Breakdown of a Magazine Cover

Masthead:

A masthead is usually found on the top left of a magazine cover. It acts as the magazine's logo and informs the audeince what the magazine is called.

Cover Lines:

Cove Lines are the headings which give a preview of the contents of the magazine and what the articles may be about.

Sub Heading:

Sub-heads are found below the cover lines and give fruther information on the articles inside the magazine.

Main Image:

The main image is usually an image of a celebrity which draws readers in. It is always related to the main article in the magazine.

Essential Information:

Essential information is usually found underneath the masthead or at the bottom right corner of the magazine cover. Essential information includes the full date and price of the magazine as well as the issue number.

Media Foundation Portfolio Breif

I must complete two linked tasks. The set brief is as follows:

Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally you must produce a mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate your grasp of DTP.

Main task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine (if done as a group task, each member of the group must produce an individual edition of the magazine, following the same house style).

All images and text used must be original, produced by the candidate(s), minimum of four images per candidate.