Preliminary Task: Contents Page and Front Cover FINAL

Preliminary Task: Front Cover and Contents Page Mock Ups

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Preliminary Task: Conventions Diagram

Preliminary Task: Textual Analysis

The character in this magazine is shown with a serious look on his face.The NVC (Non Verbal Commutication) makes the viewer think that Universities are most likely to have quite an intence environment. He is also shown looking straight at the person. He is not "beating around the bush".

Even though he is looking serious, the character has his hands in his pockets, this connotes that University could also be quite casual, this may conflict with the idea of seriousness. Maybe the fact that he had his hands in his pockets was also away to conseal what else University may have instore for new students, such as party life.

The main image is of the character shown wearing a black suite and tie, with a white shirt. The shirt is ironed and neat, with his top button done up; he also has his tie done up professionally too.

When someone looks at a suite, it normally connotes proffesionalism and importance, power- maybe even a sence of urgancy, but there is something odd about this picture; the character is wearing a pair of trainers.

This takes away from siriousness of this picture again and throws in the casual approach. the trainers are also white, this, i believe is to make them stand out from the rest of the picture.

The lighting in this picture is high-key shown coming in from the right hand side of the magazine cover. This makes the whole picture look more natural, but at the same time, the fact that its not coming straight from the centre may make the view think that University is not necesserally straight forward.

The most noticable piece of text on the cover is in the Masthead, the "University Link". This is coloured Pink, a colour that is pretty unique, because you dont really see alot of magazines that use Hot Pink for the main text. I believe the reason why they chose pink was because it connotes a sense of feminicity, something that the photo lacks. (a picture of a serious man in a suite doesnt really scream "this magazine is about women") This is because no University is magazine should appeal to one gender. Another reason why they chose pink, maybe, was because pink would be controversial; no one else really uses pink.

The text itself is pretty bold and blocky. This modernises the look of the magazine, which appeals to the young readers.

Preliminary Task: Movie poster Texual Analysis

Indiana Jones

in this discription i am ignoring all knowledge from the actual movie and going with only what i see.

From the look of this poster, the feel i get from in is a sense of exploring. This is mainly from the the character standing and facing the viewer(which just happens to be Indiana Jones. himself). The characters costume is an explorer hat, with tanned trousers and a brown shirt, with the sleeves rolled up. i think the fact that his sleeves are rolled up Connotes that he is ready to get his hands dirty, from either finding objects or fighting. The whip supports my theory. he is also standing infront of the path of light.

There are warm colours coming from the skull( im guessing the ctystal skull) which are in shades are yellow, gold, orange, red and white. the colour yellow connotes a subliminal message of "get me", which is why you are seeing lots of shades of yellow. you also see shades of gold which suggests that it is extremely valuble.These colours are used to draw the viewer's attention to the object. It is pretty obvious that the plot of the movie is based around this skull, hence the name, "Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull". The Fact that parts of the skull are hidden may drift to the possibility of a secret behind the skull or maybe a plot twist.

The background is greyish and has lots of, what looks like, ancient text, suggesting that maybe the movie takes place in ancient ruins, again suggesting that Indiana Jones is an explorer.

The text "kingdom of the cristal skull is in a digital clock styled text, which suggests that maybe there is a timeframe of which our hero must aquire this item. maybe said temple will collapse if he has not taken it in time.

Induction: re-Creation of a Movie Magazine Front Cover

In the first lesson of media we were told to look at a picture of a magazine frontcover.We were then told to imatate it the best we could. I thought that i could have done a bit better, mainly because it wasnt finished. What went well, i think, was the Masthead and Selling line, i feel like those were the best parts of the whole magazine cover. hopefully next time i will have done something 100% better than what i have now.