GQ magazine

annotation 
• Masthead

• Feature article 

• Central image 

• Cover lines 

• Colour palette 

• Composition and layout – text is organised in a way that fills the

negative space on the cover, the image takes up a vast majority
of the cover but isn't  a page bleed.  

• The angel of the camera is one that is pretty much eye height,

looking straight at him 

• Logo 
 Media language
of the cover 
• Images – conventionally, GQ uses a
large image of a celebrity that
covers most of the front page. 

• Typography - they have their typical

typography they use for their Logo,
and they use sans serif font
otherwise (for stories and
subheadings etc.) 

• Lexis - simple lexis, formal but

informative

• Color - the color palette of

GQ magazines usually have about 4
different colors 

• Mode of address – indirect mode of

address  
THE BIG ISSUE Media language annotation
 Masthead/logo  price line

"THE GREAT date line

RESIGNATION" feature article 

Layout: 
Images – the cover has one main illustration; the camera
angle of the picture is aimed at the feet of those resigning color palette 
which you can tell mostly from the pieces of paper
floating down as well as the dress code of the people. 
Typography – sans serif font (reflective of the modern
news), and the large bold font typical of the redesign of
The Big Issue.  
Central
Lexis - simple, informative, formal lexis.
image
Mode of address - indirect address – in both the feature
article and the cover lines 
Color pallet - small color pallet, the illustration is colored
in a way that makes it stand out from the background
color of the cover. 
Ideologies - individualism, welfare
Contexts – political, social  

Tagline/slogan