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FILM MAGAZINE COVERS
To identify codes and conventions used within the film magazines
Conventions of magazines Technical terms What creates meaning? Masthead Cover lines Cover stories Pictures and captions Route of the eye Principle of thirds Pull quotes flash Kicker and explanatory text U.S.P
Language and register Mise en scene- Position,
pose, costume, eye contact /gaze, facial expression
Camera angle Font style, size, colour Revealing genre Quotes/links to the film
Conventions of magazines
Layout (Rule of thirds) (camera angle) (text) Image- Direct pose? Sexual/seductive/aggressive
Text- Style of text and impact of this Audience profile- who is the audience for this
magazine and how do we know? Ideology- What ideas is the magazine portraying? Representation- what representations is the
magazine giving of itself and of others? What representation is this giving about the film
•Language and register•Mise en scene- •Position, pose, costume, eye contact /gaze, facial expression•Camera angle •Font style, size, colour •Revealing genre•Quotes/links to the film
Flash / button Skyline /selling line
Explanatory text
MainCover line /kicker
Main image
Model credit
Pull quote
Masthead
Coverlines
Continuity of colour throughout film, poster and magazine
Style of writing that is reflective of the joker’s actual writing that again we see in poster, website, film and magazine
Again consistency in the colour scheme which represents the character.
Play on words with the tagline
Direct mode of address within character
Character handwriting/sense of realism
Appealing to fans with the collectable covers and asking them to choose a side- Awareness of target audience
Lack of other coverlines to
Show the severity of the
Situation Still using the joker to represent
Heath Ledger- linking into awareness
of target audience and how they see
the character- as the joker
Play on words including the title of the film
These two words create meaning on their own due to the use of different colour text- Bloody brilliant
Clear awareness of target audience
Comic book style in its pictures in the background
Paint effect acts as an example of continuity and branding, house style
Masthead altered
Secondary images within the selling line/skyline
Tag line
Focus on the picture to create meaning for the audience
Model credit
Reliance of audience awareness
Use of colourAlso similar idea of launching the magazine in the same way that the golden ticket was launched
Different use of mast head
Choice of font style
