Magazine For Target Group and General

Reigate College

This is a school magazine for Reigate college. This is aimed at people aged from 16-18 years of age. This is a college magazine which is written by the actual students of the college. The fact that it is written by the students means that it can relate to the students themselves. The magazine is titled; The True College Celebs. The connotation of this is that each one of these students matters and should have a status just like a real celebrity. It represents these students as true real people and not fake so they deserve fair chances. The positioning of the title can sometimes be very important and it is normally in the readers eye line. However on this front cover the title is small and in the corner, the individual pictures seem to be more dominant over the front page. The whole design of the front cover of the magazine are cut out images of various people at the college. This is eye catching because each image is different. The denotation of this image is that they are just pictures of people, however the connotation is that they are pictures of all different students within the college of all different course but they are all individuals that are all equal. Features such as the "free huggs" posters are also included, the connotation of this is a warm, friendly and very welcoming. Around the images are stars the semiotic meaning of this is bright and unisex, this because it is aimed to all students both male and female. The front cover also has some background colour of yellow, this represents neutralness between the two genders.

The enticing aspect of this magazine is that it is written and read by the same type and aged people so they can therefore relate to the information. This is because they share the same types of views and it also emphasises the importance of the images, that everyone is important and unique. Also the actual magazine involves students' work, poems, creating the ad's and even modeling.

The magazine front cover does not appeal to me. I feel that the layout of the images are very informal and messy because there is not structure to the images. The images are also not arranged in any way so it does not entice me. The title is also very small and does not standard out even though i feel it is a very interesting. Also because of the structure of the front cover it does not state what the magazine will have inside. This is because there are no subheading which state what the magazine will involve. So would not personally buy this magazine to read it because it does not appeal to me and i do not know the subjects that it will be based around.

SEEC Dave Magazine

Dave is the SEEC magazine for the current students of South East Essex college. SEEC is equivalent of a high school sixth form for students aged 16 and above.
The front page of the magazine is the first thing that the reader or student would see when they would purchase it. The title Dave can be seen as a male name however in this magazine it is aimed at both female and male students. It is at the top of magazine because it is also sold in shops so it would be the first thing the person would see in their eye line. The masthead is also in a bold yellow color. The color yellow symbolizes a neutral color that appeals to both females and males.

There is only one image on the whole of the front cover. This image is of a male, who in my opinion looks like a music student. This could also be hinted at with the sideline of “can you gig it?” Also because of the genre of the magazine it looks like he is a student of the college. This would make sense to the reader or student because this means they can relate to him because he is just a normal person and not a celebrity. There is also a header that goes through the poster that say “summer off Sam” this would suggest that the male in the image is Sam.

It states that he gives an interview of what is happening to a normal Southender in the summer time. The normal effect that this student represents is something the reader can relate.

Along the bottom there is a statement that advertises the Southend Arts Festival. This is symbolized by the image at the bottom of the front cover. This is also in yellow, which represents a neutral colour for males and females. This magazine is very informative about the activities around the college. It illustrates life of a normal student around the college campus.

This magazine is different from any other college magazine because it personallises about their college and it makes unique from any other college.

This magazine appeals to me as a reader because it is very eye catching. It does not come across as boring. The student on the front also turns out to be in a brand, which every student can relate to. If I was to go to this college i would buy this magazine because it offers a variety of information. It is different from other magazines because it is very personal, and not just about the college information.

Guildford College Magazine

This is the college magazine for Guilford college. The name of the magazine is College Porridge, this connotates a very warm and friendly feeling from the food porridge. This represents that the information is about the college.

The magazine is aimed at the students of the college. This means that the students reading the magazine will be aged between 16-18. Therefore the age range is very small but there is alot of people within that group. This magazine is therefore aimed at males and females of this age range. The articles will relate to each student of both genders .

The front cover displays more of a newspaper layout when it is in fact a magazine. The structure of the magazine is based on a story and then an image. There also the latest news along the side of the front cover. There is also a banner at the bottom of the front page.

There is also a lot of images on the front page. These are to add effect to the front page because it adds colour. Below the masthead is the schools slogan which is "Warm, fun, Filling and tasty". The solgue here links to the name porridge because these are all the properties of porridge.These words are describing the life of the college and how students see their college.

The magazine is published by the college and the only money they take back from selling the magazine is the money spent on buying the paper.

The one disadvantage for this college magazine is that is cannot be read on the Internet. They could change their platform by putting their magazine on the internet for people to read. This could also make more students read the magazine because students are constantly on the internet in their every days lives.

