Company feature deconstruction

RISING STAR: QUEEN OF HEARTS

Design/Layout
- Large image spread across the double page with the model on one side so they take up one page.
- Most text is situated in a white text box on the left page, one quote on the right page, comp in the bottom right corner on the right page.
- Title of section of magazine in right corner 'company rocks'.
- Usually a handwritten script feature 'fast forward button'
- Company web addess in bottom right corner of right page and bottom left corner of left page.


Image
- Lots of light, picture taken on a sunny day
- Model staring straight onto the camera
- Lots of background needed for the left page
- Background on left page out of focus
- Background on right page slightly out of focus


Extras (polls,competitions)

Win two BRIT AWARD 2012 tickets

Language 

- Interview - although no questions are expressed
- Interviewer - Catherine Bennion-Pedley
- Begins with an overview of how she came into the music business
- The tagline suggests she went form zero to celebrity in a matter of hours 'from struggling waitress to overnight youtube star.'
- A play on words in the title 'Queen of Hearts'. the name of her first song was 'Jar of Hearts'
- Author introduces the interviewee 'here's all you need to know about her...' to te readers
references to TV shows
- Reference to the opposite sex, love, heartbreak which are typical in girls magazines.
- Quite informal as its a teen magazine
- Uses phrases like 'BFF' and ' Too right'
- Some factual information but mostly opinion
- The tone is quite light-hearted as it appears to be in a relaxed atmosphere
- Quotes used throughout the text in reference to Christina Perri and people she knew
- Initial third person: overview and subheadings
- 1st person-interviewee

Cosmo feature deconstruction

Special Report: How SAFE are you at uni?

Design/Layout
- The colour scheme for this 3 page spread is orange. This colour is used for a key word in the title 'SAFE' and the subheadings for useful information 'how to make a difference'.
- The text is set out in columns, separated by subheadings relating to the context.
- The image takes up about three quarters of the first page and a quarter of the second page.
- The title is situated closer to the bottom of the first page, using large, bold font.
- The web address and the number for subscription are on the bottom right or left corners of the page.
- Quotes and statistics are featured on the image.


Image
- There are two images - one main image and one supporting image on the last page.
-They fit in with the colour scheme as they are tinted orange
- The main image is a slightly blurred shot of a woman walking through a tunnel towards a street filled with parked cars which is out of focus
-The second image is a corridor leading to rooms. The further down the corridor, the more out of focus it becomes.


Extras- comps, polls etc.
- There is a helpline service available to call as the contents of the article are considered sensitive.


Language 
- The report is about a serious event: being safe at University.
- Report specifics: girls being sexually harassed at Uni
- Written by Katherine Chatfield
- There are lots of statistics in the text: percentages, possibilities out of 10
- Written in 3rd person. Quotes written in 1st person
- Personal quotes used to highlight real life experiences
- Quotes from people who are clued in on the issue e.g Courtney Sloane (women's officer), Nina Funnell (a former Uni student)
- There is a serious tone as it tries to warn other girls to look out for certain behaviour
- Narrative retelling of how it happens
- Quite opinion based from the main victim Raveen Toor and from women's officer Courtney Sloane.
- The text is quite formal as it is a serious issue, but it still tries to come across as friendly by giving advice.

Kid watching 18 certificate movie - Kill Bill



This is an idea I had to fit with my aim of making a spoof about censorship of films. This child is watching a well know movie that has an 18 certificate and contains a lot of violence. I would have a model in this same position starring at the screen watching this film or another well known 18 certificate film.



Cosmopolitan deconstruction

Company Deconstruction

  

COMPANY Magazine Deconstruction

‘Front Cover’

Text

The front cover is filled with standard sans serif Franklin Gothic Medium font, the same font as the title. The font needs to be clear and legible as it will be the magazine logo recognised by everyone.
COMPANY

The rest of the text varies in size to range from the exciting stories to the fashion must haves. The font Mistral is used to highlight the important and best features in the magazine such as ‘street style secrets, company shops with..., and free!’

