Magazine Covers

Remember you are discussing why your 4 magazines are excellent examples to model your music magazine front page on and are inspirational. Remember you are at the planning stage now. 

Discuss

• ·      Key image- Technical codes-Shot, Angle, lighting, composition
• ·      Symbolic Codes – Colour's, facial expression, clothing, gestures etc.
• ·      Who is your Unique Selling Point? (USP) How will this attract your target audience?
• ·      Semiotics- Denotation e.g. what they are wearing, Connotation what do their facial expressions/ clothing connote.
• ·      Super imposition is anything covering the Masthead why????
• ·      Typography- Anchorage text
• ·      Codes and conventions- e.g. Masthead, banner, secondary images, cover-lines etc.
• ·      Mode of address- direct/indirect, friendly happy, serious etc.
• ·      Masthead

College Magazine points to consider

College magazine points to consider

1. Discuss the codes and conventions of the college magazine.
2. What images have they used? 
3. What camera Angles/shots have been used?
4. What is the mise-en-scene on the front cover? Consider aspects like the props, lighting, costume etc
5. Does the front cover engage the audience and why?
6. Who is the target audience? Age, gender, ethnicity, lifestyle etc
7. How does the magazine engage the target audience?
8. How do you know it is for this particular target audience?
9. What is the ideology of the magazine? 
10. What does the college consider important?

Expand on how it will inform your own production.

Minimal	Proficient	Excellent
Basic magazine – labelled codes and conventions.	Label the codes and conventions and comment how the codes and conventions engage with how it would appeal to the target audience. Why it would be successful?	All of proficient. Expand on how it will inform your own production.

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