FRONT COVER EXAMPLES

These are examples of existing TV magazine front covers. I have shown examples of two types of TV magazines. The top four examples are of 'TV & Satellite week' magazine. This is a more up-market and sophisticated magazine compared to 'TV Choice' or 'We Love Telly'- which are shown in the bottom four examples. I have chose these magazine covers as they have more than one star on the front. In our soap we plan to have a more dominant storyline which will feature on our magazine front cover therefore we will have more than one character on the front. In all of these example there is one character that is more promenant than the others which shows that they are the main character within the storyline, again this is something we plan to do.
If we choose to create a more sophisticated magazine such as 'TV & Satellite week' then we will most probably have a grand entrance to a mansion as the background. This is one of the conventions of this magazine as in the 'The Apprentice' cover we see a sky view of London in the background and the 'Monroe' cover we can see a doctors theatre in the background.
On the other hand if we chose to make more of a trashy magazine we would have an attention grabbing headline rather than the name of the soap. This makes the audience who enjoy this magaizne want to buy it more as it is more scandalous. We would also use bright colours, mostly primary colours as they clash and stand out against one another, again to catch the audiences attention.