Colour

The colour scheme for Company is white mixed with a variety of mostly pale colours and some bright colours. The colour scheme of the text is either black or white throughout the magazine to keep it clear and simple, but on the front cover most of the text is pink and black, splashed with some orange. These colours represent the girly style of the magazine so it has a feminine feel to the readers.

Content

The contents page consists of 8 sub categories that link to different features within the magazine. They contain the latest fashion/beauty tips, stories, celebrity news, relationship secrets and real life stories. Most of the models are 'real' women that either work in the magazine industry or just love magazines. There are lots of adverts related to feamle fashion such as 'Vera Wang, Chanel, Pantene, Maxfactor...' The advertiers pay the magazine to advertise so they can reach a broader demographic.

The magazine has a 'Company Inbox' page which features emails, Facebook chats, tweets and conversations from their online sites. Every month the magazine picks the best email to be featured on this page 'email of the month'. The readers are encouraged to use the technology available to connect with the editors of the magazine through thr 'Get In Touch' section.


Links to the website



 Space Dedication

The title of the magazine is at the top of the page but the model Olivia Palermo is covering some of it. This suggests that the magazine is so well known that the full title does not need to be shown and that the audience will know the name. The price also covers the title showing that it is more important. The background of the price image is black and the text is white which maximises the eye-catching quality.

Images

The image on the front cover is of a model/actress Olivia Palermo who stars in a programme called ‘The City’. She is in the centre of the page wearing a fish scale dress. The lighting is a bright light, shone from all angles. The white background is compatible with the writing on the page so they stand out to catch the reader’s attention. The model is looking directly into the camera to make it seem as though she is looking directly at the readers so it becomes more intimate.

House Style

The web address is printed in the bottom right corner of every page that is not advertised on by anoutside brand so readers can have easy access at all times to the address if needed. http://www.company.co.uk/  There is also an arrow in hand written script in the bottom right corner of some pages. On the top right corners are headings in relation to the content of the page e.g. fashion, high street heroes, models.

Cosmopolitan Magazine

This is another one of my potential style models. I will analyse the stories in the magazine that will mostly relate to my article. If I use this magazine as my style model I will use the :
- font
- colour
- images
- spacial dedication
- content
- general house style
to recreate an article that will fit in well with the magazine.


Background Info


Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first publised in America in 1886 as a family magazine, but by the late 1960s it became a female magazine aslo known as Cosmo. It has 63 international editions, printed in 32 languages and distributed in more than 100 countries. Kate White is the Editor in Chief of the magazine.

Helen was the former Editor in Chief of Cosmopolitan and now the international editor of the magazine. She became an advocate of sexual freedom and tried to find role models to feature in the magazine in the 60s. Glamorous, fashionable girls were sometimes called 'Cosmo girls' due to her advocacy. Helen was the person who turned around the business of a failing magazine into a success.

Company Contents Page

The Company Contents Page covers two pages and is divided into subheadings according to the content. One of the headings reads 'features' which contains stories from real people 'How I did it: interned my way to a new career', the latest craze 'Topshop Ink' and truth/reality stories: 'Why is drinking still so on-trend?'.
Under this heading is where I believe my article will initially be advertised. It can be another truth/reality story.

Company magazine

This is one of the magazines I am going to analyse for a style model. I will make a note of:
- colour
- images
- font styles
- spacial dedication
- content
- general house style


My first reason for choosing this magazine as one of my potential style models is that my production piece is aimed at teenagers. This magazine is aimed at females in particular, which will have an affect on my target audience as it cannot be aimed and men also.




Background Info
Company is a monthly magazine about fashion, lifestyle and celebrities. It as been running for 33years in the UK and in that time it has only had 6 editos including the current editor: Victoria White.
Victoria White is a mother of two and would be a great candidiate to be interested in publishing my article in her magazine. There unique selling point is that they try to feature as many 'real' women in their magazine as this appeals to the reader suggesting that anyone can dress like the models wearing fashionable clothing.