Student Copy

What you get on front covers

Masthead

Kicker

Cover Line

Secondary Lead

Plug

Graphic Feature or Puff

Selling Line or Banner

Tagline

Feature Article Photo

Flash

Menu Strip

Bar Code

Headline

Caption

Web-links?

Ears?

Main feature

Page numbers(with headers resembling kickers and cover lines)

Section header

Date line

Section headers

Magazine logo

Numbered itemised list

Introductory Text

Section Header

Flash

Article ColumnsSidebar Headline

Feature Shot (part of same photo shoot)

Pull-Quotes

are quotes

that stand out over

text, often in

the middle.

Feature Article Photo

Headline /

Quote

Graphic Features are drawn objects and often include

quotes.

Sidebar

By Line (who it’s written

by)

Captions

Inset Shots

Pull-Quotes are quotes that stand out over text, often in the middle.

Feature Shot (part of same photo shoot)

Feature Article Photo

By Line (who it’s written by)

Different titles to break down the interview

into sections

How front covers are conceived and laid out

Direct mode of address can appear ‘in yer face’, serious, warm…

Indirect mode of address can be mysterious, lively, sombre…

Creates a wacky, fun image, sharing an identity with the reader that offers the ‘independence’ of indie music.

Enigma – what are they getting up to now?

e.g. Connotations of the Masthead What meaning is added with the interaction between anchorage and photos What lifestyles are hinted at in taglines, kickers and use of language in

general What is regarded as most important on the cover and why you think this is What tone / type of language is used Fashion magazines don’t put the headline over the feature article photo,

they push it to the side of the magazine Plugs are usually offering something for free Flash are extras such as ‘plus’

COLOUR - Is a colour scheme used? Is it the same with every issue or switch according to the images? Is there a pattern as to where colour is used? Does colour have its own meaning?

FONTS - Roughly how many different fonts (not sizes) are used? Can you link the same fonts with the same conventions?

STYLE - What look and feel is created? How much does the cover image contribute to this? What photographic techniques are used? Describe the mode of address and overall look e.g. invitational, mysterious etc. Is a theme used e.g. futuristic? Does an enigma prompt the reader to ask questions?

USE OF SPACE - How has the rule of thirds been used? Does the left-third dominate? Is the use of space typical e.g. masthead top-left, headline sitting at the bottom of the mid-third etc.? Is it spread out, blocky, chaotic? Is there any dead space or white space?

CONCLUDE – Why do you think it is designed as it is? Does it reinforce or challenge the typical conventions? Is it: poster-style, busy , loud, inyerface, smooth, slick, stylish, fun etc.?