Textual Analysis: Geek

Masthead

The masthead for Geek magazine is unique but yet simple. It is made to be recogniseable for its audience. It also sticks to the chosen colour scheme for this magazine cover. The type face never changes at all when we look at different covers from the same magazine. This is to make it easy to recognise by the audience. If the type face changes each issue, then the reader won't be able to recognise it as easily as they would of done if they type face stayed the same. For this magazine, the masthead is shown a layer or so behind the main image.

Cover lines

The cover lines mostly apply to the theme of the entire issue for this magazine, which happens to be Star Trek. We can see this through the fact that it says "The best Trek cosplay ever" and "Exclusive Trek movie interviews", etc. The cover lines have their own colour scheme of blue, light blue and grey. These are space-related colours and ties in with the "Trekkie issue" theme. They are made so they stand out from the white effectively. The blues are used to make key parts stand out the most and the grey is used for more 'minor' parts of the cover lines.

Main image
The main image isn't of someone overly famous. This image is probably of someone who works for the magazine and is one of the important members of staff. He appears to relate to the masthead "Geek" quite well. He is making full eye contact with the audience, this draws in the audience, it makes them interested in him and the magazine. His hand gestures are important. He is doing the very iconic hand sign from Star Trek that is commonly seen being used by Spock. This ties into the issue theme. He is also pointing at it with his other hand to show that the hand sign is very important. Its as if his other hand is telling the audience to "Live long and prosper".

Main cover line
The main cover line is in the centre of the cover and is larger than the others. This is to show its importance. This cover line relates to the main image and issue theme due to the fact that its about Star Trek. It also matches the chosen colour scheme for the entire issue. Its promoting the new Star Trek movie series which is directed by J.J. Abrams and how Abrams has made it cool again. This will interest the audience a lot. Due to how much the main cover line stands out, it will catch the audience's attention after the main image has been viewed.