College Front Cover Magazine Analysis

Using this magazine I will analyse the conventions of a college magazine. Firstly the immediate denotation of the magazine is a young man smiling directly into the camera, holding textbooks. The connotation of the smile is to imply that he is happy being at college, and the connotation of the books is to clearly showcase the genre and target audience of the magazine - it is aimed at students and is a magazine made to cater to them. He is wearing neat clothing and looks organised which is meant to appeal to the reader. Aside from the reading we can connote the genre of the magazine from the conventional features of a general magazine - the masthead which reads 'College lifestyle' is an obvious clue that the magazine is for college students and the language used on the cover lines also indicate this as they are things linked to life at college ; for example, "make money on campus" and "college couture". It also has a short intro of the article underneath the cover line showing us that this is  another convention of college magazine covers.It includes a skyline which says "Your exclusive guide to everything hip, hot and happening" showing that the magaizne is meant to inform students of what are the main topics on the campus - this is most likely a convention of other college magazine's as a way to appeal to the audience.

It uses a simplistic colour and font scheme - white and yellow scheme with a standard, easy to read font. Using commonly used fonts is a convention