Front Cover Analysis Yellow/white/black colour scheme, yellow colour makes text stand out and look professional at the same time. People who read photography magazines may be looking for professionalism in the magazine, too. Masthead. Contains name/ logo of magazine and tagline. Matches the colour scheme, bird’s wing is slightly in the way to make the bird the subject more effectively. There isn’t a lot of shapes or text covering the photograph. This is due to what the magazine specialises in. The magazine specialises in photography, so they want to show as much of the photograph as possible while having captions, news and contents on the front cover. Jarad Tansley Main article has largest font size, to get the viewer’s attention on that article the most. Competition details. Prize fits the magazine’s audience. Photograph spans across the front cover of the magazine. Since it’s a photography magazine, they want to emphasise on the photo itself, rather than the captions for the magazine, so they make the photo’s background the background of the front cover, and the bird the subject (through photo editing e.g. Photoshop) Barcode. This usually has no design as it needs to be scanned when someone is buying the magazine, so the designers just leave the barcode as is. Issue and price of magazine. This gives information as to when the magazine was published and how much it costs (in Australia and New Zealand) The grammar of the magazine’s front cover is simple. This was made not because of the audience’s intelligence, but because of how they want to present the front page. The front page is meant to emphasise on the photograph, so they used simple grammar to keep the text small. Australian Photography Terms well known in photography. (e.g. Photoshop, lens, zoom) The articles are relevant to the subject the magazine aims to target: photography. For instance, the main article advertises a tutorial on taking wildlife photography. It also advertises a review for Photoshop CS4, their tips for success in photo competitions, a camera with “super zoom” and news about a ‘converged’ camera.
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Front Cover AnalysisYellow/white/black colour scheme, yellow colour makes text stand out and look professional at the same time. People who read photography magazines may be looking for professionalism in the magazine, too. Masthead.
Contains name/logo of magazine and tagline. Matches the colour scheme, bird’s wing is slightly in the way to make the bird the subject more effectively.
There isn’t a lot of shapes or text covering the photograph. This is due to what the magazine specialises in. The magazine specialises in photography, so they want to show as much of the photograph as possible while having captions, news and contents on the front cover.
Jarad Tansley
Main article has largest font size, to get the viewer’s attention on that article the most.
Competition details. Prize fits the magazine’s audience.
Photograph spans across the front cover of the magazine. Since it’s a photography magazine, they want to emphasise on the photo itself, rather than the captions for the magazine, so they make the photo’s background the background of the front cover, and the bird the subject (through photo editing e.g. Photoshop)
Barcode. This usually has no design as it needs to be scanned when someone is buying the magazine, so the designers just leave the barcode as is.
Issue and price of magazine. This gives information as to when the magazine was published and how much it costs (in Australia and New Zealand)
The grammar of the magazine’s front cover is simple. This was made not because of the audience’s intelligence, but because of how they want to present the front page. The front page is meant to emphasise on the photograph, so they used simple grammar to keep the text small.
Australian Photography
Terms well known in photography. (e.g. Photoshop, lens, zoom)
The articles are relevant to the subject the magazine aims to target: photography. For instance, the main article advertises a tutorial on taking wildlife photography. It also advertises a review for Photoshop CS4, their tips for success in photo competitions, a camera with “super zoom” and news about a ‘converged’ camera.
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