KEY TERMS: Technical conventions, expectations, typicalities, masthead, cover lines, main cover line, main cover star, barcode, price, plug, pug, insets and captions.
The Design Elements of a Magazine Cover
You need to learn the TERMINOLOGY to describe EXAMPLES of print design. You need these terms to:
- ANALYSE professional examples
- ANNOTATE ONE FOR technical conventions
Here is a film magazine with the main design elements labelled.
Now in pairs, choose one photocopied cover and annotate it with the main technical design features.
You will then take a good photo of it and upload it to your blog.
In the blog: list and explain the main design features: masthead, cover lines, main cover line, main cover star, barcode, price, plug, pug, insets and captions.
Focus forward: why is it important to understand the basic rules of layout for a magazine cover?