Jennifer Welsford

SIXTH FORM MAGAZINE ANALYSIS

Comberton Sixth Form (The First)

Snowflake connotes winter, detail, maybe the mag has a photographic focus

Blue symbolises richness, cold, wintery theme

Masthead font is very minimal, looks professional

Text explains who it originates from (CSF’s students). Tells reader it’s a winter edition.

Photo by Dusan Beno (could be a school photographer)

Represents the school as sophisticated, not tacky or cheap, looks like the students have spent a lot of time on it. Looks very adult – aimed at an older audience

Comberton Sixth Form (The First)

Black and white contents represents the school as professional and sophisticated; very minimal and sleek but not flashy (follows theme of front cover)

Informative layout tells you which picture connects to which article, once again a focus on photography

Large variety of sophisticated topics, would appeal to lots of different audiences

All written in same font (inc. masthead and header) shows continuityHeader notes title and issue date

Blackpool Sixth Form (Sixth Sense)

Topline displays school name (institution)

Masthead is thin, looks contemporaryBrick wall with graffiti show an aim towards a younger audience

Strapline displays date

Not much text, minimal, footer shows some featured articles

Leaf (main image) could represent nature focus, green = eco-friendly, or could represent street art

Blackpool Sixth Form (Sixth Sense)

Personal contents page, collage of students, if audience are from the school they can relate

Minimal contents page keeps a clean theme, represents school as professional, but could look a bit simple

Links contents to front page by using a thumbnail

Reasonably informal page titles shows chatty tone, younger audience

Collage is well put together

Stoke Newington (Spotlight)

• Photos of students• Photos of schools• Nature• Easy to read fonts• Wide variety of articles• School name/logo• Note from the head-teacher• Continuous theme throughout• Competitions, write-ins etc.• Modern style to reflect new

teens/technology era

Codes of a school magazine