The document provides conventions for the covers of typical TV magazines, including: 1) The cover star is usually in the middle in a mid-close up to show facial expressions. Additional elements include the masthead, date, price, main storyline, and barcode. 2) Covers typically feature bright, random colors without a specific scheme. Characters are referred to by their first name only. Captions are short and snappy. 3) Common storylines that could anchor the cover include cheating, secret love, pregnancy, breakups, and characters found in bed together. Other reality TV shows that could be featured include Made in Chelsea, Jersey Shore, and Geordie Shore.

2. Conventions of a typical TV magazine:
-Cover star is mainly in the middle, mid close up to see facial expressions
-Masthead top left hand corner, Bright colours
-Date with the masthead
-Price is located in a shape
-The main storyline anchors the cover star
-A white glow around the cover star(s)
-Multiple photos ( Buttons )
-Barcode located at the bottom of the cover
-No specific colour scheme but bright, random and tacky.
-Characters referred by their first name only – playing on audiences knowledge
-Caption’s are short and snappy
-Coloured tabs right hand side for different days of week – easy to use

3. ‘TV buzz’ has a character displayed ‘We love telly’ has 3 cover stars on
as a plastic doll. Which plays on the the cover, which would be ideal to
audiences knowledge of the use on my own piece, as it suits the
programme, and intertextually, how storyline I wish to use, which is
everybody is ‘plastic’. This type of typical cheating, therefore needing
magazine is less chaotic, more 3 characters on view on the cover.
simplistic and clean. This type of magazine is trashy,
chaotic and busy.

4. Typical storylines:
-Cheating on another's boyfriend/girlfriend
-Secret love
-Pregnancy
-Break up
-Found in bed with someone
-2 characters pregnant with 1 male
Other soaps to use on the cover:
-Made In Chelsea
-Jersey Shore
-Geordie Shore
-Desperate Scousewives