Here is a photo of our analysis of a magazine cover:

Today we annotated a cover of a magazine. We learnt that there will always be a masthead on the cover page – this is the brand name of the magazine. Our magazine we annotated had a main cover line which was Beyoncé’s name which draws viewers in –  this indicates what the main story is gonna be about in the magazine. Billboard also included Beyoncé as the cover star, this woman is a big celebrity so it gages people eyes to want to pick it up and read about it because it is the main story in the magazine and they now know who it is about and what they look like. There were also cover lines on the magazine which lets people who are picking up the magazine read what some of the other stories are and encourages them to read them. Lastly our poster had an issue date which tells you the date when the magazine was launched.

Reflection

We learnt how to annotate a cover on a magazine and recognize new labels to each individual thing on the cover of a magazine and why they are included and important. Our magazine only has a masthead, cover star, issue date, cover lines and main cover lines. But we also learnt there are more such as:

• Captions – which are titles or brief descriptions/explanations under an image.
• Pugs – these are look like stickers or a badge which catch your eye to help advertise things.
• Plugs – these are small fraises that really encourage the reader to buy the magazine such as “Greatest Music Magazine Of All Time”.
• Insets – these are smaller images inserted to the page.
• Price – Tell you how much the product is.
• Barcode – This is used to scan the item and buy it.

This has all taught my things I can include when I come to make my own magazine in media studies so that I can really understand and feel confident.