Introduction to Magazine Design

Learning Objective:
To identify a range of features on a magazine cover and evaluate the impact of the typography.

Target Audience:
This was aimed for a high ability Year 7/8 extended curriculum module but would also work for Year 9 or beginner GCSE Media students.

Overview:
It guides the students through the visual conventions of a magazine cover and introduces them to key Terminology:

• Connotations
• Denotations
• Typography
• Masthead
• Tertiary
• Analogous
• Chromatic
• Cover lines.

Additional Resources:
There are optional extra resources in the reading notes to extend certain activities and guide with teacher questioning.

Note:
I will be adding more to this series as I make them.

Some images have been taken from Google