Magazine+Cover

Joel

1. Research and Questions

1) http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20051003,00.html October 3, 2005

http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20091109,00.html November 9, 2009

2) Classic red border Big, bold Title, same font Interesting photo or image Date stamped, web site provided Key issues highlighted (Main issue larger and bold) Use of color for a uniform color scheme

3) Why Main Street Hates Wall Street Picture of man, pen drawn made/angry face symbolizing hate

Are We Making Hurricanes Worse? Picture of massive, abnormally large wave, engulfing frame, natural disaster

4) 2009: Simple, colour contrast, texture, balance, direction, diagnols

2005: Colour contrast, texture, framing, diagonals, triangles, colour space

5) Always had some form of drawing involved Simple Moral theme often involved (religious) Some didn't describe what was inside Title, date and sometimes small hand drawn picture

6) Front page has large photo (visually appealing) One central idea or topic Picture will not always catch peoples attention Picture may not describe content well

7) To give a quick desctiption of content Captivate and interests Read = buy Attract reader

8) Where art and text achieve symbiotic, supporting roles text, picture, title and anything else flow

9) Important to layering effect, adds to content Enables creativity of writing to be expressed, displayed Adds to layout, can contrast

10) Outside the box: Simple, keep text away from picture Isolate text from picture by framing picture Inside the box: Boxes or other shapes placed ontop of photo Unimportant part of photo, do not cover important part of picture Column: Doesn't take away from title, draws eye twords Text inside is easy to read/understand Zones: Divide cover into sections, easy to follow Simple, the lines in between may be drawn out nowadays

Banners and Corners: Often on attention-grabbing titles of magazines Eye immediately drawn to it, often with colour contrast Unplanned and Planned Spaces: Text often placed in "dead space" unimportant part of picture, covor Text placed where it makes sense, empty portion of busy photo

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