ANAYLIS OF CARMEL COLLEGE MAGAZINE

This is the front page of Carmel college's magazine, it is a college in St Helens, Merseyside. By looking at the front cover I believe that the target audience is students who attend carmel College and also students in general. It would be good for people who are looking for exam information because this issue looks like it is on exam results because the main image the student is holding her exam result.


I know it is for this particular target audience because Carmel College is for students age 16 to 19. Also the main image is a student surrounded by other students who is opening her exam results.


It engages the target audience because it is extremely colourful and stands out. The selling line says 'result!' which will engage the audience to read on because it has an exclamation mark, therefor it looks important and stands out.


I believe the ideology of the College is they aim to be the best and look for the best in their students and get the best exam results. Their priorities are to have their students happy. They consider happiness and good results important because the picture connotes this because the girls is happy with her results. They get this across by the girl holding her results and she is very happy with them by the expression on her face.

The mise en scene within the front cover includes multiple bright colours that blend in with the main image used. The multiple young adults that are shown on the front cover are all wearing casual clothing, this connotes that the college does not require a dress code in order to attend. The colours used for the masthead are of a bright colour in order to make the header clear for the person who is reading the magazine, if they used a bright colour on a white background then it would not be as clear and would probably be hard to read. The headline displayed over the main image is white but includes a pink stroke, the same colour as the masthead, in order to keep the colour scheme and consistency. An official logo of the college is also displayed at the bottom left corner of the front cover, in order to show readers that it is the official Carmel College that is located in St. Helens, and not another school that they may be thinking of.