Research

To go with my new idea of a music themed school magazine I have found a few examples of front covers of similar music oriented school magazines. The two are extremely different looking, a main reason for this probably being the ages of the target market. The first picture of "primary music today" is simple and puts across the clear point of who and what the magazine is about. This does not include any further information or any text about features or other aspects of the magazine. The picture of "intune" magazine is however a lot more busy and engaging and is more of a teenage publication. We can also see this in the usage of a very recognisable reference to a film mainly targeting teens. This 'High School Musical' feature is the most accentuated and focused on in the page and would definitely be interesting towards many teenagers. This front cover holds a lot more information and features, drawing in the reader. Each individual magazine works successfully for its specific target age group. The last magazine, which looks the most professional of the 3 magazines is both simple and engaging. The use of the interesting and unusual image on the front cover draws us in and we can tell what the features are without the writing drawing away from the picture. Any information given is made clear and we know exactly what is trying to be put across from the magazine.