The document discusses conventions used in real media products like magazine covers and how the student applied those conventions to their poster for a school project. It explains several design elements magazines typically include such as a masthead, selling line, headline, central image, cover lines, barcode, date and price, and website address. It then describes how the student incorporated similar elements into their poster cover for a movie, including a large masthead, selling line, headline featuring the movie title, central image of characters from the film, and other typical magazine cover conventions.

1. Codes and convention in the real How I applied it to my poster
media product
Masthead The masthead is the title block I also used a big and stand out
for the magazine. It is usually the masthead and place it on top
most eye-catching convention on of the cover.
the page. In most of the real “NEW STAR” is my masthead.
magazines, the masthead is big
and stands out , normally placed
on top of the cover.
Eg: TOTAL FILM

2. Selling line This line is to show clearly what the I also have a selling line for my
magazine is about. It’s often placed magazine which is “A new step to
near the masthead.For example, the the movie world”.
selling line of Empire is ‘’ The world
biggest movie magazine”.
Headline It’s the main statement. It’s usually in I also use the largest and most
the largest and boldest font, standing out font for my headline,
describing the main story. It’s normally which is the title of our film.
placed in the center of the cover.

3. Central image It’s the most important part of a In my cover, I also took a picture of
magazine cover. It’s usually a big, two main characters in our film. It’s
good quality and stand out picture of a scene in the trailer and the
a famous person, who Is normally characters wear the same clothes
main actor in a new film. The central that they did in the trailer. It’s the
image need to attract the viewer and same as they normally in a real
always placed in the central of the product to make it recognizable for
cover. the audience.

4. Cover lines These lines are to show the I also have some cover lines in my
audience what are other stories in magazine cover to show other films
the magazine. and news inside the magazine.
Barcode It appears on every magazines and I also place the barcode down to the
normally placed downward the bottom of my cover as in one of the
bottom of the cover. However, it real product of Empire.
still depends on the position of
other titles.

5. Lure It usually is a phrase or word There are some similar lure in my
which can make the viewer want magazine cover.
to read the magazine. Eg: can be
something included when buy the
magazine.

6. Date and price In every magazine cover, they always I put the date and price near the
have the date and the price of the masthead where the audience can
magazine. It is placed in where can easily see. It’s small but not hard to
easily be seen by the audience. It is see.
often small.
Magazine The magazine website always appears I also have the magazine website
website in the cover. on my cover.