Codes and conventions of a TV Soap Magazine

I am researching the different codes and conventions from a normal soal magazine. I breifly wrote up what I found...

·         Masthead – florescent, strong colouring, takes up a fifth of the front cover.

·         Cover star – mixed gender (male and female), demographic age of 2o years.

·         Canting – yellow and red creates code suggesting mc-donalds therefore implying appetite.

·         Mise En Scene- often a single colour.

·         Buttons – Days of the week, Listings.

·         Subsidiary Photos.

·         Price- on a shaped background, for example a star, this makes it look like a special offer price, this draws attention for the audiences.

·         Mode of Address- the ‘…’ creates suspense of wanting to read on.

·         Colour coding- a subheading with the word ‘police’ with the colours black and yellow suggesting the crime scene banner.

·         Concentrated

·         Emotions on their face- stony expressions, therefore audiences can tell it’s a soap magazine.

·         Back to Back – shows relationships.

·         Casual props and clothing. All looks like they have chosen their own clothes.

·         Hair and makeup suit the storyline.

·         Eye contact.

·         Older reader ???

·         Ideal reader- people who watch the soaps.

·         We assume that they are agile with the technology of television, and that they rely on the print media instead. This is a culture thing. 

·         Mode of Address assumes what ‘Bradley and Joe’ means.