The document provides information on two magazines and examples of magazine page layouts. It describes Males magazine which focuses on fashion, celebrities and sports published monthly in the UK. It also describes a music magazine focused on dance and house music published monthly in the UK and parts of Europe. The document then examines magazine cover pages, contents pages, and two-page article spreads providing details on visual elements, organization, and layout of each.

1. CASE STUDY NOTES

2. Magazine Information
 Males magazine that focuses on fashion,
celebrities and sport
 First published in 1957
 Published by Condé Nast Publications
 Editor is Jim Nelson
 Published Monthly
 Price is £3.99
 Distributed world wide

3. Magazine Information
 Music magazine that focuses on dance
and house music
 First published 1991
 Published by thrust publishing
 Editor is Ben Murphy
 Published Monthly
 Price is £3.95
 Distributed in the UK, US and most of
Europe

4. Cover Page
3 colours for all
the masthead
Masthead is
and cover lines
slightly covered by
head
Cover lines are
Close/Medium surrounding
shot for the the main
cover picture image
All the cover
lines are the
Large cover line
same font
for the main
article
No barcode on
the front cover

5. Cover Page
Masthead covers Small puff in the top
the main image right of the cover
Close shot for Cover lines are
the cover picture surrounding the main
image
Large cover line
for the main All the cover
article lines are the
same font
Cover lines are
small and harder Barcode in the
to read bottom right of the
cover

6. Contents
Not many article Issue information E.G.
titles compared to Date and issue numbe
other magazine
contents pages
Picture of the Large picture
cover on the left related to article
side of the page
All the same
colour scheme in
text and boarders Letter from the
editor and list of
contributors

7. Contents
Lots of article Small contents
titles in different title but no
sections magazine logo
Information about
Small pictures
each article
relating to
underneath the
articles of
article names
different types
Large picture
that is related
the the main
feature article

8. Two page spread
Large Smaller
title and pictures
large relating
picture to the
on the article
first on the
page second
page
A small
introduc
tion to
the
article
on the A lot of text on the second
Small parts of information
first page, with a large starting
between the main columns
page letter to show the start of the

9. Two page spread
Picture There is
doesn’t more
take up pictures
as much which
of the take up
page as more of
the last the page
one on the
second
page
There is a
lot more
text on the
first page
which
takes up
most the On the second page however there is not as
page much text and no other quotes or information