annotated school/college magazine

The Masthead information slogan, logo and contact. Information. Information: On other things as well as the main image ‘Education’. Tells you about other things which is happening in the magazine as well as talking about College education. Personal Identity: Shows that he is religious and cares about his future. 

In this magazine the Mise-En-Scene theory has been used as the scene as the background is dark so that the guy is able to stand out in the magazine. Also he is being seen to hold books this gives us ‘Information’ that the guy is studying law and business in college as we have the detail of the picture to tell us this. People who are at college themselves will be able to relate to this magazine and will be interested in the information which has been provided. The colours are bright and contrasting to the background of the main image this is used to make it stand out more and grabs the reader's attention, the last thing the reader (especially in this case) wants to do is lose interest in the magazine. The use of the bright pink colour to the bottom left of the masthead draws the attention of the reader and also in this instance has relation to the issue it's mentioning.
Colours: The colours which have been used are Yellow, Black, Grey, Pink and White. 

Yellow Represents: yellow is the colour of sunshine. It's associated with joy; happiness, intellect, and energy, soft, sweet, warming bright yellows are joyful, lively, friendly, radian this is the main colour of this magazine because it looks happy and also friendly. Stands out to the targeted audience which would be people ages from 16 + Black: it helps people to look thinner when it comes to fashion. Also makes them look more plump and healthier. White is associated with light, goodness, innocence, purity. It is considered to be the colour of perfection. The sign of the ‘religious cross’ shows personal identity as it shows you that the man on the front cover of the magazine is religious. The clothes which are also being worn signifies that you don’t have to look smart to be successful and seen.

The font which has also been used is a block kind of font as it is easy to read and also will grab the reader’s attention. It also gives the impression to the target audience that the font which is being shown in yellow is the main headings in the magazine associated with ‘Education & College’. On the other hand the block font in white is associated with different things for example mobile phones as it quotes ‘ Why we love Blackberry’ This can be associated with education as phones are used to communicate and to also browse.

The most important and known part of a magazine is the cover; this is used to attract the target audience. So what a school magazine needs to do is to appeal to students. I have found a few images of covers from magazines that have been distributed. As you can see on the two covers from the ‘college’ magazine article the font of the masthead is the same, although the colours are different this allows the reader to have sense brand recognition. The masthead is monochromatic and keeps in with their three tone colour scheme. The models on both covers are in mid-shot taking up the majority of the cover with some sort of connection to one of the cover lines in these examples they are related to the cover line on the top left.