''Language'' The articles featured in this magazine are topics that you will only understand if you attend ''Ridgewater college''. Formal language is used to show that this magazine is regarding serious issues within the college and also is aimed at a more mature audience. All stories are about education, there aren't any fun lighter stories which indicates that this a serious working hard college.
''Ideology'' The ideology of this college is that it isn't racist, it's very multi-cultured this is shown through the main image on the page being of an Asian girl. This shows everyone is welcome. She is smiling so connotes that this is a fun college, but is also very hard working due to the types of stories featured.
''Institution'' The institution are people who attend the college/teach at the college this is evident through the stories been about issues within the college.
''Audience'' The audience of this magazine is clearly for working hard students of the college, therefore they have used a picture of a girl who attends the college and the stories that feature inside are from the college.
''Representation'' The representation of this college are of being hard working, multi-cultured and a happy place to be. Serif text is used to represent the college as being sophisticated.

L.I.I.A.R Analysis of college magazine

L.I.I.A.R

 ''Language'' is used that the college sports team would understand, such as the phrase ''pipeline to the pros'', it is a phrase that is primarily understandable to the sporty college students. It isn't formal because it's a sports magazine and therefore doesn't raise serious issues that would require formality's. Slang informal language is used like ''Why are NFL teams drooling over Tennessee's?'' The font also uses sans serif writing to imply it's not fancy. Sport has connotations (especially rugby) of being rough and not 'fancy'.
''Instituition'' because it's a college magazine it is the created by the students of the college, and therefore only contains contents of which a student/teacher/parent of the college would understand and relate to.
''Ideology'' of this magazine is that you will be fit and into sports. The picture is of a rugby player running, which gives the connotations of being healthy and fit. It also helps represent the college as somewhere fun where you can go play games and enjoy yourself, however at the same time be competetive. The colours used are yellow and orange, these give strong connotations of being happy, therefore that links in with the ideology of having fun at this college and playing sports. The blue background gives the connotations of being for a male audience which links in with it being for rugby players. The words ''recruiting'' and ''plus'' are framed by banners, like the kind of banners you would win when you win in sports, therefore it also links in with the ideology that this college is all about sports.
''Audience'' this magazine is aimed at college students who play sports. You can tell this by the name ''college sports'' which is self explantory.
''Representation'' The representation of this college magazine is of being sporty and fit and knowing the informormal language used.

Annotated college magazine.

- ''Barcode'' is on the right side of the page at the bottom

- ''The date'' is shown above the barcode.

- ''The price'' at which the mag is purchased for.

- ''Peyton manning'' is used as a teaser to draw people into the magazine.

- ''The sure thing'' is the Headline and main feature

- ''Why are NFL teams drooling over Tennessee's'' is the subtitle and links into the headline.

- ''CS Ranks the school..........'' is a smaller feature of this college magazine.

-  ''Image of Michael Jordan'' is the main image is of a rugby player, but there is also a smaller.

- ''The font'' is mainly in capital letters and bold, this could signify strength and power.

- ''Colours'' are mainly yellow and orange.

- ''NFL Hot Beds'' is a banner style advert it's located in the left third at the top of the page. This is also a screamer.

-  ''Left third'' All the major stories are on the left third of the page therefore when the magazine is on a shelf you can see the main features of the magazine.

-   ''Olympic preview.....'' is the skyline of the magazine.

- ''JOY DIVISION 30 YRS OF UNKNOWN PLEASURES 1979 - 2009''this is the screamer because it entices you to the magazines but also tells you what it's about.

- ''The Barcode'' is situated at the right side of the magazine cover

- ''The price'' is underneath the masthead

- ''Images'' is of Ian Curtis to show what the magazine is about

- ''NME'' is the masthead

- ''Colour scheme'' is black and white which links to this issue being about Joy Division

- ''ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL'' is the splash

- ''Exclusive interview inside with the band'' is both the sell line, teaser and splash.

- ''NME'' ''JOY DIVISION 30 YEARS OF UNKNOWN PLEASURES 1979-2009'' are all situated on the left third so that when the magazine is on the shelf people can see exactly what they are buying and the main features in the magazine.

- ''Blur reunited live, New gossip album, Glas Vegas play Las Vegas..etc'' these are the screamers to further persuade and appeal to people the buy the magazine.

Conventions of the front page of a magazine.

Left third: Graphics that take up the left third of the screen. The masthead and sell lines are both placed in this third so when the magazine is on a magazine shelf you can see the name of the it and the stories that will feature in the magazine.

Mast head title piece: it's the name of the magazine, usually placed in the left third section of the magazine in the top corner.

Cover lines: A caption on a magazine cover.

Bar code: Read electronically and decoded into usable information.

Price: Magazine cost.

Date: Weekly: usually from Saturday to Friday. Monthly: a month ahead.

Issue number: A tally of magazines

Teaser: One word/Phrase acts as an attention grabber.

Main Feature: Headline: A phrase that may summarise the main point of the main feature. In large print, different style, bold colours in order to catch the attention of the reader.

Subtitle: Smaller headline that may summarise the feature.

Smaller feature: Features included in the magazine

Images: Size: CU to med CU. Ranges from one main image to x amount featuring one main image and smaller images. Helps make the page look more interesting. It can add understanding of a story and/or entice someone to read the magazine.

Font: Style and size of type face.

Colour: Specific/stylistic/thematic types

Graphics: Graphical shapes to highlight feature(s)

Offers/adverts Blurb: Banner-style shape featuring free products/promotions.

Splash: The full image on the front of a magazine is called a splash.

Credit: Who wrote the article

Kicker: The kicker is a short phrase found set above the headline. Usually set in a smaller type than the headline

Teller: Like a sub-heading

Skyline: Line above the masthead

Graphology: The handwriting

Anchorage: News story.

Vocabulary: The words used on/in the magazine

Screamers: Screamers appear on the front page, because the idea is to entice consumers into buying the newspaper or magazine to read what's inside.

The Brief

Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out and a masthead. Additionally you must produce a mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of DTP.