Annotation of school magazine

I have chosen to annotate this School magazine because it contains many features a magazine needs to interest the reader and to make them want to read on so they buy the magazine. The Masthead is the name of the magazine which is placed at the top of the front cover so it is the first thing the reader looks at. The colour and the font of the Masthead stands out because of the contrast between the green and the pink. The magazine font may have been carefully chosen as the colours green and pink stands out and seems appealing for children and suggests a childish nature. The front cover also includes a Tagline which states 'Parents guide to primary school' which shows who the magazine may be aiming their audience at or what it is about. The central image is of a young girl in school uniform which immediately demonstrates that the magazine is about school life and how to make 'back to school' a lot easier for parents and children. The central image is extremely important as it suggests what the magazine is about and who their audience is. The magazine has used secondary images to display what else is included in the magazine and so that the reader is enticed by the picture and to promote other features. There are a few cover lines informing readers of the magazines content and it is a way to capture the readers attention to different topics in the magazine. The cover lines includes techniques such as rhetorical questions so the reader asks themselves the same question. Furthermore, the front cover has a 'Puff' which helps to draw the readers attention and to promote other elements. The Puff states 'Plus notice board' which suggests that the magazine is sharing some extra information with the readers.

Conventions of a magazine cover

In todays lesson, I learnt that the front cover of a magazine has many important features which are significant in convention magazines. I learnt that the Masthead is the name of the magazine which is usually followed by the Tagline which shows what the magazine is about or who it is aiming at. The central image of a magazine is extremely important because a lot of features in the image can be denoted and connoted. Most magazines have a model on the cover so as a class we thought about how they dressed in a certain way and what the connotations of the image were. We also learnt that Anchorage gives an image meaning, that Puffs are used to promote certain elements and that Pugs display a promotion from the magazine. Secondary images are very significant because they help promote other features of the magazine to interest the reader.
The 'Bazaar' magazine cover is extremely eye-catching because of the masthead and the tagline because the font is large which reinforces power suggesting female empowerment. The colour of the font is red which implies love and passion which makes the cover model seem desirable. The tagline is at the bottom of the page instead of being underneath the masthead; it is explaining to the reader what the topic of the magazine is which is 'Best Dressed Women Of The Year'. The use of a pug is really effective for this magazine because the tag is golden which emphasises the importance of the 'Affordable Luxuries' and also the Pug is overlapping the masthead so it is one of the first things someone reads. The central image is of Pop star Katy Perry who is well-known which automatically draws attention to the reader if they are interested in the celebrity on the front page. The anchorage is a useful concept on a magazine cover because it explains what the image is referred to so the cover model is Katy Perry and the anchorage explains that in case people are not aware who she is.

 

 

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