Thursday, 17 September 2009

Preliminary Task - Research



All of the student magazines that I have found are all full of colour. Each Masthead is different, for example the 'Tell' magazine is in a speach box this denotes expression, shouting, communicating. This connotes a written form of communication calling out to all the student audiences to read their magazine . The mainsell in 'Re-sus' denotes parties, fun, entertainment, gatherings and glamour. This connotes a fun party experience where everyone is having a good time listening to music and dancing. The font in 'eye candy' is serif. This denotes swirlish style writing and is informal. The serif style writing connotes a 60's beach style magazine, it also connotes drugs with the swirls having more hypnotic effect to the reader. Both the 'tell' and 're-sus' magazine have freebies, this could denote gifts, advertisment and also cheap sales. This connotes a search into a bigger audience, as the audience may be interested in the gifts that are being given away with the magazine. The main sell in 'tell!' denotes ammusement, students. This connotes a wide range of entertainment that students can have when they are out with their friends. I think that the Tell magazine is targeted towards the female students who are at a public school, as the content is not suitable for the private school pupils the reason for my choice is bassed upon the content included on the front cover eg. Britney story. All three covers are targeted towards Hedonists, as they all include the aspect of fun and entertainment, and are 'urging' their student audience to enjoy their lives whilst they can still have fun.

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