The overall view on this magazine is very plain and dull. It only shows the schools new and in form of a newspaper instead of magazine layout. This magazine would not really appeal to the target audience as a magazine because the layout and style is more a newspaper style, as a reader myself this confuses me.

Level Best- Bristol College

This is a magazine that is for Bristol College students, which would be aged at students aged 16-18 or older possibly. This means that the articles inside the magazine will relate to their interest or studies. This makes the magazine very personal and very exciting for the readers to read.

The front cover is a very bright and appealing for students of this age. This is very tempting because if they enticed by the front cover they will be under more pressure to buy the magazine. The masthead of the magazine is very ironic. The denotation of the title is do your "level best",but the connotation is to do your best in your studies which is aimed at A Level's and the title is "Level Best". Therefore there is a play on words by using the word Level from both contexts.

The images on the front cover are very interesting because it is of a student at the college having fun in the grass. The colours used are also very interesting because they are bright and appeal to the students of the college and this may make them buy the magazine.

Also in the bottom is the college logo and this is how they are recognized as a college. So this is informative to the reader because it tells you the theme is Bristol college information. The style of the front cover is very presentable and eye catching to the target audience because the image is of a student laying on the grass blowing bubbles. This style is very unique compared to other college magazines.

The College would publish the magazine themselves and would only pay for the cost of the paper. However there is a very good feature of this magazine because it can be read online as well as being bought by the students. This shows that the platform of the magazine is very different from other college magazines. Also the different platform could mean a bigger target audience because not everyone like to buy a magazine first hand.

Overall this magazine is very appealing because it colorful and it is appeal for people to buy. The college students would find this an appeal and interesting magazine for the life and information of the college. I personally appeal to this type of magazine because it is aimed at my age group and the front cover is very enticing because it is different from other magazines.

Southend High School For Girls School Magazine

This is Southend High School For Girls magazine. The magazine is called this because it is the name of the school. The connotations of this is that it is an all girls school. Magazines like these name the title after school to show the main theme of all the articles.This could hint that the all the articles are education or school related.

This magazine is aimed at students of every year. This ranges from the age of 11-18. Therefore with such a wide range of age groups it can relate to many different people. This means that the articles have to relate to everyone which means that the articles used are only about school life. For example this can be illustrated on the front cover. This is because the image used is of a girl in a mask which could mean that she is a drama student for a school play or pantomime. This shows that the school are every active with their work. On the front cover it entices the reader because it shows the reader the fun factor of the school and that it is not just all hard work. It also interacts to the reader because the person on the front is not just anyone it is an actual student that they know of or have seen around the school. Also the body language of the model is happy and smiley which also gives a good happy feeling of the school. Also on the front cover is the school's Logo, which is the symbol for the school. The denotation of the logo is "glory to God" and the connotation is the translated from latin which is written on the Logo. Colours that appear on the front cover are very bright and stand out which makes them appealing to the target audience. The magazine is made and published by the school and then is sold on to the students. The magazine is priced because it costs money to publish the magazine. The one detail it is missing is that the style of platform could be different because it can not be seen on the Internet or even read on the Internet. This is one aspect Southend could look at in improving their product because it would be easier for some students to read the magazine online, it also saves paper if the magazine was published online.

The magazine overall is unique because it is unlike any other school magazine. This is because it is personalised with the use of the student on the front and also the use of the school logo.

King EdwardVIHigh School For Girls Magazine- High Profile

This is the magazine for the King EdwardVIHigh school for girls. This magazine is aimed at all students in the school. this therefore is aimed at pupils aged from 11-18 year of age so it has to appeal to many students tastes.

The title of the magazine is High Profile, this connotates that everyone within the school should expect highly of themselves within their school work and in the way they treat each other. It is very catchy name for a magazine and is a very relavent title for a school magazine. Also the way that the title is put onto the magazine is very eye catching. This is because the title is put into two different styles of font. This is done by having High is normal font and then Profile in bold lettering. This is done like this because it can create empahise on the profile because profile is the way in which people present and talk about themselves.

The image put on the front page is very appealing because it shows students are work in a lesson.It is appealing because it shows a fun factor in a lesson. From the body language used it shows that they are preparing a drama peice because they seem in character and very posed. The slogan below the image is "a Star is born" which re-emphaises that the image comes from a drama. This is then confirmed because it explains beneath the slogan it states that the show they are acting is the "Little Shop Of Horrors". This shows that the school is very envolved in extra activities.

Another feature on the front cover of the magazine is at the bottom because it is a list of what else is included within the magazine. Readers will find this very interesting because it will inform them of what they are reading. This also relates to the reader because it envolves them on the articles inside the magazine.

