Preliminary Task: Front Cover Textual Analysis

The denotation is a girl, writing, surrounding by books. The connotation is showing the audience how stressed she is, she is holding her head like she is frustrated. The girl in this picture doesn't look happy at all, in fact she seems very upset, isolated, worried and stressed.

The girl is wearing a white blouse, and a head band which suggests she is a student. Also her hair is quite messy and not brushed, perhaps because she is under so much pressure with all the work in front of her.

The props in this poster are a massive amounts of books, she is holding a pencil which she is writing with. I also noticed there is a slice of toast on top of all the book with on bite out of it. This is suggesting that she is working so hard, she hasn't got enough time to take a break and finish her food. There is also a glass of milk infront of her which is barely been touched insinuating she doesn't even have time to drink.

This poster looks like it is set in either a classroom as she is working on a desk, also there is whiteboard in the background that has a map on it, which is the kind of thing thats would only be in a classroom.

The lighting in this poster is low key, it looks very dull, which makes the atmostphere seem quite depressing and unhappy, it also has a very isolated lonely feel to it.

The girls non verbal communication in this picture is very obvious to understand how shes feeling. Her hand is on her head, and she is slumped on the able with her elbows resting in a very fed up postition.

I dont see and anchorage in this poster towards the masthead. But there is a cover line written on a post it note with not computer font but it looks actually hand written so i think this has some relevence to do with the main image on the poster.

The Masthead in not as eye catching as it could be, it has no relation to thesubject image, also the colours used dont really look good together and it looks as if it was just quickly chosen. The is also no date on the cover, but in the left third it tells us what issue it is. The cover has a coverline which has a website link in white font so it dosent distract you from the main image. I noticed there is not barcode on the front of this image, that may because the magazine could be handed for free. There are some bold cover linnes, put inside shapes to male them stand out. The main coverline is in the boldest writing, so it stands out summarises what the magazine is about.