Today, We all came back together as a group and collective reviewed the research we have collected. We had four things to base our review on; 5 things with regards to our three original categories, 5 things we now know, 5 things to research, 5 problems that we came across.
5 things with regards to 3 categories
- Magazines are much more images based than books.
- Instructions have been printed on the majority of things, e.g (Who should breast feed a child, mother or father)
- Magazine covers generally relate more to the contents than book covers do
- Each genre in fiction involves design stereotypes.
- Fashion and Celebrity magazines generally use models on the cover
5 things to research further and develop
- How the cover of a magazines relates to the inside context
- How the contents of cooking magazines varies to the contents of cook books
- Manga Comics; observe the range of themes / structures etc
- Children's fiction book sleeve designs
- Flyers; what attracts the audience
5 problems we encountered
- Getting hold of research documents that aren't kept private from the public
- Finding examples fo reference books
- Finding a wide range of comics that are still around
- Finding online resources for health and fitness publications
- Finding original sources for the public sector
5 things you now know about the categories
- Annual reports are very design based publications
- Safety publications use a majority of design based media
- Gardening magazines are mainly photography
- Fashion magazines have a very distinctive colour palette and font format
- Comics are aimed at adults just as much as they are at children
Research Task 4; Publishing
