Monday, 7 February 2011

Media vocabulary!

Vocabulary that describes the features that appear on a magazine front cover,
These are words that are used to describe front covers of magazines, as they are features that appear on a front cover when reading a magazine.

Masthead: This is the title of the magazine such as ‘NME’

Anchorage text: The way the positioning of the text can help signify the importance of a picture.

Puffs: These are stand out parts of a magazine promoting the contents inside.

House style: The memorable design of a magazine that is memorable, so people know it from competitor’s magazines.
Buzz words: These are words that attract you to a magazine such as “exclusive” or “new”.

Banner: This is text usually on a noticeable coloured background, one of the main articles in the magazine usually.

Pugs: These usually appear in either of the top corners on the front page of the magazine, often referred to as the ears of the magazine front cover, the price can be found here.

Head line: Often a play on words for the main article in the magazine, that is catchy and appealing.
 

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