Magazine Language.

Format of magazine.

Magazines are very popular and usually cover hundreds of subjects.All magazines have a lot in  common and follow a common format.Most magazines have adverts ,adverts will pay a lot of money to magazines to reach their target audience.This is good as it lowers the price of magazines.Magazines also have features. The.The features of a magazine will relate to the main interests of the target audience.Editorials will also be included in the magazine.The editor will introduce the main topics,give an opinion and maybe give a hint of what's in next weeks magazine.Magazines may also feature a problems or letters page.

Layout of a magazine.

The front cover of a magazine is often taken up with a large image.This cover image represents the messages and values of the magazine.Down the side of the cover are details about the content.These will be in headline style.The title/masthead will  be in a distinctive font to make it stand out.It will also incurred the price,the issue number and the publisher logo.If the magazine is really popular or well known then the masthead will be covered by an image.The full content of the magazine is listed on page 2 or 3. Women's magazines usually put their adverts at the front of the magazine and the back page of the magazine is usually a full page advert.

House Style

Everything about a magazine helps set the house style.The style changes depending who the audience is.A small child's magazine will have a different written and usual style from women's magazines.The written tone is really important,some magazines treat the readers like friends.For example the magazine will say "come on lads,give this hot new website ago." Other magazines will use more more factual and impersonal. For example this will say something like "the camera has high resolution graphics and it adjusts to different lightings." Pictures set the tone visually.They do this through mise en scene,mise en scene is the items in the picture or the model in the picture.This could include the models age,their ethnic background and how pretty the model is.This would matter on women's magazines.In a home decorating magazine the brand of bath oil may be the background shot.Design features like the logo and fonts play a big part too.This section puts magazines and comics together but there is a big difference between them.The difference between a comic and a magazine is that a magazine tells you what is going on and new fashions,games etc whereas a comic shows you shortness story's.