Monday, 23 November 2009

Magazine front cover covers terms

Masthead title peice - The magazine's title. Usually displayed in the top left corner.

Price - Magazine

Date - Weekly: usually from Saturday to Friday. Monthly: a month ahead.

Issue Number - A tally of magazines.

Barcode - Read electronically and decoded into usuable information.

Teaser - One word/phrase acts as an attention grabber.

Main Feature/ Headline - A phrase that may summarise the main point of the main feature. In large print, different style, bold colours in order to catch the attention of the reader.

Subtitle - Smaller headline that may summarise the feature

Smaller Feature - Features included in the magazine

Images - Size: CU to the med CU. Ranges from one main image to x amount featuring one main image and smaller images. Helps make the page look more interesting. It can add understanding of a story and/or entice someone to read the magazine.

Font - Style and size of type face.

Colour - Specific/Stylistic/Thematic types.

Graphics - Graphical shapes to highlight feature(s)

Offers/adverts Blurb - Banner-style featuring free products/promotions

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