Denotation of music and school magazine front covers and contents pages.

2. MASTHEAD- This is the
largest piece of text on the front cover so that it stands
out. The font of the text stays the same throughout the
series of magazines so that produces a ‘house style’.
MAIN IMAGE- This is the main
image on the page. This is the
DATE AND PRICE- first image the audience see as
This shows the date it is the biggest image on the
of the magazine front cover.
issued and the price.
This piece of text is
small because it is
not something they FEATURE- This is something
want the audience that frequently appears in the
to be attracted to. series of the magazines.
MAIN COVER LINE- COVER LINES- These are
This is a line that is short descriptions of what are
short and sharp. It included In the magazine which
exaggerates the encourages the audience to
magazine to want to read more.
encourage the
audience to purchase
the magazine and read
more.
BACKGROUND- This is the image behind the main image and text.
this is quite plain so that the main image and text stand out.

3. MASTHEAD- This is the main title of the magazine. This stays the same throughout the series of
The magazine. As you can see the main image is over lapping part of the masthead, this shows
that the magazine is well known because the audience will still recognise the magazine.
THE SKYLINE- The skyline mentions
‘truth about boy bands’, this makes
the audience want to know the
gossip as it causes tension for the
audience as they feel they need to
read further inside the magazine.
MAIN COVER LINE- The main
cover line is the main story
inside the magazine that
stands out on the front
Cover the most.
MAIN IMAGE- The main
image draws attention
to the readers as it is a
medium shot of a famous
music artist.
BARCODE- The barcode is scanned in a shop COVER LINES - These are brief
where the magazine is purchased and the descriptions of the stories
12 digit number is coded to show the price included inside the magazine.
when scanned. They persuade the audience to
want to read on and purchase
the magazine.

4. TITLE- This is telling NUMBERS- these show the
the reader that they reader what pages the images
are on the contents page. are on.
SECONDARY IMAGES- These
are images included in the
magazine as it shows you the
page number and tells you
a little about the pages.
TEXT- This is the
text on the contents
page that is black
and pink so that it
is the same theme
throughout the
magazine.

5. TITLE- The name of the magazine.
BAND INDEX- CATOGRIES-This is easier for the
This is so the readers to scan the variety of
readers can see different pages throughout the
what bands are magazine.
mentioned within
the magazine.
ARTICLE- Here you can see an article
that begins on the contents page. This
persuades the audience to read on.
ADVERTISEMENT- This
advertisement promotes
the company that creates
and sells this magazine.

6. SKYLINE- It is quite often the first thing
that people see. MAST HEAD- This is the title that remains
the same throughout the series of magazines.
COVER LINES-
These cover
lines are only
interesting and
relevant to
the students MAIN IMAGE- This is the main image.
that attend this This is an image of a student as you
school. can she is a file of work.
MAIN COVER LINE- This cover
PRICE- This is the price of line will be interesting to
which the magazine costs. students that attend this
school only.
BARCODE- This is
box that gets scanned
when the magazine
is purchased.

7. TITLE- This is the title of the page to
show the readers the page they are on.
CONTENTS–
Showing the
content of SECONDARY IMAGE- This is an
magazine with image included within the magazine
page numbers. that is included
ARTICLE- This tells a
bit of an article included
in the magazine.