Schools like King Edward VI for girls are very up to date because not many schools have a school magazine which is appealing and which can be brought and also read on the internet. This saves on school resources instead of buying a lot more resources like paper.

Overall the school magazine is very appealing and would catch a readers interest. This is a perfect example of a interesting school magazine because it appeals to target audience and has interesting images and articles.

The Bishopbriggs Academy Magazine

This is a school magazine for Bishopbirggs Academy which is a high school. this magazine is aimed at all students in the school, who are aged between 11-18. This means the information given in the magazine should apply to everything within the school.

The title of the magzine is the name of the school, which also emphaises that the articles inside the magazine will be related to the life of the school. The connotation of the name of the school is that the name should be treated with respect.On the website it suggest that name of the school is one to respect and look up to. Also the name has different fonts and this is eye catching for a reader. This is because the colour of the font is Blue which is bright and bold. The font colour is blue because that is this particlars school colours, this is how they are seen or reconised.

The theme of this is then continued because it then has the school's logo to the right of the front page. This is a sign for the school and this is how people reconise this school from any other school. It shows that this is the Logo for this school and no other school so it is a very significant sign.

This front page has two images on the front, both of these images are images of school activies. The first is of the boys football team. From the image we can see that they have won a match and that they are getting rewarded for this. This is showing great achievement for the school and it shows how proud the school is of their pupils. The other image looks like a Ski Trip arranged by the school, we can see this because the snowy mountains behind the students and also the students are wearing ski clothing to keep themselves warm. The connotation of this image is that this great school gives it students the chance to go abroad and learn new skills.

The magazine is very advanced because the magazine can be seen in full on the internet and can also be bought on paper copy which shows the different platforms it is avaiable in. The school could of done this to save resources and to make the magazine very enviromentally friendly. It also target a larger name of the target audience online because a lot more students use a computer and internet daily.

The magazine overall is very presentable and shows the school's students and the opportnities they are offered as a students. The magazine for this school is a form of communicating news from members of staff to students.

I personally do not appeal to this type of magazine because it has no pull to entice me to really want to read it. The information avaiable is strictly school news.

Mrs C media- cover work

Analysing A Movie Poster

This is a film poster of the latest film, Sex in the city. The poster represents many different connotations and denotations. Also the form and style that the way the poster is set out shows, which type of target audience the film is aimed at.
Genre:
From this poster I can see that this films genre is romantic. This can be told because sex in the city was previous a series and the main actor which also can be seen in the middle of the poster is a romantic comic writer. She has been seen to write about love gained and love lost.

Narrative:
The narrative from this poster comes from the main character in the centre of the poster. This could predict that she is the victim or hero. There is also a form of a caption beside the image of the characters shadow this could predict the plot. The use of “carried away” could mean that her feelings become carried away and she lets her feeling go making herself venerable to other people, possibly men. Then the shadow could then be the previous side of her where she was able to get hurt and then the character dressed in pink in the one that has learnt from her mistakes. This therefore shows two sides of the character. However this poster does not portray any conflict.

Representation:
The font and the way the title of the film is set out in the centre of the posers. This stands out to the reader. Also the font is in pink, this means that the audience would be women. The connotation of the diamonds in the title is that it gives a female aspect. Also the connotation for diamonds is romance, this reinforces the genre of the movie. The denotation of the main character, Carrie Bradshaw, is that she is wearing a bright pink dress whilst walking and laughing. The connation of pink is female and bright. The fact that she is laughing means that is enjoying herself and is strutting around shows that she is proud person. This shows she is a bubbly and happy character no sign of jealousy or conflict.

Connection to Audience
There is a clear target audience for this film. Females are targeted as there is a clear gender identification as you can see from the diamond pink title and the pink dressed character. The colour pink connotation is female and happy. There is also another connection from the audience to the film, this is that there are previous TV series that link with this. This will appeal to them because it is a continuation of the TV series, I can imagine this is a large amount of people because this was a successful series. Another connection from the audience to the film is the actor playing the main character featured on this poster. The main character, Carrie Bradshaw is played by actress Sarah Jessica Parker. Her present fans would be also be the target audience because if they support the actress they will follow her in a film.

Mrs W- Media .

Analyzing Magazines- “New”

The name of the magazines is “New”. The name is important to the reader in many different ways because it shows significance and its connotation behind the name. The reason behind the name of magazine is to show the readers that that magazine they have chosen is the one with upcoming news. It can betray the upcoming news on celebrities no matter if it is in this country or another. The significance of the name is important to the reader because it is the first thing they see, along with the images, when they take a first glance in the shop or newsagent. This is because it will either invite them into the magazine or appeal to existing customers. The connotation of the name is that they are first before any other magazine because any information they offer is the “New “information.

