. It does not use visual aspects such as photos to show more about the school and to show what the students and clubs are like at the school. The emblem is used as the main eye catching part of the cover and this, as well as the motto, shows that the school is traditional. Therefore, the magazine represents the school as traditional but the magazine would most probably be more appealing to the parents rather than the students because of the dull colours used and the lack of visual aspects.

However, this is an old copy of the school magazine and can therefore be compared with more recent school magazines that use more colours and visual aspects. Therefore, school magazines have changed throughout the years and comparisons between moderns school magazines and the King edward V11 School Sheffield can show this.