Textual analysis of a college Magazine
This is an image of the front page of Guilford college magazine.
The denotation of this image is that we have got an image of a man possibly a student at the college in the air both hands up and legs bent back jumping up expressing he’s feeling. This shows me that the person is joyful and he’s happy about something. This also denotes to me that the student has freedom to do what he feel’s like. Also in the background it is an image of an ocean side, where the man is jumping into. When looking at the ocean it kind of makes people feel less stressed and it also allows people to see a good view. The camera shot used for the whole image is an extreme long shot taken from a low angle because we can clearly see the man’s whole body; this shows me that it is a long shot. I can also see the whole of the background.
On top of the image of the man we can see the masthead saying “Guilford college magazine” The font of this is in bright red this is trying to catch or attention, the author of this magazine is trying to target to people to read the masthead which shows to them what college is written from. By having it in red it really stands out and possibly the first thing a reader would look at is the masthead. Under the masthead there is also a dateline showing that the make of the magazine was in 2006. Also underneath the man that is jumping has white cover lines. The cover lines on this front cover are short and stand out in the image. This makes it easy for the reader to read.
The Masthead “Guilford College Magazine” is but in this large font size 18 and put in red to make it stand out, the way designed is like a typical magazine where the first letter of the word is bigger than the other which makes it stand out. Also Under this large red word “Guilford” there is this small white text that is in size 14 that says “news for alumni and friends” by having this it shows to me that the magazine is targeted at people who go to this college and also not only that it targets at friends of people who go college. The Sentence “Guilford College Magazine” basically explains itself as it is a magazine for college students at this college.
The Man diving off the cliff seems very relaxed and stress free. By adding the ocean background which sets a relaxing setting to readers. Also by having this sort of setting it appeals to readers as it got a nice view and some sort of low angle shot which makes the reader seem like there actually looking up at the man jumping in the air. Also at the bottom right hand corner there are three sentences, this shows to me that it indicates to readers in a brief way what is featured in the magazine and what is going to be found init.
Personally I feel the whole FrontPage of this magazine is very dull and plain this is because they have the Masthead which says “Guilford College magazine” is written just in a large font and in red, if the title was designed in more of a specific way then it will be more appealing to the audience and attract more people to read the magazine. Also the three sentences in the bottom right hand corner are in plain white size 14 writing which basically don’t help explain what is in the magazine, as it doesn’t specifically say the page or it doesn’t exactly say what is in the magazine. However if this magazine had more detail on the FrontPage and said clearly what is actually in the magazine then it will be more simple for reader’s. Also the magazine uses a very attractive peaceful background of a ocean and a cliff, this help relax the mind and make people feel more relaxed and appealed when looking at this FrontPage, however the colour of the background is very low key what is meant by this is that the background could be brighter so it’s clearer to see, by it being dark it is hard for the readers to see and it damages the image and the peacefulness of this cover.
The layout of this FrontPage is very well organised and clear to look at, as there is the Masthead at the top in the largest font out of the whole cover to make it stand out as it is the main point. Also there are the brief sentences at the bottom of the page indicating what’s in the magazine then as like normal magazine’s there is a big image of the ocean and a image of the man in the middle so that he is visible and he’s joy he’s able to be seen.
The denotation of this image is that we have got an image of a man possibly a student at the college in the air both hands up and legs bent back jumping up expressing he’s feeling. This shows me that the person is joyful and he’s happy about something. This also denotes to me that the student has freedom to do what he feel’s like. Also in the background it is an image of an ocean side, where the man is jumping into. When looking at the ocean it kind of makes people feel less stressed and it also allows people to see a good view. The camera shot used for the whole image is an extreme long shot taken from a low angle because we can clearly see the man’s whole body; this shows me that it is a long shot. I can also see the whole of the background.
On top of the image of the man we can see the masthead saying “Guilford college magazine” The font of this is in bright red this is trying to catch or attention, the author of this magazine is trying to target to people to read the masthead which shows to them what college is written from. By having it in red it really stands out and possibly the first thing a reader would look at is the masthead. Under the masthead there is also a dateline showing that the make of the magazine was in 2006. Also underneath the man that is jumping has white cover lines. The cover lines on this front cover are short and stand out in the image. This makes it easy for the reader to read.
The Masthead “Guilford College Magazine” is but in this large font size 18 and put in red to make it stand out, the way designed is like a typical magazine where the first letter of the word is bigger than the other which makes it stand out. Also Under this large red word “Guilford” there is this small white text that is in size 14 that says “news for alumni and friends” by having this it shows to me that the magazine is targeted at people who go to this college and also not only that it targets at friends of people who go college. The Sentence “Guilford College Magazine” basically explains itself as it is a magazine for college students at this college.
The Man diving off the cliff seems very relaxed and stress free. By adding the ocean background which sets a relaxing setting to readers. Also by having this sort of setting it appeals to readers as it got a nice view and some sort of low angle shot which makes the reader seem like there actually looking up at the man jumping in the air. Also at the bottom right hand corner there are three sentences, this shows to me that it indicates to readers in a brief way what is featured in the magazine and what is going to be found init.
Personally I feel the whole FrontPage of this magazine is very dull and plain this is because they have the Masthead which says “Guilford College magazine” is written just in a large font and in red, if the title was designed in more of a specific way then it will be more appealing to the audience and attract more people to read the magazine. Also the three sentences in the bottom right hand corner are in plain white size 14 writing which basically don’t help explain what is in the magazine, as it doesn’t specifically say the page or it doesn’t exactly say what is in the magazine. However if this magazine had more detail on the FrontPage and said clearly what is actually in the magazine then it will be more simple for reader’s. Also the magazine uses a very attractive peaceful background of a ocean and a cliff, this help relax the mind and make people feel more relaxed and appealed when looking at this FrontPage, however the colour of the background is very low key what is meant by this is that the background could be brighter so it’s clearer to see, by it being dark it is hard for the readers to see and it damages the image and the peacefulness of this cover.
The layout of this FrontPage is very well organised and clear to look at, as there is the Masthead at the top in the largest font out of the whole cover to make it stand out as it is the main point. Also there are the brief sentences at the bottom of the page indicating what’s in the magazine then as like normal magazine’s there is a big image of the ocean and a image of the man in the middle so that he is visible and he’s joy he’s able to be seen.
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