Vogue, September 2010 - TheView, Glee Range (page 188)
- Large heading in a simple font, with information about the article underneath with a by line.
- Quotes in red - keeping the colour the same throughout the magazine, like the front cover.
- 3 columns
- 1 large picture of the celebrity the article is based on, to the side.
- keeping the colours simple, just using black font.
- Block on the picture, telling the reader where the picture was taken and who it was taken by.
- the article is on only 3 quarters of the page.
- the article is lined off from the rest of the page with a red line, making it stand out from the article undernearth.
Front Cover
- · Mast Head – This appears at the top of the cover page in serif font.
- · Cover Image – Of celebrity Kate Moss, styling the latest trends.
- · Headlines – Bold font, in two main colours red and white that is used throughout the magazine. They are written in Sans Serif.
- · Sub-headings – These are giving you extra information about what the headings have said. These are in serif and sans serif.
- · The headlines and sub-headings are spaced around the cover image, so it doesn’t cover up the image.
- · Background – They have kept the background plain; this helps the text stand out so it catches the target audience’s attention.
- · Cover Line – ‘Vogue’s guide to minimal chick’ this is written across the main image, suggesting to the reader that Kate Moss is a ‘minimal chick’. This is also written in bigger font so it stands out a lot more.
- · They also show the price of the magazine in the top corner, but it is a lot smaller than the rest of the text because they don’t want the reader to concentrate on the price of the magazine they want them to concentrate on what’s inside.
- Target Audience - The consumer of which a particular media product is aimed out.
- This can be broken down into the worlds demographics. These are: age, gender, sexuality, social class, backgrounds, ethnicity.
- Genre - The type of media product. Eg/ Horror, Comedy, Western and Romance
- Conventions - These are typical characteristics you expect to see in a given genre. Eg/ The way the characters are portrayed and the locations they are filmed.
- Codes - A way of conveying meaning to audiences without using words to explain what's going on. There are two different types of codes: symbolic - the props and costumes the actors/actresses use/wear and technical - the way the camera and lighting is used.
