contents page research 2

The second contents paged I looked at was from ‘The Griffin’. the colours used on this contents page are similar to school’s theme, the colours used are purple and black for the text. The purple used it to keep the consistency with the school’s colour theme. The black colour is used in or the text, to stop colours contrasting but also to make text visible and clear for the audience. The use of a white background allows everything on the page to be seen clearly and make it stand out. The use of images have been used very efficiently and stand out from the page. The image tends to represent a certain area within the magazine, which allows people to be easily navigated. The image at the bottom is the same picture used on the front, which shows repetition and shows the importance of the story behind the picture. The layout of the contents page has been kept consistent and easy to follow with the information on what on each page which is indicated on the left hand side, also the ‘top story of the month’ is indicated along the bottom of the contents page to stand out from the above information, this is indicated at the bottom to show that the importance of the topic. The graphics used are simple and plain, such as the two pictures which have been fitted and edited to fit onto the page while everything around it has been placed around, or onto of the picture.

contents page research

I looked at ‘Biddulph High School’ contents page to give me ideas on what a contents page includes. The colours used on this contents page are similar to the colours used in the school logo which is allocated at the bottom of the page.  The colour blue and yellow have been used alternately to stand out, from each other, a dark blue background has been used on the left hand side to allow bright colours such as the yellow to stand out. The colour blue has also been used in the mast head ‘Biddulph High gossip’, to make it bold and be the first thing the viewers can see. However a lightshade of grey has been used on the right hand side and behind the mast head so the colours don’t contrast with each other, also to make the pictures and heading to stand out from everything else on the page. The pictures used are primary images which match the contents page by allocating what page more information and pictures could be available to attract the reader to read into the magazine. The other picture used is the school’s logo to indicate who the magazine belongs to and representing the school. However the graphic’s used are not used well due to when photo’s overlap they have not be edited or cut out, therefore some pictures are not visible in certain areas. Also the graphic’s such as the first image used tends to  fall into the heading and the text used, which shows that is hasn’t be used properly or edited in the right way. The layout of the contents page is simple, the text is written on the left hand side and images have been used on the right, this shows consistency throughout the contents page.

school magazine research 2

‘The Griffin’ was the second school magazine I looked at to gain a better understanding of what my magazine needs in order to be  good magazine. The colours used in this magazine are black and purple, these colours could be used due to the colours being the school colours or colours that stand out from each other. The images used in this magazine are a picture of 2 school students from sixth form the camera shot used for this picture is medium close up which represents how smart they are. The other image used looks like the school logo to symbolise the school and represent. Other images used as ‘free’ which indicates that this is the first thing that attracts viewer’s eyes, it’s the focus of the page. The main image used is the large picture of the school student which matches the text which is “Anna Pritchard and Tomos Wyn-Jones talk about their life in sixth form” this indicates that the picture has a reason for being the centre of the page. The layout of the page has been kept consistent as the text has been kept on the left and right of the page, which the centre being clear for the picture to stand out and visible to others. The graphics used are the image of the school students and the logo which is places in the corner and blends in with the background used.

school magazine research

This was the first magazine which I looked at in terms of getting an idea of what type of features a school magazine has and uses. The colours used in this magazine are natural colours of school buildings, school uniform which are different shades of blue, and white for text. The masthead and strap lines also have used the colour blue but in different shades, this is to show consistency of the magazine and the colours, making it fit in, making sure nothing is used boldly so it doesn’t appeal to the audience the magazine is targeted at. White has also been used for the text to stop colours contrasting with each other, also to match them with the school’s name on the building. The images used are primary images, which use different types of camera shots such as, medium close up and long close up. The images used match with the text used on the school magazine, an example shown would be “what’s cooking in Whitley Bay High School” which matches the picture of the school student cooking. Another example would be “get creative with some tips from the GCSE art students” which is used to match with the picture of the student with her art drawing. This is shows the synoptic link between the images used and what the text is trying to indicate. The layout used is simple, they have put to pictures together and writing text on the other, however the pictures are use in line with the text that they are representing. The graphics used on the right, has been cut out and blended with the background; however the pictures in the left have not been used well due to the pictures being placed without any form of cropping which does not blend in with the background.