One of my first tasks before I can create my school/college magazine front cover is to look at some existing covers and deconstruct them. This will help me to learn more about the typical conventions used on a school/college magazine.
- Purple connotes royalty—shows they are a top school.
- ‘The Griffin’ - a majestic mythical creature - shows they are important.
- Image of a ‘griffin in the corner to reinforce the name.
- Very bland colour scheme—a lot of empty space.
- Two ‘top’ students shown on the front—shows what the school is about.
- Sans serif font shows they are trying to be more in touch with the students.
- The student has messy hair and is wearing her coat and scarf.
- The yellow text doesn’t stand out very well.
- Doesn’t give a lot of information about what’s inside the magazine.
- Uses sans serif font to be more in touch with the students.
- More interesting colour scheme.
- Has images of what is being talked about.
- The girl is obviously posing.
- Has a lot of headlines on the cover—tells a lot about what there will be inside.
- Use of serif font to make it look fun.
- Very bland colours—a lot of empty space.
- No preview of the prom images
- The girl has messy hair and her tie etc. is loose.
- Uses a sans serif font to be more in touch with the students.
- More colour than before but still a lot of empty space.
- Is highlighting the fact that the students write on their hands.
- Again—no prom photo previews and the writing isn’t quite central.
- Uses a serif font to seem more proffessional.
- Simple font—makes it easy for everyone to read
- Colours used match the colours of the dresses in the preview prom photos.
- Is appropriately dressed but isn’t wearing a suit like in the griffin pictures.
- Very bland colour scheme—a lot of empty space.
- Uses a sans serif font to stay in touch with the students.
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