MAGAZINE COVER PRACTICAL ANALYSIS

Todays Aim:• Decide what genre/type of magazine you

will create• Fully annotate and analyse one magazine

cover

Find a magazine cover

Decide what type of magazine you want to create

(Mainstream/Nice) and what genre (Music/Film/Sport?)

Masthead•Font •What is says •Colour

•Purpose and any connotations

Main cover line / Cover line

•Use of Language (Hyperbole/Superlative/Other)

•Colour •Mode of address •Formal/Informal?

•Purpose and any connotations

Main Image

•Is it a Star/Celebrity? •Representation of? •Mode of Address•What are they wearing or doing?

•Purpose and Connotation

Images • What images are there • Who are they of • Mode of address • How many are there and where are they on the page?

• Purpose and Connotation

• Key Term: Grazing

Strapline

What is a strapline and does your magazine have one?

Date and Barcode?

•Where is the date and barcode situation on you magazine cover?

•Why do you think this is?

Pug (Ear) • Have you got a pug on your magazine cover?

• What does it have in it?

• What is the purpose of your pug?

• Is there any particular language used to grab the reader?

Font / Tags• How many different types of Font are there on your magazine?

• Are there any uses of TAGS?

• Purpose and effect/connotations