How I will communicate my connotations

To communicate my connotations to my audience I will use a range of signs. The images on my magazine will be of people smiling, looking happy. In most of the images they will be of people on their own making them look independent. The colours on the front of my magazine will not be too bright, they will be neutral as to not make the cover look chaotic. The cover will be quite simple, to make it feel slightly relaxed.

Connotations I would like to communicate to my audience

• happy
• Confident
• Relaxed
• Intelligent
• Fun
• Independent

My Audience Profile

• You are a female
• You are 16-26 years old
• You enjoy listening to music a lot
• Your favourite music genre is pop
• You like to shop in places like New Look and River Island
• You live in a big city
• Your favourite colour is purple 
• You like to socialise with friends
• You drive a stylish car
• You watch programmes like The X Factor and New Girl

Psychographics - 

The type of people who would read my magazine would be aspirers and achievers. 

Jicnars Scale - 

The type of people to read my magazine would be in the C1 category on the Jicnars Scale.

Magazine Analysis

This magazine is a student magazine aimed at university students aged 18-25. The splash on the front cover is of a young looking student, wearing a graduation cap which is a sign that this is for university students, one of the cover lines also makes use of the word 'campus' which can also be used to suggest that this is for university students. The main colour scheme of this front cover is blue, black and white, which are quite neutral. The masthead of this publication has been overlapped by the main image of the woman. The masthead and the cover lines on this publication are all written in a serif font, and the price of this magazine is included in the top right corner of the cover however it has not been placed largely which I think makes it look like a professional,  upmarket magazine. The woman in the main image has been represented as a happy, confident, and intelligent looking woman.

Magazine Analysis

This magazine is an american magazine aimed at students aged 16-25. The masthead of this magazine is written in a sans serif font, with the main image on the front cover overlapping it. The colours used on this front colour are yellow and black, which are just quite standard and universal, however there is also a splash of pink on the right suggesting they used a different colour to attract our attention. The cover contains quite a lot of cover lines, all written in a sans serif font which doesn't particularly make it very professional looking. The cover contains a barcode and a price, quite small in the bottom left corner. The splash (main image) is of a male, who looks like the age of a student, holding books with the title 'Law and Society' written on, with the . He is represented as being happy, and hard working, suggesting the kind of people who read this are of this nature.

Magazine Analysis

This magazine contains a Masthead in the top left corner of the front cover. The masthead contains the word 'Campus' which suggests that this magazine is aimed at university students, aged 18-25. The main colour scheme of this front cover is Pink and Black with the exception of the yellow banner on a slant near the bottom of the page, which I think draws your attention away from the main focus of the front cover (the image). This colour scheme would suggest that women would read this magazine. The layout of the magazine is quite overlapped with the main use of font being Sans Serif, however there is also a slight use of serif font being used on one of the cover lines. The main use of sans serif font and the fact that this magazine is free (noted in the top right corner) suggests that this may be a slightly down market magazine. The main image is of a well known, rather popular celebrity, being represented as happy and confident, which can be used as a representation of the students who may read this magazine.
                                                                                 

My First Post

Hello

My name is Sophie Price and I am studying AS Media Studies at Worcester Sixth Form College :-)