My name is Ellen Lesser, and this is my Media blog. I will be blogging throughout my Media AS coursework.
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
The Wire Magazine - Contents Page and Flat Plan
For the Flat Plan task, we had to look at a magazine (my group had The Wire), and create a Flat Plan from the pages in the magazine. We also had to take a photo of the contents page.
The Flat Plan links to the contents page because all of the editorial content in the magazine is listed in the contents page. Without the Flat Plan, it would be difficult to determine which pages contained editorial content, and therefore needed to be included on the contents page, and which pages were just adverts, which don't need to be included on the contents page.
There are 5 different types of content: article, review, classifieds, advert, and regulars.
Out of the 117 pages of the magazine, 33 of them were either full-page adverts or had adverts on them. This means that an approximate 18% of the magazine was adverts.
The magazine is fairly text-based. There aren't a lot of pictures, but the pictures that are included are artistic, and therefore we can deduce that there is a lot of work put into the photography, even though there isn't much of it. The text is also quite small, but written in a clear font. Therefore, it is still quite easy to read.
The Wire describes itself as a magazine about modern music, alternative and electric. The lack of colour - the inside of the magazine looks almost like a newspaper - reflects this, as the listeners of this type of music will generally be an older audience, perhaps in their late thirties and early forties. The fact that there is a lot of writing reflects this audience as well, as an audience in their teens or twenties will most likely be discouraged from reading an entire article if it is very long.
This task helps me to understand how to plan a contents page in my own magazine as it shows me that a magazine does not have just editorial content, and the amount of adverts and content that will not be included on the contents page is greater than I would have thought.
The Flat Plan links to the contents page because all of the editorial content in the magazine is listed in the contents page. Without the Flat Plan, it would be difficult to determine which pages contained editorial content, and therefore needed to be included on the contents page, and which pages were just adverts, which don't need to be included on the contents page.
ReplyDeleteThere are 5 different types of content: article, review, classifieds, advert, and regulars.
Out of the 117 pages of the magazine, 33 of them were either full-page adverts or had adverts on them. This means that an approximate 18% of the magazine was adverts.
The magazine is fairly text-based. There aren't a lot of pictures, but the pictures that are included are artistic, and therefore we can deduce that there is a lot of work put into the photography, even though there isn't much of it. The text is also quite small, but written in a clear font. Therefore, it is still quite easy to read.
The Wire describes itself as a magazine about modern music, alternative and electric. The lack of colour - the inside of the magazine looks almost like a newspaper - reflects this, as the listeners of this type of music will generally be an older audience, perhaps in their late thirties and early forties. The fact that there is a lot of writing reflects this audience as well, as an audience in their teens or twenties will most likely be discouraged from reading an entire article if it is very long.
This task helps me to understand how to plan a contents page in my own magazine as it shows me that a magazine does not have just editorial content, and the amount of adverts and content that will not be included on the contents page is greater than I would have thought.