Wednesday 24 November 2010

Textual analysis

Contents page
This contents page is split into three columns;
The first column
The first column contains a editorial. An editorial is a statement or comment by the editor often placed near the front of the magazine. This editorial is wrote by the "student ID team" and is there to welcome the reader to this magazine and explain what the magazine contains. I think its a very good idea to have one as it sums up the magazine in a couple of paragraphs and wishes you good luck for upcoming exams.
Second collumn
The second column is the contents and the main part of this page. The contents is there to tell the reader exactly what isinside this magazine and where to find it. I dont think that this is the best example of a contents because it doesn't tell you what is on every page and it only tells you what is on every other page.
Third collumn
The third column contains pictures about the bash and festivals and the page numbers. I feel that this is a great idea as the pictures really catch the eye of the reader and will make them want to turn to that page. The pictures have an all over composition and at different angles which highlights the fact that them pages are for fun.
Colour
I feel that the colours yellow and white work very well with each other and compliment each other nicely, although, I feel that the colours are a little to bland and if they would want to make it more eye catching they could have used more bold colours.
Titles
I don't relly think that the title is very effective as it black and boring. If they were to make it look more interesting they could have used more colours like a red and they also could have used different fonts to make it look a lot more appealing.
Conclusion
In my opinion I feel that these two pages from "Student ID" Are very bland and lack a little on pictures and information. If I had to choose one that i would prefer it would be the contents page as it contains pictures, whereas the front page does not and it also contains a lot more information which I think is the most important.

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