The Big Issue

Social, Cultural or a Political context may be used
The Big issue is a niche magazine
Two front covers of the big issue that are needed to be studied
After September 2018
Front covers selected should demonstrate representations that are alternative to the mainstream and of national significance

Colours
Layout
Images
Font
Typography

Costume
Lighting
Actors
Makeup
Props
Setting

Frame
Angle
Movement

Circulation number of copies a magazine sells
Readership not just who buys a magazine but the total number of people likely to read it
Mass Audience readership on a very large scale
Niche Audience narrow group of readers with a particular interest
Subscription where a reader pays for a set number of copies of a magazine in advance at a lower price and receives them by post

Intertextually promoting multiple things within the same medium
Masthead the title of the magazine
Plug text that plugs a feature will appear inside the magazine
Puff a story that is given prominence on the cover
Cover Star the star featured on the cover
Anchorage Text that anchors the main image and gives context
Banner text that runs across the lower section of the cover
Skyline text that runs across the top of the cover

Producer
Advertisers
Audience

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