Tuesday, 2 October 2012

 
 




CONCLUSION These images show my analysis of front covers of magazines. I explain thigns such as the purpose of a front cover, mastheads, elements involved with creating mastheads, taglines and straplines, what a cover image should involve and what cover images connotate, anchorage, secondary images, direct mode of address, puffs, pugs, typeface and colour scheme. Magazines always have a masthead which usually follows a colour scheme which is evident throughout the rest of the magazines. Straplines are usually seen somewhere near the masthead which helps sell the magazine and give a brief overview on what it includes, a cover image should involve a model or an image that can be clearly seen. They usually connotate something for example a cover girl for vogue would connotate fashion, beauty and wealth whereas a covergirl for good housekeeping would generally connotate cleanliness and normallness. Anchorage is usually seen in magazines, anchorage gives meaning to text such as images that are anchored by text explaining what the image depicts.Secondary images are usually seen in some celebrity life magazines or real life magazines and attract attention to another story without taking too much emphasis on the cover photo. Direct mode of address is usually used in magazines that aim to be casual such as Chat or Take a Break, whereas an indirect mode of address is used in more formal magazines such as monocle but this doesn't have to be the case. Puffs and pugs are seen a lot in magazine and it attracts attention to things such as free items or showing that the magazine has a new feature. Typeface is whether it is sans serif or serif, most magazines tend to have a serif typeface.

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