Preliminary Tasks:Front Cover Textual Analysis

In the image above we can see a man which is holding uni books in his hand. The background is black around the edges but gets lighter around the mans face and shoulders. The shot is a medium shot because in the picture only half of his body(waist upwards) is being showed.He appears to be standing up.The College masthead is behind the man , on both his right and left there some cover lines in both yellow and white.The bar code is further down the magazine towards the bottom left,the price of the magazine has also been written in small white print under the bar code. Further up the magazine cover n the right hand side there is a pink splat that stands out quite a lot because of its bright colour.

The hidden meaning behind this image is 'education is the key and it is never too late '.The man in the image is Jeffrey Assassin Campbell a dancehall artist which seems to be advertising education. He may be trying to say education in university can be fun but it comes with hard work.

The font appears to be a little modern ,this could mean that the magazine hasn't been around for a long time.The bright and bold yellow font is the main colour that stands out on the page.There are about three different styles of the same font in different sizes.

College's masthead is quite large plain and bold which allows the yellow bounce of the black/grey background.It has no outline or shadow. The font is most highly bold Arial.The name of the magazine 'COLLEGE' has been written in capital block.'COLLEGE' is the topic beause the magazine is about college/university lifestyle.

The magazine cover is of the dancehall singer Jeffrey Assassin Campbell. He is a star in the making.

Hes pose is an especially layed back one. Hes clothing and body language seems comfortable and comes across in an intellectual way.

'Dancehall's Bright Future:Jeffrey Assassin Campbell' is the name of the main cover line. It relates to the image well because the image is of Jeffrey and it is trying to say that he has a bright future in the dancehall artist genre The selection of different cover lines proposes that the the magazine has several aspects and doesn't only focus on one topic. The topics on the cover-lines are: