Used image

I am using this image for my college magazine as the girl in the photo is more to the right hand side leaving room for the headings on the left, she is looking into the camera making her able to connect with the audience. The fact that the girl is holding folders shows that she is at college ready to do her work.

Other images

In this image the girl is stood on the right hand side of the picture, this is good as it leaves room on the left for headings. If i were to use this image i would cut the "wyke 6th form college" out to be able to put my own title and would also zoom into the image so that the girl is closer.

In this image the girl is also on the right hand side. She is not looking into the camera and is unable to connect with the audience. There is also too much light coming from the background of the image and the harsh lighting may look bad on the cover of the magazine.

Prezi

Wyke magazine on Prezi

LIIAR- Cosmopolitan

L- Media language- The text, Photographs, graphics.
The text used on the magazine cover is sans serif, this creates a modern look and appeals to younger audiences, the image is of a young recognisable actress with floorless skin and volumed hair.
I- Ideology-  A set of believes.
The magazine promotes independance to the younger female audiences who want to read about fashion and beauty yet still create the iconic"independant strong female".
I- Institution- Who creates the magazine.
The magazine is published by Hearst magazines, the magazine has 63 international editions, it is printed in 32 different languages and is distributed in more than 100 countries.
A- Audience- Who is reading the magazine.
This magazine is read mainly by 18-34 year olds, there are 9,459,000 global readers of this magazine per issue. The magazine is read by married and single women, there are approximately 7,325,000 single women and 6,105,000 married women that read this magazine.
R- Representation- What the image and magazine represents.
The magazine represents women as beautiful "fun fearless females", the image on the front cover is edited so that the women looks totally floorless, "the ideal woman", this attracts female readers and they believe they will learn to achieve this impossible look.

Conventions of a college magazine. LIIAR.

L- Media language = The text, Photographs, graphics
The text used on the college magazine is San serif, this text creates a modern appearance and appeals to younger people.
I- Ideology = A set of believes, e.g- the education is positive.
The magazine would be able to persuade people that learning there would be beneficial, the education, would create the opportunities and promote equality and also show off the beneficial social factors.
I- Institution = The college.
The institution for the college magazine would be the college itself.
A- Audience = Who is reading the magazine.
The audience for the college magazine would be the students of the college, there are 60,000-70,000 readers per issue of this magazine
R- Representation= What the image and magazine represents.
The image on the cover of this magazine represents the fact that there is social equality in the college, the student is dressed in casual wear but is carrying law books showing that he is young and cool yet still intelligent.

Conventions of magazine layout

Conventions of magazine layout.

Masthead Title Place-                               The magazines title, this is usually displayed on the top left corner.
Price-                                                       The cost of the magazine.
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.
Main Feature: Headline-                           A phrase that may summarise the main point of the main feature.
Subtitle-                                                   Smaller headline that may summerise the feature.
Smaller Feature-                                      Features included in the magazine.
Images-                                                   Size: Close up to medium close up. ranges from one 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 type face.
Colour-                                                  Specific/stylistic/thematic types.
Graphics-                                               Graphical shapes to highlight features.
Offers/Adverts Blurb-                            Banner-style shape featuring free products/promotions.
Left Third-                                             Position of the major news story (left hand side).
Cover Lines-                                         Main stories.
Sell lines-                                              Something to help sell the mag (brand identity).
Splash-                                                 Bubble like graphic, looks like a splash of ink.
Flash-                                                   Graphic image
Credit-                                                 Whos done what, e.g. who took the image.
Kicker-                                                Leads into a story.
Teller-                                                  Explains the kicker.
Skyline-                                               Top headline, above masthead, e.g. "free stuff and extra features".
Graphology-                                        "art of graphics", colour schemes, font, design.
Anchorage-                                         Explains photograph on the cover.
Screamers-                                         "Exclamation marks", (shouts headline).
Vocabulary-                                        Explains good cover magazine.
Images-                                              Medium close up. looking at camera, colours match theme.