Research into similar products – ancillary task 2 magazines
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The fonts are made to look as if they are smeared in a blood
type effect giving the authenticity of the
horror genre magazines.
The clear bold text used within the magazine is bold and easy
to read. This is conventional as it allows the audience to read it from afar and draws them into
the magazine.
The layout is very easy to look out and central. All of the main text is central on the page to make
them stand out and are in line with the route of the eye and hot spots meaning that the audience
read all the important information from top left to bottom right. This is very convectional as it makes
sure people read the right info and looks authentic.
The magazines Masthead is red which
is a signifier of danger and death immediately telling us that this is a
horror magazine, as well as the use of the blood droplets. This is conventional as it shows the genre of the magazine
and many of them like this use the same type of effect.
The fonts on the page are central which is seen within all most every magazine of its type to entice the audience. Also the use of white
outlines over the masthead and main caption allow them to pop from the image behind
making them stand out more to the audience making this magazine conventional.
The lack of colour within the page allows
the audience to kindle the horror scenario within the magazine. The black and white image allows the text to pop
out into the foreground which is very conventional to the horror genre mags.
The red and whites throughout the front cover are very minimalistic
allowing us to concentrate on the text and the background image which is
conventional tot his genre of
magazine.
The background image used within the magazine has had its eyes taken
out. This makes it a more convectional looking horror image and allows the audience to realise this is a horror magazine. This also
can be said for the use of the axe.
The two small images attached to
the strap lines are in colour so not to loose themselves within the main image. This sis conventional as it
allows them to be a strap line of their own and shows people that there is not just one part to the magazine.
The layout is very easy to look out and central. All of the main text is
central on the page to make them stand out and are in line with the
route of the eye and hot spots meaning that the audience read all the important information from top
left to bottom right. This is very convectional as it makes sure people
read the right info and looks authentic.
The fonts on the page are central which is seen within all most every magazine of its type to entice the audience. Also the use of white
outlines over the masthead and main caption allow them to pop from the image behind making
them stand out more to the audience making this magazine
conventional.
The background image used within the magazine has had its eyes taken
out. This makes it a more convectional looking horror image and allows the audience to realise this is a horror magazine. This also
can be said for the use of the axe.
The magazines Masthead is red which is a signifier of danger and
death immediately telling us that this is a horror magazine. This is conventional as it shows the genre of the magazine and many of
them like this use the same type of effect.
The clear bold text used within the magazine is bold and easy
to read. This is conventional as it allows the audience to read it
from afar and draws them into the magazine. The use of a teddy bear and a
child makes the situation and the realism of the image apparent.
Many magazine in the horror genre category use children to entice the adults to watch the
film and they are normally associated with a family scenario
and backgrounds.
The colours within this magazine are very bold and minimalistic. The use of reds, blacks, whites and oranges give a feel of everything needs to be read and there are lots of important information within the
front cover. There are also very few tag lines, captions and strap lines making this magazine conventional as there is not generally many pieces of information to read on a horror genre magazine
… its all about the images used.