school cover (with changes)

contents page

first school cover submission

original school magazine cover design

Uncut Magazine Cover

6th Form Mgazine Questionnaire

1. What type of articles interest you?

2. What would you want to read about in a magazine for this school’s sixth from?

3. Do you prefer that a magazine sticks to a simple colour scheme (using 3 colours) throughout its magazine or a very varied colour scheme?

4. What would put you off buying a 6^th form magazine?

5. What do you think would help make the magazine successful (large number of readers and positive feedback)?

6. Which of the following features do you think are the most important for a magazine?

Reviews (music, films, games, festivals etc)

Interviews (teachers, students)

Advice guides

Other ______________________________

7. How many pages do you want in your magazine?

8. Do you want photos in your magazine and if yes, what kind?

9. What ‘dream’ article would you want in your magazine?

10. Should the magazine be a mixture of articles about things happening in and

outside of school?

Advert Analysis

Dior Midnight Poison

In this advert is a white woman who looks to be in her late twenties or early thirties. She appears to be of the upper class as she is dressed in an expensive dress that would probably be worn at an important social event. It is unknown what the woman’s sexuality is or where she is but that is probably intended to give the product and image a sense of mysticism. The picture is taken at an extreme high angle and is a mid-sized shot. The model is giving direct mode of address. With the strange positioning of her arms and the fact that the dress appears to be moving suggests the woman maybe dancing.

The product being advertised is a perfume titled Midnight Poison and is from the company Dior. There is a picture of the product, which has been placed in the bottom left corner.

It appears that computer effects have been applied to the photo used. The models arms and dress almost look animated. The photo features sparkles which gives the avert a fairytale look which works with the slogan “A new Cinderella is born.”

The photo is largely dark with the light being aimed at the woman’s face. Light is also used to highlight the blue of her dress.

The positioning of the model is slightly awkward with her arms slightly out of shot and the light on her shoulder being dark on one side of her hand and her chest being light on the other side makes the photo look slightly out of proportion. Her right hand is the closest thing to the lens at slightly overlaps her face, which is the centre of focus in the advert.

The photo works with the layout of the advert, with the Dior logo, slogan and perfume photograph positioned around the edges of the advert and where the shades of light in the photo are dark.

Despite the awkward positioning of the models arms, the photo fits into the advert with the text and product picture.

The photo use of mysticism and light is appropriate for the product name and slogan. The themes of the picture include fairy tales and gothic imagery.

The advert says that by using this product you to will be like a ‘princess.’

magazine cover analysis

The front cover I have selected is the cover of the February 2008 issue of Uncut magazine. Uncut magazine is a music magazine aimed at males and females and is bought by people from a large age range, from teenagers to the middle-aged. It covers music both new and old and a variety of genres.

On the cover is a photo of folk singer Bob Dylan. It is a famous photo of him featured on the cover of one of his albums. It is a medium shot taken at a low angle. The main cover line reads ‘Bob Dylan 1968: The year He came back from the Dead.’ By specifying what year in Bob Dylan’s career the article is set there is extra interest for Bob Dylan fans and for readers of the magazine who will most likely be familiar with who Bob Dylan is. The font of the masthead and main cover line is reminiscent of westerns and cowboy imagery which compliments the image of Dylan wearing a cowboy hat and the music he plays. As a selling point there is a bubble below the masthead which reads ‘206 Reviews inside’ which is a good way of getting the attention of music fans.

The cover is carefully aimed at people form both genders. It uses colours that are applicable to men’s and women’s magazines, using red, white, blue and yellow.

The cover does user cover lines, something largely related to woman’s magazines, but the majority of them are a simply artist/band name, which is a great way of attracting more readers, and they are fitted into the bottom left hand corner.