Look at the front page of a magazine and use the following prompts to annotate the magazine cover.
REMEMBER - DO NOT LABEL - you must ANALYSE! IMAGES What are the images of? Why? How are the models posed? Why? What are they wearing? Why? What body language can you see? Why? What colours are they wearing? Why? What could you say about hair/ make up? Where are they looking? Why? FONT What fonts are used? Why? What colours are used for the text? Why? LANGUAGE Can you find any interesting use of language? (eg puns/ repetition/ metaphors/ quotes/ rhyme/ rhetorical questions/ slang) What effect does each one have on the reader? LAYOUT Where is the masthead? Why? Where is the image? Why? What kind of shot is used? Why? Where are the coverlines? Why? Is there a puff? What is the effect? Is there a menu bar? Why? |
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