Magazine+Cover

1. 2. What both covers have in common: Both of these covers clearly represent the beauty of these women. The colours red and white and the most prominent within both, as well as the focus on their eyes. The women shown are both well known actors and are very inspirational because of how well they present themselves.

3. Main story: Vogue issue- The main story in the issue is the 2010 Youthquake, which doesn't relate to the image, but one of the sub-stories does: Rachel McAdams-Mean Girl Turned Sexy Sleuth. Life issue- The main story in this issue is the cast of the movie Avatar. The actress on the cover (Zoe Saldana) is one of the main characters in Avatar.

4. Design Principles: Vogue Issue- The main design principle is framing. Rachel McAdams is simply being framed by the text surrounding her. Life Issue- The main design principle is simplicity. There is nothing distracting or extreme on the cover, it is just Zoe in a red dress/shirt against a white background with red, grey, and white text.

The Evolution of the Magazine Cover

5. Characteristics of early magazines: In the issues, there was only a title and a publication date. There weren't any titles subtitles or descriptions to explain what was inside the magazine.

6. Characteristics of a Poster Cover: There is a main picture on the front that is related to what is said in the magazine and is used to draw attention to the reader.

7. Purpose of cover lines:file://localhost/Users/block1/Desktop/Magazine!!!!-1.jpg The purpose is to state the topic of the cover.

8. An "integrated" cover: An integrated cover is a cover which has big and striking photograph and a devised use of colour.

9. How the placement of cover lines effect the overall design of a cover: When the cover lines have the same colour as the magazines cover, the reader is not able to read the cover lines, therefor making the placement essential to the magazine.

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10. Cover Lines: Outside the box- The simplest method for combining pictures with cover lines is to keep them in separate areas of the covers, a solution that has proved effective for more than a hundred years. Box Inside- Part of the actual picture has been covered by a yellow box with large cover lines in it. Columns- Used to seperate the main picture from the cover lines text. Zones- The "zoning" method: seperated the large cover line from sub-titles which were at the bottom of the magazine. Banners and Corners- Banners seem to belong to attention-grabbing "loud" covers, and have been used little, or in restrained ways, by successful, mainstream publications. Unplanned and Planned Spaces- Planned: when text is added to the magazine as a cover line. Unplanned: when the text is within the picture that was taken and made into the main picture.