Easter Homework.

1. What conventions have I used and why

This magazine cover uses a mix of content. This is shown as one coverline talks about dresses and shopping whilst another coverline talks about speeding points and prison. It uses a mix of content so it attracts a wide range of audience. It also uses a direct mode of address as it says "Your Party" which makes it personal. Also it uses an aspirational tone as they put a well known and aspirational celebrity on the front. 

2. What are the effects of my layout, typography, colour choice and language choice. 

It uses a San serif font which is a informal and chatty font. The colour choice of this magazine is that it has a green background and has red text on top of it so it stands out and it is easy to read. The layout is asymmetrical as there is no set order and there are different amounts of cover lines on each side. 

3. What issues of representation have I presented. An issue of representation in this magazine cover is that little bits of text are unreadable as the background colour matches with the colour of the font. 

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representation in "pride" magazine

Masthead- The masthead is the title. For example in this magazine the title is cosmopolitan

Direct Address- This image uses direct address which means it keeps eye contact with you no matter where you are. Direct address is also used in this as in the text it says 'you' and 'your' to make it personal. For example one coverline says 'already in "your" wardrobe'

Model Credits- The model credit is where they say the models name for example in this the magazine the model credit is jessica alba.

Main Image- The main image is the image of the model. The main image is usually aspirational.

Main Coverline- The main coverline is 'body secrets' you can tell this as it is the largest coverline on the page.

The main colours on cosmopolitan are usually pinks and purples as the magazine is a female magazine and it is trying to attract that sort of audience instead of men.

As this magazine is feminist most of the coverlines are about health, sex and beauty. for example a magazine is "Body secrets"

The text is chatty and informal so it appeals and relates to the audience. 

My Magazine front cover!!

WWW-My magazine cover is good as the title looks like a professional magazine cover and it fits in with the cover.
WWW-Also my magazine cover is good as the main picture and cover-lines contain direct address
WWW-Another reason why my magazine cover is good is because the font style and colours fit in with the image

EBI-To improve my magazine cover i could use different font styles as in most magazine covers they use more than 1 font style.
EBI-Also to improve my magazine cover i could use more colours in the fonts as nearly every magazine will include more than one colour on there cover-lines and only using colour one makes the magazine look plain and boring.
EBI-Another way to make my magazine better is that the background is plain. to make it more colourful and better the background should be a different colour to make it standout and be less plain