“New” is published by Northern and Shell Media. The Northern and Shell Media publication is a respectable publishing company which has published many other respectable magazines. For example Northern and Shell Media also published Ok magazine, Star magazine, Take 5 magazine, daily Express and Sunday express and many more. As you can see the publisher also publishes newspapers, magazines and TV. The publishers express that New was released in February 2003 and has brought life and freshness to the celebrity niche market. Because of its price it gives a great advantage of great news for a cheaper price. The price of the magazine is 60p. However another magazine, OK, which is published by the same publisher is priced at a different price of £2.25. The difference in price is huge. From magazine website, www.new-magazine.co.uk I can see that the circulation figure of the past year has been 450,000. it also suggest that this has increased from last year by 25 %. Okay is a close magazine to New because it is published by the same publisher however they are still in competition with each other. Okay’s circulation net figure is 649,777 which is up by 14.7 %.

From the type of magazine I can establish a target market for the New magazine. This type of magazine shows clear gender demarcations, females aged between middle aged and teenagers. We can tell this by the type of articles and headlines used on the front cover. The front cover consists of colourful headlines in different types of font. The colours attract people because there are many different font colours used. Also the stories used are family life celebrity based. For example on the front of this magazine is a posed portrait of the Jordan and Peter with their two children. The denotation of this image is a Jordan and Peter sitting with their children. However the connotation of this image is that they are trying to show the ideal family, when they are not all perfect. The colours, fonts, images and name interact with the reader.

On the front cover of the magazine there is pictures of the latest and interesting articles. The articles also come with pictures, however some images are larger than other. The structure of the front cover is 4 average sized pictures and one larger picture. The large image of Katie’s Price family seems posed from the way she is sitting and staring at the camera. Also from the way Peter is smiling it looks very fake and only there for the camera. The smaller pictures surrounding this are also very similar to this because of Pete and Nikki image because they are supposed to be the “perfect couple”. You can tell this by the way the couple is sitting close and both looking in the same direction, suggesting they are physically that close as a couple. The image of Posh and Becks is also very different because they are not looking towards the camera so this could be seen as they did not know this picture was being taken, or did not want to be taken. Also the font changes on one particular word ”is” this emphasises the statement and becomes forceful. The colours used on the front cover are pink, red, yellow and blue. These are all used in different ways but they also reinforce the target market of women. A feature in the magazine, which is displayed on the front cover, is the fact that there is a true story within the magazine. This is a type of story which would relate to a reader. The front cover looks similar to Ok with the layout of the images. Also the layout is similar to the closer layout by the position of the title and layout of images.

The front cover is presentable in that looks appealing to the target audience and that people would buy the magazine. The magazine does look cheap and you can tell this by the type of paper that is used to print the magazine. But the magazine stories seem cheap for the type of magazine they are getting. However other magazines like New are also similarly priced. The price and stories are similar to magazines like “closer”. But the type of stories ad celebrities mentions are of a magazine like Okay, this could be because they are published by the same publisher. The print style used conveys the view of the type of celebrity presented. The colours and pictures used show that the target audience used is for female but also that the stories are female based because of the pictures.

The mode of address suggested on the front cover is very informal and relaxed view. New address their audience by the informal view, the bright coloured fonts and the forms of articles are true stories. New places the interesting articles and pictures in the audiences’ eye line because it will be the first thing the reader sees whilst being surrounded by all similar magazines. This is good way of presenting the magazine to the reader.

The representation of the New magazine is very celebrity based with one side heading of a true story. It does not really show individual males or females it shows families, like Katie Prices’, or couples with their problem or in love, like Nikki and Pete. The magazine is trying to show them as normal or role models but I do not feel they have come off this way as a reader. I feel that the headlines and the images are view posed and fake. This to me gives a story that is presented to the reader which might not be necessarily true. I feel that it conflicts the actual story to the one that the magazine wants to give. I feel that the representation of the magazine is important between reader and editor. There no particular “normal” groups within the magazine, maybe a few true stories, but it mainly celebrity based.

In conclusion the new magazine overall is a very well presented magazine, which is mainly based around celebrities. The argument for whether the images and stories are posed is a matter of opinion. It is a magazine which has a clear target audience of women or girls. It is a respectable magazine which is cheaply price compared to it competitor such as Closer or Okay.