Magazine Front Covers

 Tuesday 20th June 2023

LO: To identify the features on a magazine front cover; to explore genre codes and conventions.

Do Now:

Food Magazines: (code and conventions)

Shot type - A lot of them use close up of food and specific recipes that people will see and be interested in.

Colour Palette - The magazines use light neutral colours.

Font Styles - Simple font styles almost looking as if handwritten.

Sub-Genre: (music magazines)

• Rock 
• Pop
• Heavy Metal
• Boy band
• Country
• Rap
• Electronic
• Jazz 

Rock music:

  The magazines use a lot of black which shows it is a rock magazine. They also use a dark colour palette which is usually black, white and another colour. They use a close up of the band/artist that the main cover line is about.

Baking/cooking:

 

Colour palette - Neutral colours where some link in with the main image. Also uses a lot of gold and red.

Main images - They show some of the most popular recipes and desserts shown within the magazine.

Typography - They use simple fonts as if handwritten and don't use that many capital letters especially in the title.

Cover Lines - Includes other popular recipes shown in the magazine. They also have a rough estimate of how many recipes in the magazine.

Target Audience - Young adults (20s to 30s) because of the colour palette and because most of the main images look professional and somewhat hard to recreate.