During my last Media lesson I learned how to properly
evaluate magazine covers and I also started to evaluate one.
I evaluated a cover of NME which had Lily Allen as the main
image and the main storyline throughout the magazine. I evaluated the masthead, main image, sub
lines, tag lines, date and price. This particular cover was fairly easy to
evaluate because of the weird obscurity of it. The cover had all the basic
conventions that a magazine cover should have but most of them had a twist. For
example the main sell line looks like a cut out from a newspaper which is
significant because it looks more interesting and relates well to the story it’s
about.
Furthermore during my research of these magazines covers I have learnt about many different aspects of magazines I can now use in my own product. Mainly I will now
use tag lines and sell lines more as I now understand how important they are to
help follow the conventions of a magazine and they help make the magazine look
more professional. Also I have found how important a main image to drawing the reader’s
attention to the specific magazine.
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