Textural Analysis Of A Front Cover Magazine Design

Denotation- the denotation of the front cover of this magazine is a colour photograph of a young woman standing on her campus on a sunny day in college. Who looks about 19-20, there is also a big masthead behind her head “college” in big read bold writing matching with her top. There are also 5 cover lines beside her, and a barcode in the bottom right hand corner

Masthead-the name of the magazine “college” is displayed in a specific typeface, which will also appear on the contents page inside aswell as the front cover and as a logo for advertising and branding purposes. It is used to catch the attention of the readers as it is in bright red, and also in bold writing. The masthead is written to be very recognisable to the person buying it the.

Connation (NVC) - The front cover of the magazine has a picture of young women who looks like she is very proud to be on the front cover of her college magazine, wearing an “I love SMU” t-shirt suggesting that she loves her college and is proud to be part of it. Her facial expressions suggest that she is a very confident and happy young woman. Her body language proposes that she is very calm; her hands are down the side of her legs and she does not look confrontational or angry.