Magazine- DPS Recall Terms- Media Studies

How many pages is the double page spread in your coursework?

• 4

• 2

• 3

• 1

Answer explanation

The DOUBLE page spread is two pages inside the magazine. For you coursework you will write a FEATURE ARTICLE about your Feature COVERLINE, or KICKER from your magazine cover.

What is a standfirst?

• It's the text used to anchor an image

• It's the biggest bit of text you see on a double page spread.

• It's an introduction to the article – it sums up what the article is all about while enticing the reader to read on.

• It's the way text is organised into columns, usually seen in magazines and newspapers.

Answer explanation

A standfirst is right below the Article headline. It's a CATCHY introduction to the article which sums up the article to encourage the the reader to read on. It's usually in a smaller font than the HEADLINE, but larger font than the article COPY, or text.

This image is showing the...

• Headline

• captions

• anchorage

• standfirst

Answer explanation

This is positioned beneath the headline, and entices the reader. It provides a summary of what the article will be about, therefore it is the standfirst.

It STANDS OUT to the reader as the FIRST thing they see after the title.

This is an example of...

• a pullquote

• standfirst

• columns

• anchorage

Answer explanation

This is a QUOTE from the article of something Minaj said. It's been PULLED out to add interest and capture the reader's attention. It may encourage the reader to read the article if they were thinking of skipping it. It is usually something salacious, or juicy, to create FOMO and link to various aspects of U&G theory.

This is an example of a

• pullquote

• headline

• standfirst

• caption

Answer explanation

This is HEADING the page and is the title of the article, the HEADLINE.

This links to other words like "headliner", someone who is the biggest act of a festival, or film. Other links are:

To get a line on "acquire information about" is from 1903. To lay it on the line is from 1929 as "to pay money;" by 1954 as "speak plainly." End of the line "as far as one can go" is from 1948. One's line of work, meaning "pursuit, interest" is from 1957.

The elbow is covering part of the name, this is

• hyperimposition

• superimposition

• anchor positioning

• more polite than pointing

Answer explanation

SUPERIMPOSE is to place or lay over or IMPOSE something over something else. In magazines a celebrity or person of status might cover part of the masthead or headline to connote their important. This links to STAR THEORY and CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENT. It also suggests the thing being covered is very well known because people will still be able to recognise or read it when covered.

This is an example of

• a pullquote

• a caption

• a subheading

• a column

Answer explanation

The headling, or main heading tells us what the whole article is about. If there are further divisions in the article, these are SUB HEADINGS because they are other headings UNDER the main heading.

This is an example of a

• w

• capital letter

• first letter of a sentence

• DROP CAP

Answer explanation

DROP: In reference to a solid object, "to fall vertically"

CAPITAL

"head of a column or pillar."

In this case the letter has DROPPED into the HEAD/ CAPITAL position- the Capital letter is holding up the first column, inviting the readers in.

This is an example of direct mode of address. This is often used

• to allow the photographer to focus on the eyes

• to allow people to see into the star's soul

• to connect directly with the audience appealing to U&G theory

• To sell contact lenses

Answer explanation

the person is DIRECTLY ADDRESSING you by making eye contact. This allows the reader to feel connected to the person in the image. This can link to personal identification. On film posters, adverts, magazines and films, this is often used to attract fans and a wide audience.

When you annotate, you should comment on what the clothing, jewelry, makeup, props, facial expression suggests about the person. This is called

• denotation

• prejudice

• connotation

• anchorage text

Answer explanation

When you ANNOTATE you are considering the what things DENOTATE and CONNOTATE. DENOTATE is about the dictionary meaning or standard meaning of something. CONNOTATIONS involve the contextual meanings, societal meanings, our perceptions of meaning and our own background knowledge and life experience. Denotation: she is wearing zebra stripes. Connotation is she may be wild and untamed, a bit of this and a bit of that- unique, the way that no two zebras have the same pattern.