Masthead

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Issue Number & Date

Slogan

Masthead: “College bizz” more obvious to the magazines genre and

audience, “Ebony” more hidden and a mystery. I learnt to make good use of drop shadow to suit the genre I included iconography in both I found this effective Included a slogan in the preliminary but not in the music

magazine – found it wasn’t needed Positioned in the same place – learnt to follow tis

convention I learnt to use dafont for the music magazine – found it

more flexible and effective

Skyline:

I made the skyline larger in my real piece – I learnt that other magazines have strapline more of this size.

In the first one I listed things included in the magazine but I learnt that you should use them to see certain articles

Main Cover line I feel like the main cover line on my final product

is more distinct and stand out as a main cover line and therefore I have learnt to isolate the main cover line as it is more effective.

I learnt to apply strokes on aspects to make them more established I did this for my final product

It is situated in the left sector of the magazine – since the preliminary learnt how the left column contains the important features.

Price

The price is higher on the real piece as I learnt that conventionally magazines of this genre are around that price

I determined the newest price by considering the target audience in terms of age and class which I didn’t for the preliminary task.

They are both positioned in the same place I understood why I did it last time so I replicated this.

Slogan

I realised by the time I did my real product a slogan isn’t needed, as I couldn’t see it on real products. Slogans are less likely on magazines, which I didn’t know but now have learnt.

Lure The lures differ whereby my preliminary

lure was a meal deal voucher and my real product is a poster.

I learnt that the are certain appropriate lures depending on genre and target audience

I Chose the voucher as it was a college magazine for students and meal deals relate to college

In comparison I chose posters for my real one as it is a music magazine they’re posters of artists- I learnt the target audience like form Kerrang.

Barcode/ issue number/date

Both the barcode are in dead sots however the orientation of the prelim is sideways , I learnt it is best and more conventional to have it the right way round.

I didn’t include the date and issue number on the front cover at this point I failed to see its importance but by the real task I learnt that it is essential to the cover.

Cover Lines I had more cover lines on my

preliminary task – this magazine type is more informative so more cover lines are displayed.

There are less cover lines on the music magazine as you want to only give a short glimpse and make it more entertaining than factual

The format of the cover lines were more fluid in terms of colour scheme and appearance they look the same whereas in my prelim there’s an imbalance

Main Image They’re both two-person shots one male and female

represented the same way as each other. I learnt this is effective in attracting a unisex audience and displaying the green of the magazine.

I learnt the importance of costume and makeup looking at the difference between my magazines – shades instead of glasses and dark attire transformed the same model form nerdy to cool- representing the genre.

They are both medium shots, I acknowledges that from this shot you see the model clearly enough and appreciate their costume and makeup – strengthened the genre portrayal

Masthead On both the magazines they are positioned at the top,

which is conventional – I learnt and remembered this form the preliminary task and carried over this concept.

The masthead is exactly the same from the front cover in the prelim version whereas I removed the guitar from my real task. I learnt to be more daring and that you alter it minutely from the

The masthead took up a lot of space on my prelim I learnt that it isn’t meant to be so large and so scaled it down.

Main Image I have defiantly learnt to portray a main image

correctly, on the preliminary the main image isn’t that clear it is the main one – just because it is at the top doesn’t signal it is as it is the same size as the others too.

Also it is the same image as the front cover main image which breaks conventions it should have been a different picture perhaps of the same people but a different photo.

Supplement Images There are adult males used in the preliminary contents

page which links with the genre as it is college and teachers are a fundamental part.

However I learnt that the images should project what the target audience want to see and therefore have models a like them instead which Is what I did in my final magazine.

I bordered the supplement images on both magazines although I made the stroke thinner on my real task as I felt a thinner line is more professional looking

I felt that I was more adventurous with the image itself as more props were used and the camera angles and shots differed instead of replicated.

In addition I separated the images instead of putting them together as this is what other magazines do

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