Newsstand task (planning)

Magazine newsstand

In this task, I was asked to take pictures of magazines so that I can analyse the different techniques that is being used.  I have found out that the mastheads are all the top of the page and it is big and bold. The reason for this is so that it attracts the reader’s attention and it’s the first thing that they will notice. The masthead is in different forms of house styles, colours and sizes. This makes the magazine look eye-catchy. The image used on the front of the page is usually of one person – this is called a cover star. They are usually in the double page spread. I have noticed that the image is in front of the masthead. This gives it a more effective look and makes the cover star stand out from the magazine as this is the first thing people will look at. The cover lines are surrounded around the image and it’s written in a list. The cover lines are in different sizes but there is usually one of the cover lines which are bigger than all of it. This is because that main cover lines relates to the double page spread.

There are many ways magazines get distributed like online or on mobiles as an app. It can get distributed on the radio or as hand outs. There are also many publishers that produce magazines. Bauer, IPC, NatMag are all publishers that produce music magazines.