Magazine Terminology

 Here is a list of terminology that we should have a good understanding for in this project.

Masthead	The name of the magazine, in its typical font, on the cover.
Selling line	The short description of the ‘identity’ of the magazine under the masthead,
Main image	The image which fills the cover – a model, celebrity, animal, artefact.
Coverlines	‘Teasers’ for the contents of the magazine on the cover.
Typography/font	The shape, style, size and colour of the letters used.
Drop cap	The enlarged initial letter of the first word of an article – an aesthetic feature which is designed to engage the reader.
Pull quotes	Enlarged quotes from an article – these may be included in coverlines, but are also used in the body of the article to break up the page and to attract the attention of the reader.
Byline	The name of the writer of the article, usually found at the beginning. Simply, it is the ‘line’ which tells you who the article is by.
Main cover line	The most important article featured, grabs the audience’s attention (featured article)
Mode of address	The way the magazine/article addresses the audience. Formal, casual, direct (for images too)
Barcode	Used for retailers
Skyline	A list of keywords featured at the top of the cover
Thirds	The upper and left third are the most important. why?
Prop	An image of an item
Puff / Boxout	A smaller image/text to stand out from the rest of the information (puff=circle. boxout=square)
Buzzwords	Exclusive, free, new, special edition
Banner	A block of colour with info inside, usually stretches the width of the cover
Caption	Information about an image.
Spread	Pages of a magazine that should be viewed together (usually two)
Border	Empty space around the edges
White space	Empty space in the spread, used to break up the content (negative space)

Here is the link for the terminology list : 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XxrEAwr2RQZx8NuluHy-ueYQQY_srWrM/view?usp=sharing

Reflection : When my teacher showed us this list for the first time, I was intrigued of it. Even though there were a lot of terminologies that I've never heard of before, I find it really interesting as it is something new to me. Once we started our research, I was able to differentiate on which is which and I noticed that I was able to analyze and discuss magazines better and in more details now that I had the terminology to use. However, I still return to this list from time to time as I haven't remembered all of the terminologies yet. By using this list, it helps me to find the terminology that I want to use faster and easier so it is very convenient to use.