This denotation of this magazine cover consists of a photograph of 8 students holding sports equipment. They are wearing a sports kit and the image we also notice that the photograph has a green background. We also see an image of an American flag and a radio.
The mise-en- scene in this image include: the American flag which could suggest that Ferns Community Sports College is located in America. The flag could also be used as to anchor the text of one of the coverlines: Skiing USA. The radio could connote that the sports events in which this college hold or organise are somehow publicised to the outside world. For instance they could somehow be broadcasted on the radio so that other people living in the community are aware of the events and when they take place etc. As the text on the front cover anchors the image, we get the impression that the radio is there to anchor the Coverline: Rock FM Media Bus.
The Sports equipment (Rugby ball, volleyball, tennis rackets) could suggest that the girls and boys in this picture are part of a certain sports team, depending on the sport item their holding.
The image of a girl horse riding anchors one of the Coverlines: Horses for courses at fearns.
Masthead: The Masthead is in a red, bold sans serif font, with a white background accompanying it.
Selling line: (Achieving success together). This is in caps and goes from a pinkish colour to a red then back to the pinkish colour. This text is also in a sans serif font.
Main Coverline: (Junior Athletes on the go). This text is in caps and the first part of it is in white then the second part to it is in red. The font used for this text is also sans serif. The main cover line of this college magazine has a green background with glowing yellow stripes coming form the people in the image.
Coverline: The other coverlines of this college magazine are in white at the bottom left hand corner of the magazine. With a gradient of red and orange background that consists of an American flag and yellow radio we see the text is sans serif and quite bold and clear. We notice that some letters in the text are quite unclear due to the fact it clashes with the white colour from the flag that’s also in the background.
Dateline: This magazine has a date line with the season and year (summer: 09). This is at the top right hand corner of the magazine under the Masthead. This text is white and sans serif and is in a grey background.
Barcode: This magazine does not use a bar code as it’s a college magazine, therefore meaning that it is free.
Main Image: The main image of this magazine is of 8 Sports College students with white and yellow glows coming from each student. We see in the image there are 5 white boys and 3 white girls dressed in what looks like a sports kit, therefore suggesting that they are part of the college and either modelled for a certain sport of are part of that particular sport depending on the item in which they are holding. Each of these students is either holding a tennis racket, rugby ball, basketball or volleyball. AS the image is of sports students dressed in their sports wear this could suggest that the main target audience for this magazine is students in the college that are interested in sports or that are thinking of joining a certain sports team. The main image is in front of a green background, which anchors what is happening in the image as green could be used as to suggest that the setting of this image or of the sports activities is either a sports field or hall.
NVC: From the people in this image we get the sense of happy but yet serious about sports. Their body languages also give us a good impression, as if they are saying we are ready to go out and play and prove to people we love sports and at the same time we are going to have fun with it as we enjoy it.
This image has an asymmetrical composition, this is because nothing is symmetrical either horizontally or vertically therefore giving a sense of imbalance. This image has a narrow depth of field as the students are the ones with the main sharp focus ad their background is quite blurred.
