College magazine analysis

For this task i was asked to analyse Carmel college magazine.

Who is the target audience?

The target audience for this magazine is the pupils who attend Carmel college so the age ranger of around 16 and upwards.

How do you know it is for this target audience?

Because the magazine does not have a barcode, therefore this shows it is a student magazine, and they are also drawn in for the main image showing results of exams.

How does it engage the target audience?

The magazine engages the audience because of its not so simple layout, therefore using the colour and brightness to their advantage.

What is the ideology of the college from looking at the front:

What are their priorities?

The magazine is trying to encourage students who read the magazine and also is wanting people to read it therefore see the good results and think highly of the college.

What do they consider important, how do they get this across? 

They consider their education very important and they put this across by having a girl as the main image with test results and shows her happiness.

What image have they used? Why? What camera angle have they used?

They have used the main image as being a girl student who attends Carmel college and she's very happy with her results showing that by attending the college, the camera angle used is a medium shot mainly to just show the audience the main image and how it is represented to us.

What is the mise en scene of the cover? And why?
The mise en scene mainly shows a very colourful magazine with one prop which is the results sheet being held by the girl who is happy with her results, it connotes that she is happy therefore if students go to Carmel college they will be too.


Would this successfully engage the reader?
Yes, because this will engage the audiences perspective on the college and to make their decision on what college they want to go to.


Does the front cover reflect the contents?
The font will reflect the content as the magazine is all about Carmel college and how you will become a better student and gain better knowledge of their subjects, as the front cover shows a student book simply for pupils of Carmel college.

Media magazine analysis

Magazine terminology

Masthead - Title of magazine, mainly at the top of the magazine, and big, bold and colourful to capture the audiences attention.

Banner - At the top of the magazine, uses a certain subject article which would be included in the magazine therefore the audience want to reed on inside, tempting the audience to buy the magazine.

Main Image - The central image conveyed on the magazine cover, takes up nearly all of the front cover showing something to do with that magazine's genre.

Buzz word - This is the part of the magazine that shows a small part mainly in a corner of the magazines front cover which says how you can 'win' or of how the magazine is a 'special edition'.

Headline - It is a description of the main headline, for example a picture of a band, the headline would be about that certain band.

Barcode - Code and convention, the magazine cannot go without a barcode and shows the date and price therefore could be seen as a collectors item to many people, the issue number also tells you whether it is a successful or not.

Anchorage text - Explains what the headline is all about and also explains the image. There to show what the main image is trying to say along with summing up the headline.

Puff - A shape in which is attractive for the audience, telling us a buzzword or free prize in which is different to all the other items within the layout.

Secondary images - Other images in which will take a bit of focus of the main image however will not get as much attention as the main image.

Features - This shows what else is added in the magazine alongside the main story, so if the audience is not attracted to the main story they could be persuaded in buying the magazine buy wanting to know the other features added.

Pug - Incentive to open the magazine most likely to be found in a corner of the magazine, giving us a preview of information that will be added in the content of the magazine.

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List

Research and Planning
- Introduction to brief
- Genre
- Analyse 2 Music Front covers
- Analyse 2 Contents Pages
- Analyse 2 Double page spreads
- Electronic Questionnaire

PRELIM
- Analysis of collage magazines
- Collage Magazine Front Cover
- Collage content Mock-up
- Justification of your choices

Organisation
- Mood board
- Production Schedule (Time MGT)
- Venue Release Forms
- Risk Assessments
- Prop List
- Costume List
- Actor/Model List

Drafting
- Front page Mock-up
- Contents Mock-Up
- Double Page spread Mock-up
- Photoshop practices
- Mock Shots

Introduction

Welcome to my media AS Level blog page. My blog will be updated regularly in order to progress in my work as this will be counted as coursework. For my coursework i must create a music magazine front cover and in preparation i will be blogging ideas and extra work like magazine covers etc. Throughout my blogging i will hope to learn about music magazine and how in many ways audiences find it so appealing.