Analysing Ruislip Eye

Ruislip High School magazine- Ruislip Eye

Technical Codes:

Layout of the page- Neat and organised, every picture is boxed off to represent the organisation of the school. Two large pictures, they are large because it draws the attention to artilcle to attract the readers eye to picture of the centre of the page, so that they are then attracted to the main article.
Typeface/font- Heading is bold and white to against blue backgroungto grab readers attention. Black text is normal case and makes heading stand out more because it is a different colour and size.
Size/quality of photos- Two large photos in centre of the page. Clear and insight. Automatically readers eyes are drawn to page. Picture arent too busy and makes it clearer to see whats going on.
Cropping of photographs- Cropped to show close up of picture to show a close up of the 'trash outfits' and gives the reader more of an idea what the article is going to be about. Also its an interesting different mixture of trash being made into fasion. The little picture on the side of Santa Claus and his elf to shows the theme of christmas.
How photos relate to stories- They have made items of clother through trsh and the article is called 'Trashion'. Shows the mixture of trash used. Also the little picture on the side of Santa Claus and his elf to shows the theme of christmas.
Why  pictures have been used- Picture have been used to liven up the magazine, rather than it just being purely based on just text, as it is a magazine for teenagers, they wont to influence more reading but not too boring, so pictures are the added. It splits it up abit.

Written Codes: 

Size of cover lines- The vary but headings and subheadings are slighting bigger then the rest of the test, because it shows the importance of the titles, and article titles. Readers then looks at the titles after the looking at all the pictures.
Key Words- Ruislip Eye, trashion, Ruislip High School- telling audience about the main article and school name.
Missing information/ fulfilling expectations- Trashion kind of a cliff hanger, as you dont know quite what they ment. But then looking at the picture sort of resolves what exactly they are talking about. 
Persuasive language used- Ruislip 'eye' This represents that Ruislip Eye magazine, is like the eye of the school, It knows everything about everyone, and what exactly is going on. This attracts all the people of Ruislip High to the newest 'gossip' of the school.

Symbolic Codes:

Colours- All shades of blue, then black and white. This ties into the school colours, and shows them representing the school, sharing all its important and proud moments. Representing and showing the proudness of the school.
Symbols- A christmas holly in the corner of the page, to represent the theme of the magazine, christmas. Also a icon of a cartoon school boy in uniform.