Elements Of A Magazine Cover

1. A Level MediaStudies
StevenNzamale
Elementsof A Magazine Cover
Layout - the way in which the parts of somethingare arranged or laidout.
In thiscase the layoutof thismagazine ismostlytoengage the audience tobuybecause of the
model,hence whyhisname isthe biggestfontandtextinthe magazine andthe mainimage iseven
coveringthe mastheadmeaninghe ismore important,thislayoutisdone onpurpose.
MODEL CREDIT
MASTHEAD
SELLING LINE
MAIN IMAGE
BAR CODE
COVER LINES
LEFT THIRD
MAIN COVER LINE

2. A Level MediaStudies
StevenNzamale
Elementsof A Magazine Cover
Colour
The coloursin the magazine are bright,organisedandseparated.Brightcolourisseenthroughthe
whole magazine,the backgroundiswhitemakingitmore brightandjovial.Thisisdone tomake the
make the magazine more amusingtopeople andalmost funtoread because noone likesaboring
plaincolouredmagazine.
Typography - Technique of arranging type to make written language legible,readable,and
appealingwhendisplayed.
Everyfonttype in thismagazine isboldandbigand readable tothe audience.The fontsinredinthis
magazine ismade to seemlike the importantandthe thingthe magazine istryingtogetthe
audience topayattentiontoaside fromthe actual mainimage andmodel credit.Forexample,when
itssays WIN!On the bottomrightof the magazine or whenitsays 4 COVERS!Notice how bothof
themhave exclamationmarksonitas well,thisisusedtomake itlookurgentand important.
Mode of Address - how the text speaksto the audience,and involvesthem.It also refersto how a
text influencesthe audience.
The way the texttalksto the audience isinformative howeveritisn’tboringdue tothe coloursand
typographyandalsothe wordsitself,itisn’ttoinformal tobore people andmake ituninteresting.
Has informationthatpeople maywanttoknow and are keento lookat especiallywiththe modelon
the front cover.