Wednesday, 30 October 2013
My Front Cover and Contents page
Ideology
Ideology is important in magazines because they determine who the target audience is.
The ideology is the features we see in a magazine. E.G. for a young magazine. We would see lots of young pop stars and bright colours. We would also see silly texts, font and writing. We would know this would be a magazine that is aimed at the younger generation because an older magazine wouldn't have silly fonts. We could also determine whether the magazine has a younger target audience because of the language being used. The colours would also help us determine what the target audience is, E.G. if the magazine cover includes Pink, relatively bright colours. We would know that it would have a younger target audience.
On an older magazine such as: NME we would see older bands. The magazine would include older language which could include swear words. If we saw this in a magazine we would instantly think that the magazine has an older target audience.
Ideology is very important in magazines because even a look of the front cover of a magazine. You could automatically know who and what the magazine is aimed because of the ideology used.
The ideology is the features we see in a magazine. E.G. for a young magazine. We would see lots of young pop stars and bright colours. We would also see silly texts, font and writing. We would know this would be a magazine that is aimed at the younger generation because an older magazine wouldn't have silly fonts. We could also determine whether the magazine has a younger target audience because of the language being used. The colours would also help us determine what the target audience is, E.G. if the magazine cover includes Pink, relatively bright colours. We would know that it would have a younger target audience.
On an older magazine such as: NME we would see older bands. The magazine would include older language which could include swear words. If we saw this in a magazine we would instantly think that the magazine has an older target audience.
Ideology is very important in magazines because even a look of the front cover of a magazine. You could automatically know who and what the magazine is aimed because of the ideology used.
Magazine Terminology
Masthead - The main title of the magazine, this will always be on the Front page
The Main Image - This is the main image that is on the Front cover, this is usual the thing that determines the whole magazine and whether it sells. The picture normally has an exclusive interview on it.
Banner - To advertise something exclusive such as an interview
Buzzword - Something that advertises a competition. Something that draws the reader towards the magazine, something that the reader can win.
Headline - The headline is the main piece of text on the cover of the magazine. The headline will advertise the main image on the cover.
Barcode - A bar code tells us how much the magazine is and what distribution its from, it is on every magazine.
Anchorage text - Found underneath the headline and helps the customers understand the headline and the main image.
Puff - Normally like a border, this is put around something to make it stand out on the page. E.G. an Interview, competition
Secondary images - Images that are on the front cover that is maybe not as important as the main image.
Pug - Where the corner of the page is covered and usually has a buzzword inside of it. This makes the reader want to read through the magazine
Features - Things the readers will find inside the magazine.
Serif Font - Font which has small bars (serifs) at the end of each letter (Like This Text)
Bylines - Credits to the people who produced each article including photo credits and data sources
Strapline - A secondary headline just below the main headline
Moral Panic
Moral Panic-A condition, episode, person or group of people emerges as a threat to societal values and interests: its nature is presented in a stylised and stereotypical fashion by the mass media.
Alternatively-Moral Panics involved the construction of 'Folk Devils' that need controlling, which leads to increased social control. This occurs during periods when powerful groups or the ruling classes face troubled times.
Alternatively-Moral Panics involved the construction of 'Folk Devils' that need controlling, which leads to increased social control. This occurs during periods when powerful groups or the ruling classes face troubled times.
Photoshop
Photoshop is a programme which allows you to change the way a picture/image has been created. You can alter the way the Photo looks by using the different features on the programme. You can change the picture to look better or worse. Photoshop can be used for getting rid of Red eye, spots and any unnecessary things that are in the picture. Photoshop is a very powerful programme, once you have changed a photo, it is very hard to recognise the original picture after it has been changed. Photoshop is used in magazines and the media all the time because it is so powerful. It has the ability to change anything that doesn't look right in the picture.
In class we used Photoshop to practice. We used the programme for doing basic things such as getting rid of spots on a mans face. We also had a go of changing red eyes in pictures. The last thing we did on Photoshop was duplicate things. These are only basic things in Photoshop however, it is a powerful programme once you know all the features.
In class we used Photoshop to practice. We used the programme for doing basic things such as getting rid of spots on a mans face. We also had a go of changing red eyes in pictures. The last thing we did on Photoshop was duplicate things. These are only basic things in Photoshop however, it is a powerful programme once you know all the features.
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