Research task 4.1_Graphic and audiovisual media language​

1. Research task 4.1: Graphic
and audiovisual media
language
Brief: Magazine
Harrison Wingrove

2. Masthead: This is the title/logo
of the Empire magazine. Like most
magazines it is usually located at
the top of the page.
Main cover line: This is
usually the 2nd largest piece of
text on the page, it describes what
the main story or article is within
the magazine.
Colour Scheme: The use of
green within this magazine
matches the model's hair, this
ties the whole magazine together
and the colour green can also
connote envy and money in
which these are strong themes
within the 'Joker' film that this
magazine is written about. The
other colour in the colour
scheme is white, this also relates
back to the main image, as the
joker has green hair and white
makeup.
Main image: This is the
photograph of Joaquin Phoenix
that is occupying the large
majority of the page, it shows the
audience that this magazine is
about the joker film without the
audience having to read anything.
Cover Lines: These are boxes of
text that describe all of the other
articles within the magazine, on
this magazine they are in the
colour scheme of green and white.
Font types: This magazine uses
entirely sans-serif font types, this is
because it's about a comic-book movie,
and the most common font types
found within comic books are sans-
serif.
Barcode & Dateline

3. Masthead: This is the title/logo
of the Total Film magazine. Like
most magazines it is usually
located at the top of the page.
Main cover line: This is
usually the 2nd largest piece of
text on the page, it describes what
the main story or article is within
the magazine.
Colour Scheme: The use of
red, black and white within this
magazine all match the main
image, as Keanu Reeves is
wearing a black and white suit
and has red blood on this
forehead. The red usually
connotes danger, blood and
anger in which these are strong
themes within John Wick 2. The
black may connote evil, mystery
or even death.
Main image: This is the
photograph of Keanu Reeves that
is occupying the large majority of
the page, it shows the audience
that this magazine is about John
Wick 2 without the audience
having to read anything.
Cover Lines: These are boxes of
text that describe all of the other
articles within the magazine, on
this magazine they are in the
colour scheme of red and white.
Font types: This magazine uses serif
font types for most of the cover lines
as serif font types convey a sort of
authoritative theme, in which the film
John Wich 2 this theme is quite
important
Splashes

4. Masthead: This is the title/logo
of the Little White Lies magazine.
Like most magazines it is usually
located at the top of the page.
Main cover line: This is in the
form of 'doodles' in the
background. This is an
unconventional way of creating a
main coverline, however it still
conveys the necessary
information.
Colour Scheme: The use of
red on the background conveys
blood and danger, as within this
film there is a murder. This front
cover also puts the main cover
image in monochrome, this is to
make it distinct from the rest of
the magazine and allow the
reader to focus on it, this is
usually used to allow the
audience to focus on his
emotions and his facial
expression itself.
Main image: This is the
photograph of Daniel Craig with
some cartoony-like clothing drawn
over the top of him, this is to show
this magazine is about Knives Out:
Glass Onion while also adding
'House style' to the image so the
reader immediately knows it’s a
Little White Lies magazine.
Cover Lines: There aren't any
coverlines on this font cover, this is
a very un-conventional
characteristic of a magazine.
Font types: This magazine uses serif
font types for most of the cover lines
as serif font types convey a sort of
authoritative theme, in which the film
John Wich 2 this theme is quite
important
Dateline

5. Research task 4.2: Graphic
elements 2

6. Masthead: This is the title/logo
of the Empire magazine. Like most
magazines it is usually located at
the top of the page.
Main image: This is the
photograph of Chris Pratt, Similar
to the front cover the contents use
a main image of a celebrity to
signify to the reader the content of
the main issue within this
magazine.
Dateline
Font types: This magazine uses serif
font types for most of the articles as
serif font types convey an idea of
professionalism and experience to the
reader. This would make the reader
view the articles that Empire produces
as professional and accurate.
Features: The name and page number
of the articles are listed along the side of
the contents page; this is an extremely
conventional characteristic within a
contents page on a newspaper. They also
have some added information at the
bottom to allow the reader to decide
which article they would like to read
without the need to flip all the way to
that page.
Title: This is the largest bit of text
on this page, it is in the colour
scheme of the page to create a
'theme' through the whole page
Colour Scheme: The colour scheme for
this page is red, white and light blue. The
light blue is featured in the models clothing
and background, while the red and white
are more prominently featured within the
text itself. The red may represent the
'bloody' nature of the film that the main
image is from, it also may have been taken
from the Empires 'house theme' as Empire
commonly uses red in many of their
articles.

7. Main image: This is the
photograph of Keanu Reeves; it is
taken from the film John Wick 2 that
the main article is written about. This
is to show the reader what the main
article is about without the need for
them to read the whole contents
page.
Dateline
Font types: This magazine uses serif
font types for most of the articles as
serif font types convey an idea of
professionalism and experience to the
reader. This is to make the contents
page appear more factual and also this
font is used on the front cover so there
is an overall theme for this article
Features: The name and page number
of the articles are listed along the side of
the contents page; this is an extremely
conventional characteristic within a
contents page on a newspaper. They also
separated all of the different articles into
categories to allow the reader to easily
find the content that they would like to
consume.
Title: This is the largest bit of text on this
page, it is to allow the reader to find the
contents page with ease while flicking
through the magazine. This is so anyone can
find the contents page without the need to
use the page numbers for help.
Colour Scheme: The colour scheme for
this page is red and white, red often
represents danger and blood which is a
strong theme in John Wick 2 (which is what
the main article is about). This is to create a
theme throughout the whole issue, and
create relations from page to page.

8. Main image: This is the
photograph of Keanu Reeves; it is
taken from the film John Wick 2 that
the main article is written about. This
is to show the reader what the main
article is about without the need for
them to read the whole contents
page.
Dateline
Font types: This magazine uses serif
font types for most of the articles as
serif font types convey an idea of
professionalism and experience to the
reader. This is to make the contents
page appear more factual and also this
font is used on the front cover so there
is an overall theme for this article
Features: The name and page number
of the articles are listed along the side of
the contents page; this is an extremely
conventional characteristic within a
contents page on a newspaper. They also
separated all of the different articles into
categories to allow the reader to easily
find the content that they would like to
consume.
Title: This is the largest bit of text on this
page, it is to allow the reader to find the
contents page with ease while flicking
through the magazine. This is so anyone can
find the contents page without the need to
use the page numbers for help.
Colour Scheme: The colour scheme for
this page is red and white, red often
represents danger and blood which is a
strong theme in John Wick 2 (which is what
the main article is about). This is to create a
theme throughout the whole issue, and
create relations from page to page.