Magazine+Cover

Part 1





1. On both magazines, the title is very bold and stands out. The second thing that stands out is the girls faces. Followed by subtle cover blurbs which do not stand out very much. 2. The Vogue magazine is focused on fashion and has Jean Shrimpton on the cover wearing a Christian Dior hat. They are related because Christian Dior is a huge, famous designer. I'm not 100% sure what the Life magazine's main story is because the only cover blurb I can see says "College Girl's Pigtails". I find it hard to believe the entire magazine could possible be about pigtails. Yet, the girl on the cover is wearing pigtails in her hair. Where does this leave us? Perhaps it represents youth and being carefree. 3. The Vogue uses colour space because the hat is different from her skin and the backdrop. Also the bold lip colour and slight blue eyeshadow she is wearing stand out from the rest of the photo. The hat is also used as a frame around her face. The Life magazine uses direction. The girl is looking into the distance and it makes the viewer wonder what she's looking at. It also has a shallow depth of field so all the focus is on the girl instead of the background.

The Evolution of the Magazine Cover
1. Magazine covers in the olden days and in the present day are very much the same. However, the earliest magazine in the 1700s didn't even have a cover photo. Later on, magazine covers began to look a lot like the covers of books. Having a title, publication data and maybe a drawing. Even later, table of contents began to be added as well as a few cover lines. 2. Poster covers don't have many words on them. They mainly consist of a picture, title, date and price. 3. To balance out the lines in the picture used and to describe what the magazine is mainly about. 4. A cover which harmoniously combines photo and cover lines. 5. If there are too many cover lines or the cover lines are not in appropriate places, the cover will look messy and cluttered. However, if the cover lines are put in the proper places, they complete the image and help the cover fit together seamlessly.

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