Preliminary Task: Front cover Texual Analysis

setting
this picture is set in a room with dim lighting. you can tell that this is a classroom as there is a map in the background. this tells us that she is very determined to finish her work and that she doesnt want no distractions at home.

Lighting
the lighting in this room is very dim. the lighting could tell us that this girl has been there for awhile and is possiably by herself as the light is only focused on her whereas if there were more people the light might be focused on the whole room.

costume
in this picture the girl is casual clothes. from ths, you could tell us this girl only wants to focus on her school work and that she isnt really bothered about looking her bestfor school. she also isnt wearing school uniform so this obviously means shes in college, and at the bottom there is a book that says 'sixth form'- this just makes the work harder and more imporant.

Props
in this picture there are loads of books on the table next to her. you can tell she has been here for awhile because the books are starting to pile up. on the books there is a plate with toast on it, from this you could say that she is spending alot of time doing her work, and that she is determinied to finish. the thing most attracting the audience is the post which looks like it has fallen on the picture, it has a message on it for the audience which looks like it has been hand written, to point of this is to make us audience feel involved, almost like they are talking to us directly, whereas if it was typed up it would just look indirect and would not catch our attention. Paper is she wrting on is quite tattered and ripped- this indicates that maybe this isnt her first copy and she is very frustrated.

NVC
her NVC tells us that she is very stressed out, she doesnt look happy at all but yet she knows she has to finish it. he hand on her head idicates that she might have a headache whihc emphasises the time she has been there. the hand on the paper looks tired, this tells us that shes done alot of work, yet she still has alot more to do. her hair is quite messy, this shows us shes frustrated and annoyed. her body posture is slumped over her work, this suggests that she tired and this emphasises the amount of work she has been given

Font
The main title font 'forti6' has been wrote in an army style font, this gives us the impression that this magazine is quite serious. There isnt much cover lines and detail about what the magazine contains. the colours are quite unsual as they are bright and colourfulwhich clashes with the main imagine because the imagine is quite depressing and sad whereas the font is bright and fun, so im guessing the only point of the bright font is only to attract the audiences. where it says 'BE healthy, BE happy' feels like the words are forcing us to be happy and healthy, it almost feels like a command, it just shows how serious this magazine is. 0

Induction: Movie poster Texual analysis

Denotation- a man standing
Setting- dark low lighting cave, patterns at the bottom suggests old or maybe somewhere unknown. fire skull at the back could tell us that there is death included also the name of the film 'crystal skull'
Costume- safari, explorer, adventerous. he has a whip in his hand, this could be his signature weapon
NVC- he facial expression is serious and the way he is standing makes he seem brave and almost a hero. his fist is clenched, means he means business.
Low lighing besides the fire skull draws the audiences attention because its so bright it also emphasises the name of the film.
the title of the film makes the film less serious as it looks like a comic title this suggests that the film is suitabe for a family and has some sort of comedy to it.
the angle of the camera is lower than him- this tells us that he is the hero, he is looking down at us.

Induction: Re-creation of a movie magazine cover

the fire title i found quite hard to work on but i got quite close to it, the rest was quite easy, i just used the text tool and matched the colour and the font to the original. i havent quite finish, as you can see the big yello circle is missing. I could have taken more time to find the exact same font for the words and the title. i have used photoshop before but i only know the basics so this had really helped me learn new skills on photoshop. i have noticed that the text on my cover is slightly smaller and the name of the film 'HELLBOY 2' is slightly bigger. i did learn how to use the shape tool for the circle and the rectangle where it says 'FIRST LOOK'