Similarities and differences between two school magazines
A)
This school magazine front cover uses the title of the magazine as the actual school name in a sans serif font. The colours used are mainly purple/blue with orange, yellow and green text on top in order to stand out. The images seen on the front cover are serious to portray the message that their school is a hard working unit, a filmstrip of 4 other smaller images are also used to show different parts of the school i.e in a class room, outside the front entrance and in a classroom.
The main tagline is"time to get moving"in order to motivate the audience into finishing their school work and go and get a job or carry on in further education. We get an insight to what stories will be included in the magazine as a subheading is about christmas exams, rhetorical questions are also used on the front cover in order to draw the reader in. This magazine does not have a barcode included which implies that it is a free magazine to whoever wants it. Page number references are not included on the front cover - although should be as it is easier for the reader to find the article without having to search through the whole magazine.
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B)
This is another school magazine where compared to magazine A seems light hearted and fun. The magazine name is Chenders as is not the actual name of the school it is used for the magazine not to have a serious tone to it. The main image is of a girl with her thumbs up, smiling which does not imply it is a strict school and that this magazine is more of an activity magazine for the school. The text on the front cover shows exactly the stories which are included and also page references of those, so it is easy to find for the audience. The language used is not hard to read and is simplified.
Compared to magazine A the stories included in magazine B is the main difference, magazine A includes stories about continuing with education and about upcoming exams where as magazine B includes stories such as "Top 5 favourite bus sing-alongs" which instantly gives it a light hearted tone. Similarly to magazine A this magazine also does not include a barcode which implies it is free for the audience who wish to read it. At the bottom of the front cover smaller images are shown of pupils having fun at school which is the opposite to the hardworking pictures shown in magazine A.
