School Magazine Annotations

Masthead: the masthead is bold and bright which is very eye-catching against the background.

Social Media's: at the top of the magazine, Facebook and Twitter's icons have been put there which is implying that the reader of the magazine should check them out and/or follow them on their social media's.

Main Image: the main image of the magazine is a young school girl which would link with audience because it would catch a certain group of people's eyes. The young girl is very happy and she is in her uniform so parents (probably mothers) might be interested in the magazine to see what the young girl has been doing what has made her happy.

Cover-lines: the sell lines are all showing the reader what will be on the inside before they buy it, therefore the magazine is selling itself by showing the most interesting parts of the content inside on the cover. This particular magazine is showing parents what their children might be doing in school and giving them advice or hints on how to trick their 'FUSSY EATERS' into eating things which they wouldn't usually eat.

Sell-lines: the sell-line is just underneath the masthead and in this case is informing who the magazine is aimed it. 'PARENTS GUIDE TO PRIMARY SCHOOL'.

Strap Lines: the strap line is (in this case) showing an extra feature of the magazine so people think they're getting extra.

The multi-coloured 'CONTENTS!' shows massively on the baby blue coloured background which makes it more noticeable and it's bigger than the rest of the writing on the page to make it obvious what is happening on this page.

The page numbers are really clear and allow the reader to know what information is on what page. It is red, making it stand out on the page after the title, making it easy to read.

The bold subtitles explaining what is on each page is bold, making it easy to read and informative so people don't have to go through the whole magazine to find what they want to read about. This makes it simpler and people will be more interested in reading it.

The small paragraphs underneath every subtitle explains what is being talked about on each topic. This informs people whether they want to read that page.

The pictures show what is going on within the school on the previous week or month (since the last magazine).

Masthead: the masthead is bright in comparison to the background and it is easy to see. This allows readers or potential buyers to know what the magazine is about.

Sell-lines: the sell-lines are often a catch phrase or something to make the magazine memorable. In this case, the sell-line is a website (presumably the magazines website) and the date.

Cover-lines: the cover-lines are bigger than a lot of the text on the page, yet smaller than the masthead. This shows what sort of topics will be within the contents of the magazine articles. Underneath the cover-lines there are short sentences to explain the topics. For example, there is a coverline saying 'Working Nine to Five', then underneath it states 'The benefits of being a working parent' which would involve the audience (the parents) and they would want to know the benefits of working on a 9-5 schedule.

Main Image: the main image is two children reading books. This may interest parents before they even begin to read the coverlines. As it is in the middle of the page, it will be one of the first things which you see when you look at the front cover.

Audience: the target audience for this magazine would be parents of primary school children. This is made obvious by the way there are young children reading books and the masthead states 'Primary'.

Strap-line: the strapline is showing what is extra in the magazine which you wouldn't get in the magazine usually. It is being used as advertisement in this case.