AS Foundation Portfolio: October 2013

LLIAR analysis

Language: The shot used for the magazine cover is a medium shot of a college student to show what the magazine is about/who it is for. The title is college which shows what the magazine is about.

Ideology: The young girl is smiling to show she is happy at college and she enjoys it to appeal to college students.

Institution: the colleges involved in the magazines and the magazine itself. The house style is that the colour of the title is the same colour as the t-shirt that that the girl in the picture, all the font is the same style.

Audience: College students, young people, parents.

Representation: the girl on the front of the front of the magazine is smiling to make show she enjoys college and since the target audience is college students and young people if it has someone their own age on the front it will appeal to them. The main things on the front of the magazine (the girl and the title) are red to stand out.

Language: The name of the magazine is college which shows clearly it is a magazine about college for college students. the picture of the celebrity on the front appeals to the target audience because it is a popular celebrity that young people will know about. The shot used for the main picture of the magazine is a medium shot of the celebrity.

Ideology: The celebrity is well known to students and will attract young people, he is smiling and looks happy just like the students should be happy at college.

Institution: The college involved in the magazine and the magazine itself. The house style of the magazine is blue, black and yellow, the title and the text on the magazine are both blue. the rest of the writing on the cover is yellow. The background is a dark blue wall, the clothes the celebrity is wearing are black which doesn't take too much focus away from the main text and front cover but you can still notice the celebrity.

Audience: college students, parents, young people.

Representation: The celebrity on the front is smiling and stood casually, it makes you wonder why there is a celebrity on the front of a college magazine which then entices you to either read the front cover or buy the magazine and read the whole thing.

Language: The name of the magazines are all college so it shows they are all about college designed for college students the girl on the front looks like a young college student and is smiling to show she is happy and enjoys going to college, to appeal to the people reading the magazine. The shot used of the girl is a medium shot so you can see her emotion on her face.

Ideology: The young girl of on the front cover is young and represents a student at college she looks happy and confident.

Institution: The institution is the college involved in the magazine and the magazine itself, the house style are bright colours to appeal to the young audience and grab the readers attention also the name of the magazine is in red to show it is important.

Audience: young people, college students, students, parents.

Representation: The girl on the front of the magazine that looks like a college student is happy and looks confident, a bit like she is posing for a school/college photo.