Component 2 - Magazines

Magazine Unit

Name of Magazine:          
Long Road Autumn News
Examples of Generic Conventions:
Layout and Design - One large photo. Logo + headline clear. Simple design.
Font - Large simple black sans font, capitals used for NEWS showing significance on word.
Images/Photographs - Image of students at long road, showing uniform. Eye-level closeup
Mise-en-Scene - bright lighting shows a positive attitude toward learning. Located in the school to show students in action. Costumes make students look like a team, and goggles make students look intellectual. All of these conventions are the characteristics that long road is looking to advertise their college in this way. 
Language and Lexis - Simple and formal language to get an informative message across.
Anchorage of Image and Text - One simple photo fitted to one simple piece of text. 

Name of Magazine:          
MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL
Examples of Generic Conventions:
Layout + Design - Large name and masthead, very simple.
Font - All in capital letters, black and white. Giving an aggressive tone to the text linking to the magazine theme/genre.
Images/Photographs - Big image on the front cover filling most of the page. It has one person(image focus) giving unusual body language. Images are mostly quirky but also simple, some come accross as aggressive and have connotations of rebellion.
Mise-en-Scene - America. Clothes could represent teenagers and the 90's
Language and Lexis - 
Anchorage of Image and Text -