Harriet Broadley AS Media: School Magazine Comparison

The task was to compare my school magazine to a real school magazine so I used Kettering Science Academy's 'Under the Microscope'.

Front Cover

Both magazines have an obvious colour scheme, mine red and KSA's purple. This links into the school logo and stands out for the fact that that is the purple school and it becomes conventional. This is what I want for my magazine but maybe convey this through other devices rather than just colour.
Watermarks are also used on both which makes them look more professional and it is a good theme to have through out the magazine pages.

Instead of cover lines KSA used miniature pictures on the side of their cover which like cover lines, tells you what's in the content of the magazine. I found this unique but I'd have to experiment more with idea if it was going to work with a music magazine.
KSA has an article on their front cover which doesn't look eye catching but in a school magazine the purpose is different to music one. School magazines are to inform students, parents and other audiences associated in the school about the latest news on the school. Whereas music magazines are to entertain people about what's going on in the music world and to compete with other magazines. Unlike KSA's magazine, music magazines are in competition with others and are trying to make a profit.

Both have watermarks carrying on the theme. Mine is of the school logo to remind the audience this is a school magazine whereas KSA's is just a pattern to make the page more exciting.
Both have followed through the colour scheme making these magazines more effective and professional.

My contents has a few pictures hinted what is in the article and numbers matching the article number.
The contents page for KSA's is not just a contents page but has an introduction as well which I hadn't thought of. I like the idea of having a small bar on the right with the page numbers and will consider this for my music magazine.