10W Media - Does the page work? (Mr Smith's lessons)

There are a few basics which you MUST try and stick to when analysing or building your page, this goes for the cover, the contents or the double page spread.

Step 1

Pick a magazine cover.

Draw a diagonal line from the top left corner down to the bottom right corner.

Step 2

Now draw a diagonal line from the to right hand corner which will hit the other line at a RIGHT ANGLE. Repeat this process from the bottom left.

Step 3

Now you should have two hot spots. SOMETHING interesting should be happening at these spots.

Yr 11 cover analysis basics from Mr Smith

Do this for FIVE magazine covers and write about the 'things' which appear in these hot spots.