Magazine practical task research

1) Use your lesson notes on magazine genres and conventions to view a range of potential magazine covers. Create a shortlist of three potential magazines and embed an example front cover from each one.

        

2) Select your chosen magazine to create a new edition for and explain the thinking behind your choice.

i chose to do the rolling stone as it successfully uses key conventions of a magazine and i like that the background and main subjects outfit are quite monochrome, so that the main focus is on the cover star. Although there are quite a few different straplines on some of their covers there arent too many so the cover doesnt look too busy, so the reader can focus on all aspects on the cover.

3) Find three different front covers for your chosen magazine and embed them in your blogpost. Analyse the fonts, colours and typical design. What is the language or writing style? How are the cover lines presented? You need to become an expert in the design and construction of this magazine and its branding.

        

-masthead partly covered by main subject/cover star

-3 main colours

-focus on beauty, hair, fashion

-women empowerment

-feminism

-names/main topics in bigger font and brighter colour