Preliminary Task: Front Cover Textual Analysis

Denotation
We see a girl (student) with alot of homework, and coursework.

Connotation
She cant cope with the work and revision.

Mise en scene
-Costume
What she's wearing is very casual and simple, there's no effort put into what she's wearing so this tells that she's laidback.

-Props
There are piles of books, a glass of milk and a plate of toast, this is implying that she hasn't had her supper yet because she has too much work for the night.


-Setting
Her bedroom or the study room.

-Lighting
There's light coming from the right hand side, to give the effect that she's got the lamp turned on and she's working through the night.

-Non-Verbal commmunication
Her body language shows that she's depressed, tired and exhausted from all this coursework and revision; she may need a break and some rest.

Anchorage
The words that help anchor the meaning are "Is revision taking over your life?", this is a rhetorical question, this makes the reader think have they got too much work;"Be healthy, Be happy" and "5 steps to revision !" are also implying that the magazine has solutions to balancing your work and school life.

Magazine conventions
-Masthead (logo)
The magazine name "Forti 6" with the colours red and yellow in a stencil font.

-Main image
A single image of a student working.

-Cover-lines
"Is revision taking over your life?", "Be healthy Be happy" and "5 steps to easy revision !"

-Main cover line
"Testing times" this is the brightest and most largest cover line.

-Website link
www.fortismere.haringey.sch.uk/studentweekly

Induction: Movie poster Textual Analysis

Denotataion
There's some fire behind him and it's like an entrance into the kingdom, the fire could be implying that it's a territory zone.

Connotation
The meanings are implying danger, the skull links to the title and the overall look is relating to an adventure to somewhere historical and ancient.

Text
The font is san serif and the colours (orange and yellow) emphasise heat as they represent sunshine, tropics and energy.


Theme
The theme links to adventure, historical and old as it's linked to treasure hunting for artefacts, archaelogy and the time period setting is 1930-1940's. There's also ancient peru patterns linking to the locations heritage.

Mise en scene
-Props
Indiana Jones has a sidebag, so he could be preparing for a long adventure. He also has a bullwhip, and gun holster, for his revolver, so this means that he's going to get into some trouble and it's going to be a risky ride.
-Costume

Indiana Jones is wearing discovery clothes, a linen type shirt and chinos which implies he's ready to explore, he also has a fedora which shows that his going to a hot climate. Overall his clothes look old fashioned.

-Setting
The setting is a tomb, or somewehere ancient as there's vines and inscriptions there are also steps towards the tomb so this is implying that he's walking into trouble and the location is linking to death.
-Lighting
There's lots of light in the background, and its dark on the sides so it makes the crystal skull the focal point as it dominates half of the poster. This shows the gold and brown contrast, which shows illumination and denotes masculine qualities.
-Non Verbal Communication
Indiana Jones has his sleeves rolled up and his button undone, he's also clenching his fists implying he's ready for trouble. His posture is strong and brave, this clarifys that he's a leader by his stance making him look like a man on a quest and a noble treasure hunter. His face is sweating and this implies that he's been discovering and exploring. The skull links to the quest, and is in the background, showing that this is the target and discovery objective.

Induction:Re-Creation of a Movie Magazine Front Cover

This is my first time using photoshop in such depth, I think I struggled, but not as bad as I thought I would.

Weaknesses
-What I found difficult was finding the right fonts
-I strugggled in attempting to make the title 'Empire' have an electric look, and I also found it really hard putting the title 'Empire' in the background behind the Iron man's head.

Strengths
-What I think went well for me was that the composition was quite accurate, and the layout looked similar to the cover magazine I was trying to replicate, so that was very good.

Tools used:
The eyedropper to get the exact blue for my-backgrounds and fonts.
For the title I went to the effects and used inner and outer glow.