Component Two - Magazine Industry One: Media forms and products in depth

Component Two - Magazine Industry One: Media forms and products in depth

Name of magazine: filmint	Examples of generic conventions
Layout and design	Simplistic design on the cover and throughout the magazine. White backgrounds with black text, the photograph is clearly the focus of the cover and similarly the screenshots from films throughout the magazine are supposed to be focused on because they are the only things that are coloured. The text Is broken up into columns and is often separated with a picture. The masthead at the top of the magazine is the name of the magazine and underneath it has the issue number and volume. Cover lines on the front cover to sell whats inside the magazine.
Font size, type, colour and connotations	The font is consistently small and easy to read. It is portrayed in a sans serif way to make it easy to read and the colour of the text is usually black. However, the text is sometimes in a different colour to symbolise a heading.
Images/photographs - shot type, angle, focus	Main image on the front cover of the magazine. Medium close up of a mans face. The face is in a painted style rather than a photograph. Most images throughout the magazine are screenshots from movies meaning that most shots are in focus and varied.
Mise-en-scene – colour, lighting, location, costume/dress, hair/make-up	In most pictures throughout the magazine the people portrayed in them will be in costume and have makeup on because of the fact that the images are mainly taken from films. This means that the colour and lighting in the pictures often changes depending on the mood/meaning the film that it was taken from is trying to convey.
Language and lexis	The language is generally quite formal and it often uses pull quotes from the film the article is referencing to help to explain a point more. The article is generally analysing the film and because of the demographic who reads the magazine, they use language to appeal to the type of people who read film magazines and enjoy film. This means that the tone is quite friendly and conversational.
Anchorage of images and text:  The images are not usually accompanied by a caption because most images used don't need explaining. This is because the image is usually used to back up what is being said in the article so it needs no explanation. Furthermore, The demographic that the magazine appeals to is people who are heavily interested in film. This means that if they are reading an article about a film it is likely that they know where the screenshot is from. The text is generally formatted in the same way across each page; it is separated into columns to make it clear what image the text is referencing and it makes the magazine look more uniformed and clear as the pattern repeats ever each page.