This document discusses the development of mock-ups for magazine ancillary materials. Key points: - The author created rough mock-ups and got feedback from their group to refine the designs. - Features were incorporated from other magazines and ancillary materials, such as placement of mastheads, straplines, prices, and cover stars. - Two example magazine covers are described that influenced the design, one with a single character and one with three. - Typical soap opera storylines and other shows to feature on the cover are listed. - Composition and positioning of characters on covers is deliberate to convey relationships between them.

1. Question 2

3. Strap
Masthead
Main star
Conflict
Buttons
Large bold
Title
Branding of
show

4. I created rough mock-ups of what I wanted the
ancillaries to look like. I then showed these to my
group and we all then developed them. I took in to
account what other magazines and ancillaries look
like, and took these features apart, and then applied
them to my ancillaries.

6. No house style/colour
Date
theme.
Strapline – include new
Masthead- top 1/3rd of the info, prizes and
page – Bright and bold competitions
colours. Branding is anchored
with the strap line
Price in a
bubble/shape
Button with an image of a
character inside – with a Eye contact
caption. The picture comes
out of the button slightly.
Halo effect is used around Cover Star is large in the
the cover star(s). frame – mid close up.
Main Feature is one
snappy word/phrase, bright
colours.
Anchoring the cover star
with the main feature –
audience know this is the
Other Soaps are used on
feature relating to the cover
the cover
star(s)
Barcod
e

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

8. Typical storylines:
- Cheating on another's boyfriend/girlfriend
- Secret love
- Pregnancy
- Death
- Found in bed with someone
- 2 characters pregnant with 1 male
- Weddings

9. Other soaps to use on the cover:
-Made In Chelsea
- Jersey Shore
- Geordie Shore
- Desperate Scousewives

11. The cast of the soap are sat and
stood up all together. The way
each character is displayed is
important, the anchorage and
the position of who is beside
who is deliberate.

12. Here you can see how I have recreated
the ancillary using conventions for other
shows, in both posters, it contains the
whole cast look classy and
expensive, which I have recreated, using
the gold title and a crown. All characters
are looking at the camera and are pulling
off a pose which is can also be seen in the
other two shows.