Tuesday 14 January 2014

Style Models Conclusion and Reflection

These three style models all clearly have a masthead, the similarities between them all is that they feature in the top left hand corner (the first place our eyes look). They have all used colours in which have some correlation with the image, or colour palette presented through images, text and clothing.


The generic conventions of a magazines contents page are images which relate to articles in the magazine, as well as page references, structured layout (usually columns), name of the magazine, subscription, specific colour palettes which theme throughout the magazine and sub lines, which give more specific detail about what the magazine includes. The reason I decided to use two style models from 'Q' is because I felt that the contents filled the page, making it look busy, which attracts attention to itself. However the first 'Q' contents breaks a convention regarding colour palettes as it contains more than three colours, which can instead of making it look busy, make it look difficult to read.


The similarities between all the contents pages is that they have an image which corresponds with an article further in the magazine, which helps the audience relate to the context. The amount of photographs used are differentiate between the type of image the magazine wishes to create.



There is in all successful double paged spread a point of focus, usually created by an image. All three of these style models however do not meet the convention fully as the picture is not a close up or specifically focused on one point. Even though it takes up the majority of the space (using the rule of thirds), it doesn't specifically tell you what the article is about until you read it further. If the article is something on the lines of an interview, a quote is usually used to highlight what it is about. This is another convention which these three style models breaks due to the fact they don't have another focus point such as a pull quote. For a music magazine, to promote their artists name more as a celebrity their name is usually in bold. A stand first is used to help the audience identify what the article contains, and who is involved. This is effective as it is used as an introductory stage to the article, so it outlines the key point of interest which is why the celebrity has their own article. The font size is all of 11pt with a basic font style to make them easier for the audience to read. The only sections which the font is of a larger scale is if a quote is used, or the masthead is brought on to the page spread.


I also found that there was a lot more to pick out from front covers, rather than the double paged spread, because the resources I picked didn't include many details or conventions with in the magazine world. This made it more challenging to analyse, and go into detail.

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