Analysis of my magazine front cover

Masthead

I chose the title 'KHS Break' as my masthead because I feel 

like it is a suitable masthead for a school magazine as it

represents the events in a school day. 'KHS Break' gives

the impression that when you are reading the magazine you 

are finding out about events happening in your school. The

 masthead is in yellow and black as they represent king henry's

 two main school colours. The size of the magazines masthead

 in my opinion is a good size as it is bold, clear and stands out

 well.

Main Image

 
For my main image I chose to take a medium shot of a female sixth form student, the image shows
her smiling which gives the impression that school life is joyful. The masthead is the

largest image on the magazine as it is the main image and it helps give the impression that the magazine has been produced for students. I positioned the main image in the Centre of the

 magazine as it stands out and leaves plenty of room around it to fill with sell lines, pugs etc.



Sell lines

I placed five sell lines on the front cover, these sell lines

reveal the contents the reader may find inside the magazine.

I placed the sell lines against a light shade of grey background,

this helps the sell lines stand out and appear clear to read.

The sell lines are yellow with a black outline, this is to make

the cover look more interesting and the sell lines appear bold

and easily noticeable. Each sell line represents the events
happening within the school.

Subsidiary images

                                                  I chose to include three subsidiary images

on the front cover of the school magazine.

I decided to include images of the school

to show where the magazine is based.

I made sure that the subsidiary images

were smaller than the main image. I

feel like I have placed the images

in appropriate areas of the magazine

cover as they stand out and they are

not covering any sell lines or important 

areas of the cover.

Pug



The pug has been placed above some sell lines and above the main image.

 The sell lines indicate what could be found inside the magazine.

I think the colours used stand out as they are bright and noticeable.

 The yellow is used as it represents one of the school colours.

Header/Footer bar

 

The header bar is black with yellow writing, this is to show the schools

 main colours. The header bar gives an idea of what you can read about inside,

the header is bold and is placed at the very top of the cover.

The footer bar is placed at the bottom on the cover, it is also black

and yellow and contains another clue of what you will find inside.