Textual Analysis

Contents page

Front Cover

Common Sense was published by Luton Sixth Form College on the 9th of march 2005. It falls into the category of a college magazine, so there would not really be any competition if it was just for the college that it was produced by, but if it was on the market for all colleges then there may be some competition that tries to sell to them as well. On the front cover of this the background is a striking photo of Green day, the photo is not all too appealing but it makes the reader pick the magazine up and read whats on the front cover. Also on the front cover we are told what is in the magazine, we can see that there is "student sex appeal, chill out, real life stories, universities and good grub" these are all things that students are interested in, they may not be interested in green day but they could read the subtitles and then pick it up. There is a blue banner that says "American Idiots!" we can associate this with green day and as green day are on the front cover we can assume that there is going to be something about them in the magazine. all of the colours that are used on the front cover all seem to clash, these may be used so that everything stands out to the reader and this may appeal to the reader more. On the contents page we can see different pictures that associated with different pages, for people who don't like to read this can be good because they are still able to look through a magazine. Also in the contents page we can see all the different titles to all the different pages, this is good for people who are only interested in certain bits of the magazine, they can read through all the different titles and then decide which ones they are going to read. Also in the contents page we can see a letter has a introductory bit of writing to the magazine and what it is about, then we can see a little bit about what the next magazine is about encouraging the reader to by the next magazine.