DarrenN

Observing 10 presentations on well known magazines and taking notes on both the magazines techniques and how these techniques were analyzed/presented to its audience has been great insight into how to make a magazine that could look just as professional. When making a magazine you could break it into 3 basic components: Masthead, Anchors, and Cover Image. Starting with the masthead, it is usually the most eye-popping text to indicate the magazine itself and give it its theme, and is manipulated by size, font, color, and placement ( Entertainment Weekly, ESPN,  and  Sports Illustrated ). Anchors help give insight on both articles within the magazine and the cover image ( Shape ); anchors are played with such as: rhetorical questions, attractive/ exciting text, and even the amount of anchors can help emphasize other features on the cover. Cover image is the final key component to a magazine and has the job of selling the magazine since it is what catches the reader’s eye and ...