Analysing Magazine Covers.

At the moment in Media we are analysing magazine covers to help us with the magazine cover we will be making. I have learnt all about the conventions of the magazine and the definitions. An example of this is Masthead; The title, usually placed horizontally at the top of the front cover, which identifies the magazine.

The start to AS Media...

First lesson went well, we learned all about conventions and how they promote the magazine or newspaper. Conventions are based around the style content and form. These all have an impact on how the media piece in viewed by their audiences, and how it attracts different people. Conventions are sometimes described as the 'ingredients' of a particular form or genre. An example of this is given; If you was to make a new bulletin for production work you would have to encounter a range of 'rules of engagement' for news broadcasts.

We also learned the differences in audience for genre of text. The format or the content separates each person to what type of genre they prefer to read. An example of different genres are; music, fashion, film, and health. An example of a music magazine is: Q An example of a fashion magazine is: vouge. An example of a health magazine is: Womens Health. An exaple of a film magazine is: Empire