Friday, January 28, 2011

Magazene cover styles

Cover types

1 Early magazine covers_Advantages- Drawing on cover not a photo, simple, often have a moral theme to it, allot less writing. 

2 The poster cover_Advantages -Photo takes up most of the cover, small amount of words on the cover, words only have to do with the photo and nothing else, picture has to be visually appealing! Disadvantages- Barely any points of entry, hard to know what is gonna be on the inside of the magazine.

3 Pictures married to type-_ Advantages-the words go with the theme of the picture or pictures, complimentary, tells you what's goin gon in the photo and what you can excpect to see in the magazine, work together. Disadvantages- Less points of entry, Boring colors, people, or picture. Photo has to be visual appealing.
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4 In the forest of words_ Advantages - gonna see allot of words on cover, Bold words and non bold  colorful, different fonts different sizes, picture being covered with lots of different entry points. Disadvantages- The words take over the picture, lose impact of picture.Sometimes there's to much going on.

Stuff every magazine cover has

1 Title
2 Art or Picture
3 Date

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