Reveal: case study blog task

Media language
1) How many of the 12 magazine cover key conventions feature on this edition of Reveal? List them with specific reference to the convention on the CSP edition of Reveal.
-Title of publication
-central image
-cover line
-colour scheme
-Price
 -Name checks

2) What is the font choice used on the cover and what does this choice connote? 
Then choice on the font used on the cover is serif. This connotes that the magazine isn't aimed at posh people.

 3) How do the cover lines appeal to the Reveal target audience?
The cover lines on the Reveal magazine makes the audience want to read more because they want to hear about the celebrity gossip.

 4) What are the connotations of the Reveal colour scheme on this particular front cover?
The colour scheme on the front cover connotes that the magazine is aimed at women because the colour pink is stereo typically is a women colour.

 5) How are images used to create interest in the magazine? Find three reasons for your answer. (E.g. mise-en-scene such as props, costume and make-up, body position, facial expression).
The image that is linked with the line 'At home with Mark & Michelle' create interest because Mark and Michelle had broken up and the public knows that but now they are seen together in a photoshop image and some of the public don't acknowledge that the image is photoshop even tho it is true. The image linked with the line 'Katie plots secret meetings with Pete' clearly shows that Pete and is ex wife Katie are meeting and as known in the public they are a divorced couple and the public would want to know why they are meeting and some timed the audience don't acknowledge the image is photoshoped. 

 6) What differences can you find between the use of design and typography between Tatler and Reveal? List at least three and explain the effect on audiences.
There are lot of images in the reveal magazine but in the Tatler magazine there is only one image.
In the reveal magazine there is a lot of colours but in the Tatler magazine there is a small amount of colours.
In the reveal magazine they have put there tag lines all over the magazine front cover but in the tatler magazine there tag lines are on the horizontal sides of the page.
Representations
1) What type of celebrities appear on the front cover? How are they represented in Reveal? (Positive? Negative? Reinforcing or challenging stereotypes?)
The celebrities featured on the front cover are the following 
-Katie price
-Peter Andre
-Mark Wright
-Michelle Keegan
-Beyonce
They are represented in a positive way nor a negative way.

2) How are women represented on the cover of Reveal? Think about both images and cover lines here.
Women are represented in a way that they are supposed to be slim and being on a strict diet and this shown when one of tag lines says 'Swapping Cardio for carbs!'.

 3) How do Reveal and Tatler represent social class? (E.g. middle/upper class and working class)
Reveal magazine represent up class people as the same as any social class. Tatler represent upper class people as rich fashion freaks.



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