Magazine Layout Conventions

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L-Media Language, The Language is shown within the graphics, text, fonts and colour scheme. This College Magazine has a Medium shot with yellow & white fonts surrounding the image. the majority of the colour scheme is black, however it also has yellow and white text to show another element of colours. The left third and right third is where the subtitles and storylines are placed, this is iconic because when stacked in a store this is the text you see first.

I- Institutions/Publisher, The institution is for education and the publisher is College lifestyle.

I-Ideology, The ideology of the magazine advertises the College through the student which is linked to marketization as the college need the students to be open, which suggests it isnt about the college its purely the business of the reputation of the college.
A-Audience, The people reading this would be college students or teenagers as it is aimed at this age group, you can see this because the skyline says 'your exclusive guide to everything hip, hot & happening' this type of text is written for teenagers. The are 60- 70 thousand viewers.

R-Representation, The Representation of the magazine is having fun at college and enjoying college life, it specifies this within the image as the model is cheery and seem enthusiastic about his education. Another representation is used within the subtitles as they show what is within the magazine and what you can do within college.

L- The media language is shown within the graphics, text, font and colour scheme, as you can see this magazine is different as this has a more iconic person on the cover. The colour scheme is black and red with white text, this connects to the image as Madonna is wearing black & white. The font is Arial and also bold so easy to read, the left third is where the subtitles and storyline are placed. The image of Madonna is a Medium Close-up which shows the expression in the models face and also cover majority of the cover.

I- The institution is for the music industry and the editor of 'Q' magazine is Paul Rees. The magazine is published monthly which is shown in the dates.

I- The ideology is the magazine benefits music as they have used a musician icon for the imagery within the contents page, also it shows that music isn't just music but a sex appeal aswel due to the posing of Madonna and it also promotes other artists around the music industry suggesting that the music industry is just about business.

A- The audience for 'Q' are for people who enjoy music and enjoy knowing about different groups and their lives as a star. The graphics also apply to the audience as it shows how well know 'Q' magazine is.

R-The representation of the magazine is Madonna and also the music industry, as Madonna has been used it can show their popuarity and also the representation of her is physically attractive, as the audience will know she is in her 50's, Madonna may have also been used because she is very popular and good at her music.