Thursday, 3 February 2011

Comparison of a RadioTimes article to a Big Issue article 03/02/11

‘What selling The Big Issue means to vendors’ and ‘Being human article’
·         People in the article are vendors, whereas anything in the RadioTimes tends to have some kind of celebrity endorsement.
§  This links to each magazines intended consumer
·         RadioTimes – for those with an interest with particularly mainstream TV news
·         Big Issue – for people who are interested in helping those less fortunate
·         Basic photography techniques are used to make images seem more naturalistic, as oppose to the RadioTimes looks to have been edited and so making the images seem more dark and dramatic – linking to the genre of the programme
·         Description about people in the article:
o   Big Issue
§  Names of the vendors and stated – to make it appear more personal
§  Short quote by vendor about work
o   RadioTimes
§  Names of both character and actor/actress
§  Similar opening quote about themselves and work
§  The RadioTimes however goes onto develop on who the actor/actress and what they have previously achieved
·         Text
o   The Big Issue is very plain – white background, basic black font, basic layout
o   RadioTimes – background  with image for the programme, gritty title font, text laid out around main image, dark mise-en-scene
·         Being human is across 4 pages, vendor article is only on one. Being human article is obviously one of the main articles of the magazine and vendors articles seems to just be a general article

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