"Student ID"
FRONT COVER:
The magazine published by Ludlow college has a bright, memorable front cover, with various student pictures, appealing fonts and vivid colours. The masthead gives it brand identity, as it stands out, so is easily remembered.
The main background image is of a red leaf and there is a "Cheap ideas for Halloween" section on the front cover, making it clear that this is an autumn issue. The price is 90p, and is shown in the top right corner of the cover.
The layout is very disorganised, but in an appealing way for teenagers to relate to it and make them want to read it, as lots of graphics are used. If it was a plain, boring layout they would be less interested. The font is a mix of sans-serif and serif, emphasising the colloquial style.
Bylines are used as captions under images, to make it clear to readers what the picture means. For instance, various images of students at a party is supported by the captions: 'BASH PHOTOS' and 'SUMMER BALL PHOTOS'. These are the cover lines, showing their importance within the issue.
There is is picture of 'District 9' and 'Big Brother' at the bottom, letting readers know that even before they open the magazine, different interesting topics will be discussed, for instance television programmes. This is appealing to students as they are made aware that it's not just aspects of school life that are covered in the issue. The byline of this is 'Reviews' showing exactly what will be discussed even before looking inside.
The 'PLUS' banner at the bottom shows some of the other things that will be included, such as college art and horoscopes. In a way this is has some of the traits of an average teenage magazine, making it attractive to students.
CONTENTS PAGE:
The contents page is much more basic than the front cover, but still has an exciting layout, with the majority of the page orange. This time the typeface is sans-serif, so the font is much more consistent and relaxed. On the left hand side column, there is a letter from the editor, with some details of what will be included in the issue and information about the team who create the magazine. The mode of address she uses is very laid back and casual, helping to target it at young people. There is also a picture of her at the top, with a caption, making everything clear to readers.
The large 'OWL CITY' image again, appeals to teenagers, so is a niche product. The caption explains how it was created by a student on the new Graphics Tablets, and gives and address to people so that they can send their work in. This gets the readers more involved in the issue, asking them to be a part of it and have their work featured in it.
The actual contents box is very simple and brief, to prevent confusion and overwhelming the readers. It details the basic main topics on each page, with numbers next to it to make it easy for readers to access, making them want to continue reading the magazine.
The typical conventions of any magazine is having the basic format, like a masthead,headlines, cover lines, graphics, main background image and so on. I have included all of these factors in my front page and contents page because they are essential to magazines, to deliver the correct information to the audience and attract them via the format. I haven't differed my magazine a lot from the stereotypical types, as I have included a strap line, a background image of a male and female student to appeal to both genders, and other common conventions. My front cover is quite fun and wild, but still has that degree of formality that a student magazine should have, as there are cover lines related to educational aspects of the college, such as "Exam Stress Cures". The bright, clashing colours add the colloquial tone to the cover, making it appeal more 
The social group that my student magazine represents is teenagers between the ages of 16-18 as that is the age of sixth form students. As mentioned briefly before, the front cover background image is a girl and a boy, standing in front of a plain, black brick wall. This grey scale was created in Photoshop which I'll discuss later. The strap line is "Don't be another brick in the wall...Stand Out!" This is encouragement for students to not conform to the ordinary and they shouldn't be afraid to be different. The students are wearing sixth form uniform, look relatively smart and are smiling. This overall creates a positive image of this group of students. The language is normal-not too formal and not too informal. This hopefully represents how this age group are still young and have fun, but at the same time are mature and aren't childish any more. This again adds positivity to the target audience. I have used only one image on my front cover, which is the background image. If I had put more, the page would look too disorganised and would be too much for readers to take in. The level of organisation also represents attitudes of maturing teenagers. The contents page is similar in the way that it's nice and bright but still has that formal tone to it. It has a series of small pictures, of sixth form students and Google images related to special features in the issue. This shows variety and gives a more balanced ratio of text to graphics. 
It is unlikely that other media institutions will distribute this particular student magazine as it is specific to St. Edmunds College, so only the school will distribute it because it contains aspects of college life and includes features on certain teachers and students. Even though we already have a college magazine, like 'College Life' and 'Avita Pro Fide'. For one of my textual analysis', I looked at 'Avita Pro Fide', the magazine for Old Edmundians. It was much more sophisticated that my student magazine, as was 'College Life' as it is a magazine for parents. Therefore, 'The Pupil Paper' offers some variety from the formal tone of the common school magazines. It is also directed at a much younger audience to these other magazines but still an older audience to the student magazine that the school already has, but that is directed at all ages from year 7-13, unlike this magazine. 
The contents page is much more basic than the front cover, but still has an exciting layout, with the majority of the page orange. This time the typeface is sans-serif, so the font is much more consistent and relaxed. 
"Student ID" 
"Avita Pro Fide"
