Research And Planning: Semiotic Research.

Semiotics are basically signs and symbols that signify us of what something is. This is usually used in media and/or film to let us interpret what something is. For example when doing our college magazine we will be using semiotics to suggest to the reader that its aimed at teenagers that go to college.

For example this magazine has many semiotics to show at a first glance that the genre is country. You can tell this straight away by the main picture. We all stereotype country singers to have a 'hillbilly' look with the long hair and casual checkered clothing and the designer of this magazine has used this to his/her advantage. Also by holding a guitar we automatically know that it's a music magazine and usually country music is very acoustic which is used similarly here. The masthead states the genre well and is very clear to read, as is the rest of the information given on the magazine. The colours are very basic and there isn't anything out of the ordinary or strange about the ones used.