The first magazine I chose to analyse was this 'FFH' school magazine front cover.
A few positive points about this cover is the consistent colour scheme. The way in which the title colouring matches the maroon coloured jumpers of the happy looking students helps the readers to associate the magazine with happiness and positivity which is reflected through the students facial expressions. In addition, this helps to create cohesion.
The text is a simplistic choice of a serif font, and therefore appeals to all people, particularly students whilst looking formal but in a fun way.
The camera angle used on the photo on the front cover is a medium long shot, which is highly appropriate because it is less intimidating and makes the cover look more appealing on the whole, which is another element that makes the magazine appeal to the younger generation.
The bold title is written in capital letters to heighten the sense of shouting and excitement which is an instant selling point as it attracts the attention of the buyer straight away, and is very memorable.
Although this school magazine uses many effective techniques to appeal to people, there is a lack of information provided on the front cover. Personally I think it looks quite bare and for me this is not as appealing as when looking for a magazine to read, I like ones that are bold and busy that contain lots to read.
I then moved on to look at the following magazine front cover:
On the other hand, this school magazine front cover is overly busy with an in-persistent colour scheme that over laps the text. In some cases this is effective in bringing the magazine together, however as you can see the row of images that have been included at the top of the cover, seem to cover up a part of the students head, which looks amateur and not thought through.
Despite the magazine being able to illustrate a few images on the cover, the positioning of the images themselves do not seem appropriate along with the colours which clash. A faint red font has been used too, which also overlaps the image of the person. This makes the cover look messy and unprofessional, appealing to less people.
I can now take into consideration when producing my own magazine to not rush it, and carefully think about where I will be placing images and what colours I shall use to maintain a theme and keep it looking professional but also friendly and interesting for students.
The title of this magazine does not appear to be very appealing to any potential buyers or audiences in general and portrays a level of informality. In order to improve the appearance of this magazine, the deep purple/blue background could have been a lighter shade so that the dark text used on top of the images would have stood out much more clearly. Another thing that I would have done if I were to have produced this magazine could be to embed the school uniform colours into the magazine to create familiarity with students making it look more adept.
From first glance, this magazine front cover is brilliant. The pure white background paired with the splash of bright pink was a great contrast and makes the front cover it self look masterful. The mid-shot of the happy young girl with the blurred out background consisting of other students \is great because it allows the focus to be on her only. The title is very clear and the various subheadings are unblemished because of the different colours and fonts used to separate them. This front cover is simple, high quality and attractive.
All in all I am pleased that I decided to compare current examples of school magazine front covers because I have learnt that when creating a school magazine front cover, its important that you use colours that work well together to ensure that the readers attention sis focused on the right things. Most of all, I have learnt that less is more and the simpler the front cover, the more appealing it will be.
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