Codes and Conventions

7/9/2011
Today in lesson we studied two contrasting magazines, we listed conventions and codes from each. The first magazine was called 'InStyle' it was a sophisticated high fashion magazine, it was very editorial and it was targeted to middle aged women, who are interested in style and fashion. The next magazine was called 'Best' it was a high street commercial magazine which was full of celebrity gossip and real life stories. a convention from each magazine was that they both contained high amounts of advisement, also there presentation of price were similar, the font was small and the price was almost hidden. Overall the magazines were very dissimilar so the codes were simple; the colours contrasted as well as the fonts. the content was very different, 'InStyle' talked a lot about fashion and 'Best' contained various stories from celebrities, soap operas, and horoscopes. We discussed the contrast the magazines had in class.