1. Name: Thamina Chowdhury
Candidate Number: 5899
Center Name: St. Paul’s Catholic College
Center Number: 64770
Unit G324: Advanced Production Portfolio

2. Magazine cover research
Through careful research, I found many magazine covers via the internet and newsagents. The features
that had drew my attention is the, font colour, page layout and the images. I found the ‘Soap Life’
magazine, this had help with the layout and structuring of my magazine front cover as well as ‘Inside
Soap’. These front covers that I had found through my research clearly demonstrate what a soap opera
magazine is all about as they all catch the readers attention in different ways.
The main image is a two
shot of two characters
that appear to be a
newly married couple
The verbal code ‘Killer’ is
underlined and emphasised in
bright colours, this strapline
of the main story draws
attention as the happy joyous
looking woman is marrying a
negative looking man who is
identified as a ‘killer’
Multiple pictures and stories
advertised on magazine cover
Numerous features on
magazine, in different
shaped boxes
Barcode
Issue date and
number
Unique selling point, this
is represented by a ‘sneak
preview’ and sneak is
highlighted to emphasize
that this is unseen footage
or photographs
Original masthead to
publicize its genre as well
as magazine institution

3. Magazine Cover research
The mast head logo
is bold with simple
font, detailing the
issue date and
location, placed on
the left corner of the
page. This would
preferably be a good
masthead shape and
design to create for
my magazine front
cover.
Other secondary features
positioned at the bottom
of the page, which
advertises and promotes
other TV soap operas and
dramas.
Simple, barcode
convention
placed near
strapline.
The way both the
woman and the man
are positioned in the
image, provokes
significance of their
relationship with each
other and what the
strap line is connoting.
Similar font style and the word ‘new’ is used in the
same style on each of the images, which acts as the
USP as this advertises brand new soaps and dramas.
Which makes the issue particularly special.

4. Poster research
The use of the attractive female in a
dangerous red coloured dress is very eye
catching and draws the attention of the male
gender audience. As the woman appeals to
the male gender.
The young
characters, for
example the man
on the table with
the young female
connotes different
story lines.
The chandeliers represent light
from the darkness in the
characters lives. This is not natural
lighting it is alternative lighting.
The comparison between the
couple in love and the couple
having a fight has a deep
connotation about destructive
love and relationships.
The connotation
from the tag line
depicts that the
first picture on the
left is very dull and
boring and the
difference
between the
people, it looks
very
aggressive, the
female and the
male on the table
is much bigger
whereas the
female in the
second picture is
much slimmer and
attractive.

5. Poster research
The use of the
female in the image
alone, shows her
dominance as a
woman. Shows she
is also the
protagonist, the
main character as
there is significance
of her in the drama.
Her black dress
beginning with a
elegant and
sophisticated fitting
goes down and
introduces a prickly
and thorny end.
Which shows, it is
difficult to get to her
or go against her
because of the sharp
prickles, which shows
her dominance and
power as a female.
The tagline is very
strong in terms of
revenge, ‘what goes
around comes
around’ depicts the
idea of the past and
the present.
The word revenge is highlighted and has more significance as this Is
in a bigger font however it does not use capitals which connotes the
idea of a softness due to the relation to the woman as the main
character seeking revenge. The use of the red colour denotes
danger, blood and even death which all fits well with the theme of
revenge.