Research & Planning: Semiotics Research

Semiotics means the sign, symbols and design of a visual piece of work to categorize it into it's genre e.g a black theme would represent Gothic. This will be used when I start my college magazine as every sign and symbols it will help my magazine fall into a certain genre.  

The semiotics on this magazine would be ;

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  This is a gothic magazine.

  The pale face with black hair, which is a stereo-type goth.
• Big bold font witch has a vampire style, it's also a red colour representing blood.
• The background is very low light, almost night looking.
• The main photo placed centre frame, her facial expression is acting rather seductive, also beneath the main photograph a small photo of a heart shaped tin of some sort. 
• The story on the bottom of the magazine are photo's of six Gothic looking people showing the buyer that it's including photographs inside the magazine of goths.