Conventions of a Magazine
Today in class I learnt all the definition's of the
conventions of a magazine
The masthead is the name of the magazine which is always
displayed at the top. It is always carefully picked in colour and font which
will then help sell the magazine and give an indication to the audience what
its going to be about.
Another thing I learnt was what a tag line was. A tag line
goes next to the masthead and it shows what the magazine is about or who's it
aimed at, slightly like a slogan for the magazine. This is not on all magazines,
for example cosmopolitan because it’s a famous magazine which everyone knows
about so it doesn’t necessarily need one
The central image on the front cover is on of the mist
important parts. Its there to catch the readers eyes before they read anything.
It will be always relevant to the magazines purpose and audience. A lot can be
denotated (direct meaning) and conotated (an idea associated) from the image.
A cover model will be used on the front cover of a lot of
magazines. It is normally a celebrity or a well known person which is connected
to the magazines genre, or it can be a photographic model like a car. As an
example a magazine that’s aimed for men, may have a pretty looking woman as the
cover model doing a seductive pose and wearing not many clothes, this would be
linked to the content aside and appeal to the buyer.
Anchorage is the term in which images are referred to. The images
are anchored by captions explaining the picture, this could be a cover line, article
and headlines. This helps give the image meaning and helps the reader
understand the significance.
Secondary images are sometimes placed on a magazine to
promote features inside and they are usually anchored by a cover line
Cover lines are put at various points in the front cover. It tells the readers about the content inside the magazine and what articles they will find. To catch people’s attention they will often use language and presentational devices to be more effective.
The mode of address refers to the way that magazines connect
with the readers. Some use direct mode of address which is communicating with
individual readers (through the cover model) or use of 2nd person
(you)
Pugs are positioned on the top corners of a magazine on the
front cover. They display a promotion from the magazine or the price.
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Cover lines are put at various points in the front cover. It tells the readers about the content inside the magazine and what articles they will find. To catch people’s attention they will often use language and presentational devices to be more effective.
A puff helps draw attention and promote a certain element in
the magazine. There normally positioned against a strong colour and are shaped.
Regularly they advertise a freebie or a special feature.
A Barcode, the price and edition all need to be placed on the
front cover carefully. The barcode shouldn’t cover any important features and
the price is always typically places nearby. How the edition is formulated depends
how frequently its published. Most magazines are released monthly and so the
month and year will be stated.
Use of colour in a magazine adds great affect. Some
magazines change the colour scheme each editions, theirs keep the same colours to
coordinate the central image.
Font choices are displayed in a varieties and are usually
adapted to infer meaning to the text they’re displaying
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