Textual analysis of a college magazine cover

Textual Analysis of a college magazine front cover

The college magazine is called ‘Insight’ and there are obviously reasons for this. An insight into something means getting a deeper understanding and idea of something. It is in a bold font and it is yellow. The use of yellow makes it come across as a lighthearted magazine and the particular shade is quite subtle.

There is a main image and it’s actually very large. The image is of a photograph of some students and some adults too.  Under the photograph there is a two line caption, the line up top is in Chinese corresponding with what is behind the people. There is also a translation underneath in brackets. The subscript under the translation summarizes what is going on in the photograph and we are told what page to go to to find out more.

The one and only cover line is towards the bottom left hand side of the page in the same yellow as the mast head. Beside it there is a summary on what the article that you can see on ‘page 2’ is going to be about.

Under the cover line the college’s logo is in an oval with 25 years beside the college name ‘SFX’ underneath ‘1985-2010’ is written, so we know instantly the college is celebrating its 25^th birthday.

Along the bottom of the magazine, in white on a bright green strip we are informed about what to expect inside the magazine. The use of green is very clever as green and yellow tend to go well together.