Magazine+Cover

Richard



1. Oct. 27 1975 http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1101751027,00.html

Dec. 22 1980 http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1101801222,00.html

2. Both covers have a musician on the cover, and they're both colorful.

3. The main story is about who's on the cover.

4. Use of colour is evident in both images, as well as the implied use of texture on both of the covers.

5. They had a drawing of a famous person's face on them.

6. They had few cover lines if any, and they are small or overshadowed by the cover illustration.

7. To interest readers in the story and make them buy the magazine.

8. A cover where everything works together in harmony.

9. Because you don't want them hiding the illustration.

10. Outside the box: The illustration is placed in a box, cover lines were written around the outside of it.

Inside the box: A box was placed over a certain part of the image, and the box was filled with cover lines.

Columns: A column was created usually on the side of the cover, where cover lines were abundant.

Zones: The cover was split up into zones, for example, the illustration went into one zone, the logo and cover lines in another.

Banners and Corners: A banner is stricken across the illustration, with a bold cover line written on it.

Unplanned and Planned Spaces: Unplanned spaces means that the cover lines are squeezed in around the illustration in an area that seems accidently blank. Planned spaces means that the photo was planned to have a space for the cover lines before it was taken.