Magazines

 27th April             Magazine front Covers 

lo- to identify the features on a magazine front cover; to explore genre codes & conventions

masthead- the title of a newspaper or magazine at the head of the first or editorial page found at the top of a magazine 

dateline- the time the magazine was published found around the barcode or masthead 

main image- the thing that draws your attention, the thing that involves the story (a football player) found int he middle of the page 

cover lines-a line of text on the front cover of a magazine briefly describing the content in the magazine 

main cover lines- normally the biggest line on the cover and usually links to the image, the only line that is able to go over the main image 

bar code/ price- how much it is and where the cashier scans it found in the bottom of the magazine 

tagline/strapline- the slogan 

pull quote- to draw attention to the article

nature genre 

• there is mainly green colours as that is the colour that represents nature meaning that people are able to understand the magazine before they read it 
• most have gone with a san font i think that it is a calming font used in calming magazines like the nature genre 
• there main image has birds on them to maybe play the fact that tree are out in the wild in trees, which could be another of their image ideas for calming trees
• there magazine covers seem simple and calming but still draws your eyes to them.