Preliminary Task

Analyzing the front cover of a school magazine

The mast head of this magazine is “Giggle” this seems to be very carefully chosen as its getting the attention of the students. Older students seem to be the main target audience and they would be more interested and it seems to have better ways of coping when you are the eye- catching title suggests that the magazine is more suited to the female students with the choice of the colour pink to intrigue the young female attention the use of the females as the main image also shows that the target audience is more or less just for the female population.

The Mast head being “giggle” may connote to the reader that school is good and that its fun, not just a place of work and stress. School is supposed to be the best days of your life the place that prepares you for the big world of work that lies ahead of students to the masthead “giggle” could have something to do with school and how the target audience are school students.

As the subheadings have messages about balancing being a parent with doing your school work, this front cover allows the buyers to get an insight into what the magazine has to offer and by not having all of the story on the front cover it makes the reader want to buy it and read the whole story. The publisher of the magazine is Alachua County’s. As you can see under the mast head in smaller print is the issue and volume of the magazine which allows the reader to see and be aware that there are more to follow and this should increase sales.

There are many different types of stories which feature in the front cover from being directed at a student to tips for parents into how to save money for going back to school to telling dads how to get involved with their children when it comes to school life.

The use of the word “special” draws the reader into wanting to spend the money more as it says special it gives the reader a sense of pride and it may create a sense of pride to the buyer. The magazine cover looks very similar to “close magazine and this may attract the reader’s attention into thinking that it’s the same details inside.

By the use of all the vibrant colours it makes the magazine look richer and make it stand up from all the other magazines on the shelf. It also makes school life seem more fun and make it look like a much friendlier place. The magazine “giggles” is different to other front covers at it only deals with the topic of school and school related stories. It has one main target audience which is the older students in school and it gives out various messages and information for them to take it and think about.