EXTENSIVE GENRE RESEARCH: Editorial and Topics

As far as my genre of my magazine is concerned, it has a different type of editorial and of course a wide and different variety of topics or articles that make up the Dog Care Magazine.

In a dog magazine's editorial we notice a certain style of writing and a specific tone in which the editor writes the editorial. The language is really friendly and the readers can easily assume that the editor themselves is either a dog owner or a dog lover, like they use the statements "I know I'm not the only dog owner who feels....". This makes the readers more satisfied that the person who has compiled or written the magazine, would be an experienced person in the matter of dogs.

The editorial majorly talks about the theme of the magazine too in one or two lines for instance the kind of articles it contains or the kind of topics the magazine talks about so that the readers know from the first page (the editorial) of the magazine if they should buy it or not.

Most of the editorials in dog care magazines used adjectives and words for dogs that seems appealing and catchy for the readers who would be dog owners or dog lovers. This includes words and phrases like "terrier charms", "strengthening your bond with your dog" and vice versa.

Similarly, dog magazines consist of topics and articles that focus on the grooming, the treatment, accessories, food, and many more kinds of information regarding the dog and information that would definitely help a dog owner out to some extent.

As we can see in this example, some of the articles include "dog shopping",

"all about breeds", "the right dog" etc, which seem like helpful and informative articles.

Comments

SKETCHES AND ROUGH MOCKUPS

To start with the making of the magazine and moving on to working on the software, all I needed was firstly to make a rough sketch of how I would actually design the cover in regard to the placements and the heading etc. Then I also decided to roughly sketch the double spread too. Here is how i roughly sketched my magazine elements featuring all the components of a magazine to make it look appealing to the audience. I used the online auto draw tool for this purpose which made me design a rough sketch easily. Cover page : For my magazine cover I decided I would put a full shot of my dog (model) from head to toe. As my dog is trained I am looking forward to the fact that it would be easy for me to get a full shot it. However if he's too restless I really wont be able to control how he stands. In that I would take a close up shot and put it in the same way as sketched. It will be picture taken in high key lighting that I have thought would be taken in natural sun light following the ...

THE CONCEPTS ELABORATED

Another important part of media studies is how forms and languages are used to convey the products of media and its use of codes and conventions that helps it. These include different signs and symbols to create meaning to something. The most important of them is codes which are used in media and these are actually the connotations to the audience. Initially there are two categories of codes that you'll find in media, one is the technical code and the other is the symbolic code. Technical codes includes all the equipment used to tell a story in a media text and includes camera techniques, framing, depth of field and exposure. Whereas symbolic codes on the other hand show whats beneath the surface of what we see for instance objects, setting, body language, clothing and color. Other categories of codes include the written codes and the audio codes. The written codes as the label itself says, is the formal written language on a media product for examp...

ARTICLE ON FINAL COVER STORY

This is the following article I have written on my final cover story that is "7 dos and dont of training your dog. Title : 7 Dos and donts of dog training Standfirst Are you sure you're training your dog right? By line : By Vania Imran Mirza My coverstory article

Vania's media blog

Search This Blog