How does Plumline construct and reflect its audience?

How does the magazine you have studied construct and reflect it's intended audince?                        

    

   

The magazine I have studied constructs and reflects its intended audience entirely. The magazine is aimed at Plumstaed Manor Schools students aged 12-16 and also Negus students. The magazine reflects its intended audience very well as images of students from plumstead manor school have been used on the front cover, the double page spread and the back of the magazine. The magazine is very eye catchy and appealing too it’s intended audience as bright eye catchy colours and fonts have been used consistently throughout the magazine encouraging the intended audience to read the magazine. There are 9 sections in total on this magazine all giving out information on different subjects and activities students from Plumstead Manor School have been involved in. And to back up all these story lines images have been used to make the magazine more interesting and to motivate its intended audience as these stories are aimed at students from year 7-11 and using images of students from that age group makes it more effective.

The title of the magazine is ‘PLUMLINE’ this title is related to the schools name showing that the magazine is linked to Plumstead Manor this draws it’s intended audience to the magazine. The title is written in white font and in capital letters this is the biggest font that has been used throughout the whole of the magazine. This makes the magazine look much more attractive, effective and appealing to its intended audience as it links in with the Plumstead manor logo as well as the Plumstead Manor schools uniform this gives the reader a sense of belonging somewhere and creates a sense of shared experiences and identity.

A picture of the schools future building is used at the top right of the magazine this shows the intended audience that the school is trying to make your time at the school  better and gives the reader positive vision of the school that the school it trying to improve its standards for the students. This also reminds the students that they belong to a community and makes them feel wanted and cared for.

The magazine has 12 different sections talking about different things taking place inside of the school and outside of the school. The front cover focuses mainly on ‘performing arts’ and ‘GCSE drama’ students exampling how Plumstead Manor school has a high reputation within the Greenwich borough for performing Arts as they were awarded ‘Performing arts Status in 2000’this shows the intended audience that the school is very good at teaching and tries it’s best to make the students time at Plumstead Manor successful and enjoyable. This proves to the students that the school wants them to succeed and do well, and shows you can achieve anything through hard work and determination.

The double page spread focuses on six different topics linked to the school with images backing up the stories. The images used  on the double page spread is of students looking  very cheerful and happy this conveys to the reader that your hard work  will be awarded by your success it encourages the students to work hard. There are subheadings used on top of every section of the magazine making it easier for the reader to find the information they want. Also there is minimal writing on the magazine which focuses on the main things this is good as too much writing can put readers off.

At the back of the magazine there are four sections about activities Plumstead Manor school students as well as Negus students have taken part in outside of school but still linked to school. This encourages the reader to get involved in more activities outside school as it can help you in many ways in the later future. There is also a section called ‘Easter Revision’ at the back of the magazine this shows the reader that teachers from Plumstead  Manor school are committed in teaching their students and what them to get the best possible grades in their exams.