School Magazine Homework

For this task, i am going to research "The Grape Vine" from The Weald of Kent Grammer School. The link to this is : http://www.wealdofkent.kent.sch.uk/LearningSystem/PortalHome/preDefault.asp?Resource=9A03D2EC-23F3-489F-A6FA-DA7449FE4EA9&ResourceID=7230

Then click on the PDF file.



Contents

Firstly the contents page was also the front page. I found this good because it lets you know what the Magazine is all about and whats inside it. In this case it seems there is a lot about the school and events going on. As you scroll down, you get information on AS subjects such as media and theatre. Also there is careers advice which is good because above is GCSE and AS advice and so it shows that this magazine is suited for all.

Once you go down further, you start to hit the informal pages which tell us about events such as a beach party (in this case) etc. Then after we hit the school trips and exchanges. There are a number of images showing what happened and relevant to the topic. The layout is also simple but effective at getting the reader's attraction.

After all this, we get to the news and gossip section which a lot of Newspapers have and are very good at attracting readers. We also start to see student pictures and reports on the things that have done or attened such as a Muse concert.
Lastly in the contents, there is a thank you page to all the poeple that participated in the Magazine.



Layout
The layout is very simple and plain (white background). Many of the pages also have images or a margin background such as hearts or a melon. The text style is also "Berlin Sans FB" which is odd because it isnt a common font. The font colour is also a kind of aqua style.
I think the layout is good at keeping reader's concerntration because there isnt too many pictures or different colours but at the same time it isnt dull.

Target Audience
i think that the target audience for this magazine is secondary school students. This is because the layout doesn't contain a lot of images and instead has a pretty nornal background of white and and aqua. I also think this because a lot of the gossip and stories are about older students and use similar language.

Conclusion
In conclusion i think that the magazine is a professionally made style and good at attracting its target audience. I also think that it is very easily made and therefore would make a better profit due to its layout of a white background and aqua text or a few marginal pictures