Ancillary Products - TV Magazine Covers

These are two front covers that are same, however I used different colour schemes. It follows the draft that I made when planning the products. Creating the magazine front covers meant i had to follow all the conventions of a magazine front cover such as a masthead, headline, main image, date, price, website, issue no, barcode and plugs. And both of these magazine front covers follow these aspects. The main image is of three characters that are in the TV trailer I have produced, two girls and one boy. Like the posters I carried on with the title 'FACES' style and colour as it is the same when it is shown in the TV trailer, however on the left one I used ideas from the other TV listing magazine front covers, as the text and colour schemes are very bright colours therefore on one of my front cover I used a bright blue which i think works well with the mood of the soap opera. One the magazine front cover on the right the colour scheme from one of the posters was followed though onto the front cover, however I dont think it has the same effect as the poster does as I wanted to follow the brightness which is found in the the examples of TV listing magazine. I postioned the image in the centre of the page, because they are the main focus content in the magazine, it also helps the audience notice what the magazine is going to be about and what the main story in the magazine is going to be about. To follow the conventions of a magazine I had to come up with a masthead for the magazine. I came up with 'SOAP BOX' as the magazine is about soaps, and the 'box' is slang for a television. I think this worked well because it really establishes what my TV trailer is, and what I aimed to produce following the breif given. The headline 'THE CONTRAVERSIAL NEW TEEN DRAMA' is used to really establish to the audience what it is about, for example the audience not only have to look at the image to see that its teens which are in the soap opera but also it is stated in the headline, establishing the soap opera even more to the audience. It is also hightlighted as it has needs to stand out to the consumers so they are able to read it clearly. The bottom headline 'WE SPEAK TO THE STARS' tells the audience what is going to be in the content of the magazine, obviously an interview with the starts of the new teen drama. The audience may be interested in seeing what they have to say, which encourages them to buy the magazine. It is also hightlighted in a much wider edging, which makes it stand out even more, it is important as it shows what is in the magazine. I put the date, price, website, barcode and issue number on the front magazine covers to make the magazine look realistic, by following the conventions. Overall I think this layout magazine cover is good because it shows everything the audience or consumers need to see to encourage them to buy the magazine. It also promotes the TV soap opera in a good way because it is shown in a magazine but also uses the image, colours and layout to create a positive 'mood' to the new teen drama.


This magazine cover has also been produced by following the draft I had made early on. This one is different from the 1st front cover as it only has one main image, were as the 1st had 3 images. The image shown in the centre is the 'gay' from the TV trailer, we can see this because of the costume and dramatical facial expressions on the characters face. To really establish the gay character, I used a homosexual boy, so i could really convince the audience.
This cover also follows the conventions of magazine front cover such as the masthead, headlines, barcode ect. However this cover features plugs, in which it tells the audience what else is in the magazine not just the main feature, which is the FACES character one of the plugs is about the real soap opera 'EASTENDERS' and another features the real event of the soap awards, by using intertextual referencing it creates realism for the magazine and the TV trailer. Again like the posters and the other magazine cover I used the same style title 'FACES' and the same colour, for the reasons of continuity so the audiences recgonise the title where ever it is shown. This is not my faverioute magazine front cover as I find it plain, however it does follow the colour scheme of one of the posters, but like on of my earlier front covers (right) it seems too dull to be a front magazine cover as the others used bright colours.




This is the 4th of the magazine front covers. I created this one to test what it would be like if i focused on one character, but by using several images that I had took of the character. The colours used on this one are very bright, and really follow the conventions of a TV listing magazine by using the bright colours. I kept the masthead the same as the other front covers as I was pleased with the masthead I had come up with. The headline 'KRISTIE DEAKIN TELLS ALL ABOUT HER ROLE AS SOPHIE IN THE NEW DRAMA .... FACES' tells the audience immediatly what is the content of the magazine, and also tells you who, and what, it is discussing, which in this case is KRISTIE DEAKIN, and in the new drama FACES. The costume of the character goes really well with the colour scheme and the stereotypical character that she plays in FACES, which is the girly girl character. Because of this i used stereotypical colours of girly girls, such as pinks and purples, by doing this it already establishes to the audience what the character is like without necessarily seening the TV trailer. The title of the TV soap opera again has not changed, even though there is a definant colour scheme, for reasons that I have already mentioned. However I find this front magazine not meeting its necessary purpose as it only promotes one of the characters in the soap opera. I think this because as it is a new TV soap opera it should introduce more than one character, if the soap opera was well established this would be a good front cover for fans to read as they would be already familar with the characters.

Overall I think the best magazine cover are the first ones as they establish that the soap opera is new, and introduces characters. In terms of the colours of the two magazine covers, I think the brighter blue (left) is the best one for the type of mood I wish to have to introduce the TV trailer. Therefore the left one is my chosen TV listing front cover magazine.