Rough Layout of Contents Page

Planning Content

• My contents page will be split into sections.
• The main pictures used on the contents page will relate to the coverlines used on the front cover.
• It will include a letter from the editor and a picture of the editor
• Also it will have a smaller version of the masthead off the front, to signify the logo and the name of the magazine.

Rough Layout of Front Cover

Plans for Front Cover

• My magazine will be called SCHOOL!!
• I will include one main central image using direct address where the photgraphed person is looking directly at the audience
• It will include a date, price and issue number
• The front cover will also include other main coverlines which are an insight into what else is in the magazine
• It also includes a puff (exclusives, a chance to win something)
• My main coverline is about one student who achieved 11 A*'s at GCSE

You've Been Framed

Shot that connotes friendship

A long shot

A very long shot conveying isolation

Low Angle - Medium Close up

High Angle Long Shot

An Extreme Close up of the time

Close up of someone in nature

Two shot in medium long shot

Over the shoulder shot of someone writing

Medium Close up

Big Close Up of somebody using a mobile phone

Codes and Conventions of Magazine Contents Page

A magazine contents page is there to help the audience find their desired articles, and show them what else is in the magazine.

• They all have a list of page numbers and what you can find on them pages.
• They all have a distinct colour scheme(All use block colours around the graphics)
• They all have pictures to attract the audience to the article(Normally between 3-7 picutes on a normal contents page).
• All of them use direct address with their celebrities or people in their stories.
• All have a structured layout. This includes a smaller version of the masthead from the front cover, the main content, and information on how to subscribe to the magazine through the website.
• All include their website on the bottom.
• They have 3-4 different fonts for the headings, sub-headings and general information.
• It's organised into sections.
• Includes a letter from the editor(plus a photograph of the editor)
• They have to have number of page by the photo of the article.
• Pictures have to relate to the relevant stories.
• Split into columns
• Includes photos of other objects, i.e. shoes, food etc.

Magazine Front Cover Analysis - Codes and Conventions

• All have a large central image - and mostly use direct address, were the celebrity/person in main image, looks directly at the audience.
• All the gossip magazines have 'exclusives'
• All have other major stories/coverlines which catch the target audience's eye.
• All bright and colourful, using bold font and bold colours.
• Familiar magazines have the titles an pictures overlap each other.
• They all include a price, bar code and date of issue on the front.
• Women's Own - Global Magazine, has other countries prices, The rest are national magazines.
• They all have a distinct colour scheme.
• All have a masthead.
• Mainly celebrities in the main central image.
• All have graphics which are around some of the coverlines.
• There is usually 3-7 coverlines on a magazine.
• All have a unique masthead font.
• Usually have 2-3 different fonts.
• Gossip magazines tend to have a paparazzi shot as their central image.
• The biggest coverline should match the central image