Reveal CSP

 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.                                                                                                                              Colour scheme, name checks and central image, Cover Lines, Slogan, Free offer,  Price, Celebrity gossip, Celebrity relationships, masthead

2) What is the font choice used on the cover and what does this choice connote? Here's a blog to help you with this as we haven't been able to complete the Photoshop typography lesson yet due to Covid-19.
Sans serif fonts are used to make the magazine feel modern

3) How do the cover lines appeal to the Reveal target audience?
    They are bright to appeal to the audience and so that the text stands out

4) What are the connotations of the Reveal colour scheme on this particular front cover?
     There are many celebrities combined and bright colours

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).
By using the latest phones, food and drinks to portray a luxurious lifestyle

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.
In reveal there are more eye catchy colours/fonts and also use more slang and less formal language
Representations

1) What different groups of people are represented on the cover? (Look at the image and text/cover lines)
Celebrities and well-known models

2) What type of celebrities are represented on the front cover?
The celebrities are presented as fashionable and flirtatious 

3) How do Reveal and Tatler represent social class? (E.g. middle/upper class and working class)

Middle/upper classes have luxurious lifestyles

4) What would be the preferred and oppositional readings to this cover of Reveal?

The preffered reading would be to listen to the realtionship/fashion advice that the magazine gives. The oppositional reading would be to become offended by the way women are portrayed in the magazine

Social and cultural context

1) What aspects of British life are reflected in Reveal? How does this compare to Tatler?

Relationships and culture

2) What do the cover lines in Reveal suggest about the issues and lifestyle of Reveal readers?

They are very social and outgoing

3) Find three other front covers for Reveal. What issues or features regularly appear in Reveal? 

Relationships




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