Magazine+Cover

The main story in these two magazine covers is about the old president of the United states John F Kennedy and the current president Barack Obama. Both magazines show an image of the Presidents and cover blurbs to draw the reader in. They display the issue of "Discrimination In The North" with Kennedy on the Life magazine,and Obama with his path to power in the Vogue magazine. The Vogue magazine poses's the president in bright color and clearly demonstrates the triangles design principle as well as diagonals with his arm out stretching out of the photo.Obama is in clear focus in the photo and is well placed. The Life magazine shows Kennedy in a low contrast and it is evident that it was taken earlier. The cover is simple and single point without a lot of cover blurbs.

1. Some characteristics of early magazines are simple on point covers with a title,image,caption, and date.Early magazine covers usually involved stories and captions about the injustice's of the current world such as the civil war and slavery. Magazines in this time period would also used the covers of books to print on. Later the magazine distributers hired the top photographers to capture moving photographs that would capture the attention of thousands of people. 2. The early posters issued public decrees, governmental notifications and a host of commercial and private announcements. These poster required LARGE TYPE so they could be read from a distance, but in return were more expensive due to the metal type. After the developments of the wooden type magazines could easily print poster with LARGE TYPE and include pictures at a fraction of the cost. 3. The purpose of cover lines are to decorate the cover,show the title and at the same time grab the readers attention.They are still used today in magazines and usually portray things that the reader is interested in such as relationship skills,improving yourself, beauty and parenting advice. 4.An integrated cover is the combination of an image with captions over lapping it. 5. The placement of cover lines can greatly effect or improve the image being represented.
 * The Evolution of The Magazine Cover:**


 * Cover Lines:**


 * Outside the box:** When the title or captions are specifically placed outside of the image portrayed.


 * Inside the box:** The title or captions are specifically placed inside or placed over the image portrayed.


 * Columns**: A column of the cover is a different color to make it "pop out" to the reader.


 * Zones:** When the logo, picture, and cover lines, are each in a separate, horizontal zone on the cover.


 * Banners and Corners:** When the title of the magazine is represented in a curved format or spaced to increase space.


 * Unplanned and Planned Spaces:** The caption or titles are fitted into spaces that seem almost accidentally left blank by the illustrator


 * References:**

http://longleaf.net/coverlines/wherelines.html

http://www.cybercollege.com/frtv/mag1.htm

http://longleaf.net/coverlines/integratedcover.html

http://www.designhistory.org/posters.html

http://longleaf.net/coverlines/


 * Picture references:**

http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=obama+mens+vogue&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1024&bih=843&tbm=isch&tbnid=qMESHbyF1Y_S1M:&imgrefurl=http://www.reobama.com/MagazinesUS.htm&docid=f7-DNFmnAMqk5M&imgurl=http://www.reobama.com/Magazine_MensVogue_June_08.jpg&w=300&h=410&ei=LYGpTvOCMc39sQLBqdmwDw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=215&vpy=161&dur=669&hovh=263&hovw=192&tx=89&ty=151&sig=108024146118013375046&page=1&tbnh=145&tbnw=108&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0

http://magazine-covers.lucywho.com/life-magazine-united-states-11-march-1957-magazine-cover-t2770473.html