Kirsty Elizabeth Thomas
Centre no. 68810
Exam no. 08059
Media Studies Coursework
Production
The magazine front cover
I have used the red and yellow theme in my magazine, as the both colours are very vibrant and young, I have used red as this issue is the “Valentines issue” of “Oi!” the red colours have connotations of love and valentines day itself. I have printed the masthead “Oi!” at the top of the page in yellow and red bold text as this draws attention to the name of the magazine also the word “Oi!” is an exclamation people use everyday, this would relate to the public and make people want to buy this magazine.
I have added a feature saying “What’s Hot And What’s Not!” I have edited the “hot” part of the text to show flames, this has fire connotations. I used a photo-editing program called “Ulead photo express” to do this. I have an advice column with the text “How to get your dream date in time for Valentines Day” to add to the valentines theme. I have printed this in medium writing at the middle right hand side of the page. The exclusive story is “Who’s on Sarah’s mind this valentines day?” the text is quite big and in yellow, I have used this to add to the Valentines theme but also because “Sarah Jessica Program” is a celebrity and is an idol to most women, I have placed her picture on the background and resized it to fit the whole page, focusing on her face, because she is in confession with the magazine, this is the feature photograph of this magazine, I have also used a competition to link to this exclusive story “Win tickets to meet the sex and the city girls!” in the same colours as the story. I have used a puff this is called “THE young woman’s magazine”, “THE” is in capitals as its meant to be emphasised to show that this is the only magazine for young women.
