School magazine cover analysis

I am going to analysis some exsiting school/college magazine covers, to give me a more more clear idea of what i need to include and to help inspire me.

Firstly i looked at a recent issue of my own school magazine : Marlwood's "Grapevine" it made sense for me to look at this magazine because am will probaliy make this magazine for own school, as i know what the schools expections, traditions and colours are..

• i immedately noticed the irony used in the title : picture of the grapes in the word "Grapevine" Connatations of the word/sayings behind grapevine ("heard it through the grapevine") gives the impression of spreading the news, which is the overall purpose of the magazine.
• The colours green and red/burgundy are used a lot, as these are the traditional school colour so it mean the read immedately associates the magazine with the school so help inform the reader the purpose of the magazine.
• The picture used on the magazine are showing events going on around the school and are mostly picture of pupils, this show that the school is a interesting place as so makes the school seem a more fun learning environment with a lot going on.
• This cover also seems very simple, there doesnt seem like much writting, i think this can possibly be because it keeps on main focus on the magazine, and the younger students would be unlikely to want to read a lot of writting on the cover, although i dont think this works as well as it should as the contents of the magazine isn't totally clear, and i think the reader needs to know more about the contents of the magazine, to help them decide if they think the magazine would be useful to them etc..
• The school name and saying are written in a shape at the bottom of the page, i think this works well because its clear, and reminds everyone of the school saying ("working together for excelence")