Magazine+Cover

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27/10/2011


 * 1**. Choose a magazine cover from Life and from Vogue. Download both cover images and place on your wiki.

2. What do both of the covers have in common?
The portrait of a female and a male are the main theme of two covers.Two portraits act as a unity in the cover (ex: On the Life magazine cover,Price William hugs Kate creates a unity of two people; On the vogue magazine,the face profile of Bono and the half face of Cruz creates a unity.)

3. What is the main story in that issue and how does it relate to the image on the cover?
For the Life magazine,the main story is the royal wedding of Price william and his wife -Kate.The image on the cover is the disclose photo of Price William and Kate Middleton when thye are engaged.The image on the cover is related to the magazine because the book is about the their royal wedding. For the vogue magazine,the main story is the interview of Bono and Cruz in the magazine.The image of the cover intrigues the readers intention if they are interested on these two actor and actress's interview.

4. What design principles are evident in the cover image? Explain
Element relationship are used in these two magazine covers .As I have mentioned in Q2,two portaits act as a unity in the photo.

The Evolution of the Magazine Cover **(These questions will require some research!)**

5. What were some charateristics of early magazine covers? The characteristics of early magazine cover was usually drafting and black and white photo.They used variety of design principle ,such as element relationship and simple.It is also worth the metion that the Life magazine (red 'Life' logo) and Time magazine (The red framing and red 'TIME' logo) are their symbol since early past. Reference: []) [])

6. What are some characteristics of the poster cover?
The characteristics of the poster cover is: 1) Effectively Uses Color- Full color brochures are much more powerful and will have a much stronger impact on your customers. 2)Simple Do not even have any text at all, just some well placed images and strategically chosen colors. 3)Does the Job Quickly communicate your information quickly and efficiently 4)Gets Attention Attractive enough to bring in your target customers 5)Convincing You have to give your readers enough to convince them that what you are saying is accurate

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7. What is the purpose of cover lines?
The purpose of cover lines is to make an illustration on the white areas.Cover lines act like a topic and with brief information which can let viewers understand more about the meaning on the poster. Reference: []

8. What is an "integrated" cover?
a dynamic picture integrated with the magazine logo and with a ladder of solid, effective cover lines.

Reference: [|http://aejmcmagazine.bsu.edu/Testfolder/wherelines.html#anchor5253903]

9. How can the placement of cover lines effect the overall design of a cover?
A proper and outstanding placement of cover line can complement the photo and give a clear measage to readers.

10. Describe the following styles of cover lines:

 * **Outside the box**-The simplest method for combining pictures with cover lines is to keep them in separate areas of the covers, a solution that has proved effective for more than a hundred years.
 * **Inside the box**-Printers faced difficulties in placing text on top of an illustration, unless they made a separate run through the press after the first run was dry.
 * **Columns**-Most magazines placed the column of cover lines on the left or right border.
 * **Zones**-Logo, picture, and cover lines, each in a separate, horizontal zone on the cover.
 * **Banners and Corners**-Have been used little, or in restrained ways, by successful, mainstream publications,it seems to belong to attention-grabbing "loud" covers.
 * **Unplanned and Planned Spaces**- For unplanned spaces:In the simplest approach, text might be described as being fitted into spaces that seem almost accidentally left blank by the illustrator.While,for planned spaces,illustrators found many ways to design spaces for cover lines.

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