Textual Analysis of A College Magazine

From this picture I can tell that the setting has been set in the garden of their college as you can see the building in the background.
This setting consist of basic contrasting colours which consists of :
•Green
•Blue
•Brown
The connotations of these different colours are peace and harmony. Most of the surroundings are filled with greenery from the grass to the trees. This scenery gives the reader
a sense of peace and happiness.
The denotation in this magazine is the students of the college that are posing, they connote the happiness and joy that their experiencing in their college.
In this photo the students are dressed in very smart and neat clothes. The men are wearing modern day shirts and smart trousers and one women is dressed in a suit and the other is dressed in a dress. The neatness of these students indicates that they are organised people in an organised school . From this type of costume it gives the students a business like look. The connotations of this type of costume is smartness, and it automatically tells us that they are serious and focused people. I can also tell this by their posture.
There are no props used in this photo of the magazine. I belive that the reason for this is so that we can focus on each student and the eviorment carefully.
The body language of these students is upright and strong, connoting that they are focused people. The gaze is direct meaning that they are looking directly into the camera. The students are making contact with their eyes. The effect of this is that the reader will feel that they are looking straight at them. This type of photo is eye catching to the reader, so therefore it will draw the readers into picking up the magazine and reading it. Everyone of the students are smiling the connotations of these facial expressions is happiness. The way in which they are standing and sitting is very welcoming and focused. The photo is a long shot so were able to see all of the students and a full view of the environment around them. The camera angle is straight one and the lens type is Standard.
Also the way in which the students are standing is straight directly into the camera, this makes the readerfeel that the are interested.
The lighting is high key, it has been set in a bright area that is from dark areas except the shadows of the trees which is low key lighting. The effect of the high key lighting is that it connotes happiness and peace. The high key lighting makes the contrasting colours stand out more so it can emphasise the peacefulness, whereas if it was dull and dark then it would emphasise a more creepy effect.
This anchorage on this photo tells us quite a lot about what the reader can find inside of the magazine.“ Hall of awards”, this suggest that we will be informed on certain awards that are or have been going on in the college.
The colleges name is written in a big formal font that is eye catching, it also looks business like to match its title. Once again the colour contrasts with the scenery. All the main headings are in the same font and title in bold Blue. Also underneath all of the headings is a bit of information on what the heading consists of inside the magazine.
The date of the magazine is written in small white font which isn’t very noticeable to the reader.