Analysis of College Magazine Cover 1

College Max Edition 2009

The main image fills the front page and also represents the college and students that go there. The model within the image is a young female, presenting the idea that the target audience is within the range 16-20 years. The subject highlighted in the image is looking happy which connotes enthusiasm of progression into further education. The clear eye contactThe mid shot of the model contradicts the task of the particular brief given to me, this is because within my brief I am asked to produce a medium close up of the subject. The mid shot of the model shows us the costume and position of the model; the relaxed position connotes the fact she is in a relaxed enviroment. College is hard work however it is somewhere to relax and enjoy yourself aswell. The costume of the model is fairly bright; a red tshirt with white features and blue denim shorts, this could of been purposely planned so that that model draws the audiences attention straight to her. The text uses anchorage by featuring a college student to make it relevant to the purpose of the magazine and its target audience. The use of conventional features is clear as the magazine use a large bold font for the title and smaller bold font for the cover lines of the article.  The magazine have indened to use a bold title saying 'College' however written in red writing to connect with the model keeping the consistency throughout the magazine. The colour red within this cover is suggesting not only the love of the college but that the model is passionate about the college she attends. Red in itself is a passionate colour. This could be attempting to persuade the audience of teenagers to be passionate about college aswell, their college. The complimentary colours of green and blue are also interpreted into the cover. With the out of focus background of the model placed in what looks to be a park or forest area the green really shows however in my personal opinion the text is made less prominant due to the background colours. With the subtitles being placed in blue, it makes it easier for the magazine to grab the readers attention of the storylines. The same font is used on the front cover line for each element and the colours red and white are not associated with either females or males, this helps include the range of the target audience even though the model is a female. This could be different if the model was wearing a pink top for example. The price and barcode on the bottom right hand corner of the magazine shows it does have a fee however it stands out to the audience to initiate this to the target audience. The dateline under the title shows the audience it is an up to date issue never the less I think for my magazine I shall make this bigger to try catch the readers eye more effectively.

Location of College Magazine

I have chosen to take the images of my magazine within the Wyke College Campus. With attending this college I think it will make it easier to find an appropriate location for my images. I am going to place my model in Oak builing. Inside this building there is the library, the lockers and canteen, common conventions of a college. If I interpret these into the magazine it gives a pure sense of college life rather than placing a celebrity on the front cover and naming it college. It just wouldn't be the same. I came to the conclusion of placing my model within the Wyke campus due to the fact I am familiar with this location, it has great conventions and will connect to the target audience.

Magazine Cover Terminology

Masthead title piece   The magazine's title. Usually displayed in the top left corner.

Price                          Magazine cost.

Date                         Weekly:usually from Saturday to Friday. Monthly: a month ahead.

Issue Number            A tally of magazines.

Barcode                    Read electronically and decoded into usable information.

Teaser                       One word/phrase acts as an attention grabber.

Headline  A phrase that may summarise the main point on the main feature. In large print, different style, bold colours in order to catch the attention of the reader.

Subtitle                      Smaller headline that may summarise the feature. 

Smaller Feature         Features included in the magazine.

Images Size               CU to med CU. Ranges from the main image to x amount featuring one main image and smaller images. Helps make the page look more interesting. It can add understanding of a story and/or entice someone to read the magazine.

Font                        Style and size of a type face.

Colour                     Specific/stylistic/thematic types.

Graphics                  Graphical shapes to highlight feature(s)

Offers/adverts blurb Banner     Style shape featuring free products/promotions.  

Sell Lines              Small text that sells the title.

Left Third              The left side of the magazine that holds  headlines.

Splash                    Graphics that resemble words.

Credit                   Credit given to the people that have worked on the magazine ( such as the photographer )

Kicker                  This Leads you in to the teller by using catchy words.

Teller                     A short box of information about the subject.

Skyline                  Headline above master headline.

Flash                     Graphics that resemble words.

Graphology           The art of using graphics.

Anchorage             Putting captions on photos to explain the image.

Colour Scheme       Colours presented in the magazine.

Vocabulary             Information relevant to the magazine.

Screamers              Using things such as '!' to create emphasis.

Images                    Photos taken that are inserted into the magazine.

Analysis of the Brief - LIIAR

The front cover of my magazine must have a masthead this will ahve to stand out to the target audience in several ways such as the background, font and colour. The main image I am going to take will fill the page and must be a medium close up of my model. This includes the head and shoulders of the subject. The subject in this image must relate to the main feature in the magazine they also need to be making clear eye contact with the audience of the magazine. The colour scheme and house-style I choose for the front cover will be consistent throughout the magazine. I am going to use up to three colours for this consistent style. I must be promoting other magazine artices or features within this cover page therefore I will make these thumbnail images. The magazine, if being sold needs to clearly have a price and barcode on the front of it. If there is a free gift or the chance to win a competition, then this should also be displayed because this could appeal to the audience and make the magazine stand out from others. Aswell as competitions along the bottom of the magazine I will using tease contents to intice the audience into reading the magazine.

I am producing the magazine for Wyke College.This magazine should show that the college is a happy place to be, this can be shown by the facial expression on my model, aswell as having the college in the background. My personal target audience for the magazine will be 16-20 year olds. Hopefully this will cover all the students age groups and the target audience will be eager to read the magazine. I am going to present the student/s in the images of the magazine in a positive way and that Wyke College is generally a friendly place to study. I want to show to my target audience that Wyke is a fun place to study but still have it's seriousness of working hard in the proccess. Work hard, play hard.

Camera Shots and Descriptions

I saved these images and have added annotations to this JPEG of camera shots to remind myself exactly what each shot is as I will need this for my media AS and A2.

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