PRIMARY/SECONDARY

RESEARCH INTO THE

ANCILLARY PRODUCTS.

By Charlene Fernandes

UNDERSTANDING OF

CONVENTIONS.

Magazines

- Mast head

- Main Image

- Strapline

- Cover lines

- Bar codes

- Price / Date

- Web address

Poster

-Main image

-Tagline

-Connotative text

-Social media links

-Web address

( perhaps to the magazine?)

-Point of call information

(Broadcaster, Time and date)

MAGAZINE

Inside Soap

-Red and yellow colour scheme

-Usage of the exclamation mark

-Repetition “Every”

-Cover line stories above mast head

-Character interaction with the mast head.

- Images placed within shapes- Background retained.

TV & Satellite week

-The verbal code “NEW”

encased in a box, adjacent

to a new series or episode.

-Angled images/cover lines

-Date above the masthead

-Focused on the main

image- so takes up most of

the magazine front cover

space.

These are all codes and conventions of a

magazine that make them fit for purpose. I

would like to “repeat” (Steve Neale) these so

that my own work is successful.

POSTER

This poster has the characters encompassed in fire,

connoting their fiery personalities, and perhaps that they

may all be in danger. The fact that they are all to be

affected, by this fire is also emphasised, since no one is

spared. However since they are all fairly young, the

poster is trying to entice the younger audience members.

In accordance with Hartley‟s subjectivity of Gender, it

is clear that this is prominent in this soap, with three

females in the middle and the two males on the

outskirts. This connotes how perhaps the female sex are

in charge and of higher authority. The fact that they are

all unclothed is perhaps a physical representation of

their vulnerability or sexual prowess.

The point of call information is highlighted in white to stand

out, and is fairly simplistic, as it refers to the tagline and brand

name in the same sentence, with a simple “Starts Fri 5 Nov”.

This symbolises their popularity and the fact that they are a very

well known „Soap‟. The broadcaster information is fairly large,

with a channel 4 logo on the right. The body language of the

characters also reveal that the female in the canter may be

feeling lonely or victimised by the others, who seem to revel in

the fire (a potential disequilibrium), whereas she seems to fear it.