Friday, 1 February 2013

Magazine Conventions

Font:
  • Serif - e.g Times New Roman
    • past, traditional
  • Sans serif - e.g comic sans, arial, tahoma, verdana etc. 
    • modern and trendy
  • Handwriting font - e.g monotype corsiva. 
    • more personal, addressing you personally as the reader


Front cover:

  • Banner/Masthead = title; newspapers
  • Sell lines = pieces of information around the magazine; selling what is inside
  • Burst - graphic design element; generally includes text inside; is used to entice the reader and make it look more exciting
  • Menu bar - advertises other things that are happening inside the magazine
    • often at the bottom of the front cover
  • Blue line - barcode, price, issue, date, web address
  • Capital letters - to show important information
  • Two types of magazine cover 
    • busy and cluttered, suggests value for money, exciting articles
    • simple and clean, suggests sophistication and organisation


Images:


All camera shots from moving image are included in still image:


  • Extreme long shot
  • Long shot
  • Wide shot
  • Mid shot
  • Close-up
  • Extreme close-up


  • Black/White - classical, timeless
  • Strict colour scheme - three colour, keeps it tidy



Pages:


  • Callout - a quotation taken from the text below and enlarged to draw attention
  • Copy - what you call the article

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