magazine

 Thursday 8th October 2020

Visual elements

What elements are there?

• headline
• layout/image
• display type
• kicker
• intro/stand first/deck
• byline
• body copy
• lead
• nut graf
• baseline
• subhead
• pull quote
• header/footer
• folio

Headline- the main text or title on either a magazine or newspaper

Layout image- the layout refers to how the text or images are presented; the order or style of the pieces of information and pictures. Image refers to pictures placed on the page. A layout picture or image is the pain image on the front cover.

Display type- a type of text to catch the readers attention. Usually in bold or bright colours. Most common to use eye-catching fonts and large text sizes.

kicker- a few first words to catch the readers interest. Something to intrigue them to continue reading. They usually put the most interesting part of the story first. 

intro/stand first/deck- like the kicker, its the first part of the story thats the most interesting part to intrigue the reader.

byline- giving credit to someone, naming the writer of the article.

body copy- a piece of writing without a headline. usually an advertisement. Most common to use the first few words as the headline itself. 

lead- the first main paragraph of a pice of writing. 

nut graf- gives an idea of what the writer is up to throughout the rest of the article. Sums up the rest of the story.

baseline- a starting point writers use as a comparison

subheading- a smaller heading to specify a smaller part of the main story

pull quote- a small simple quote pulled from an interview or dialog to sum up the story from that persons perspective in a few words.

header/footer- the header is the top margin of the page, where there is no writing, where as the footer is the bottom margin at the bottom of the page.

folio- a large pice of paper or parchment, folded in the middle to form two or more pieces of writing paper.

In the heading of "WILD CHILD", the use of the handwritten text shows the 'wild' part of the text as its free written. the whitened 'child' part shows contrast against the black background, also she boldness shows theres bold character in the child.

Thursday 22nd October 2020

Masthead

Also called a nameplate. A line of type o the front the page of a newspaper or the cover of a periodical giving the name of the publication. The main title. 

We used illustrator and created our own mastheads. we also used pathfinders to create a border round the letters. and i made a penguin. yay.