Print Brief Research and Planing
Front cover 1) Research TV listing magazine front cover key conventions. Find at least five examples of TV listings magazine front covers and post them to your blog. This will give you a good idea of the type of magazine you need to produce. 2) Note down the design elements you notice in each front cover example you research and look for aspects you can use in your own work (e.g. camera shots, page design or cover lines). Front-facing shot of the actor/actress In the middle of a pose or idle Specific fonts and colour schemes to show off important details Text overlapping the actor/actress or being cut off by them Uniform and messy Aesthetic 3) What key conventions can you find across different types of front cover - e.g. title placement, cover lines, main flash or cover line, date/price/barcode etc. Titles tend to be at the very top, big with slight cutting from the actor/actress Barcodes are usually placed at the bottom-right hand corner of the cover Dates tend to be at the top in