Monday, February 1, 2010

What do you look out for when analyzing print media?

1) Colour
a. Are the colours loud, bright and bold?
b. Are the colours dark and dull?
c. How does the colour of the background, title, slogan, characters affect the mood created? i.e. bright colours usually create a happy mood while darker colours are generally more serious.

2) Size
a. Is the positioning of objects, actors, and text within the frame of a poster meant to achieve a particular effect? Explain.
b. Which are the items (characters, font) in the poster which are bigger in proportion to the rest? What effects does that present?

3) Creative language
a. Is there a slogan in the poster?
b. Is the slogan catchy or memorable? Why?
c. Is the title (For a movie or the name of a product) prominently featured? Is the text easy to read?
d. Do you think this poster is persuasive? Will you buy the product? Why?
e. What are the other information present in the poster which will affect your purchasing decision?

4) Other techniques
a. Is any information withheld from you? Are some details left out intentionally?

28 comments:

  1. 1)Colour
    a)Yes
    b)No
    c)Bright colours captures people's attention easily but dull colours does not.

    2)Size
    a)Yes.It tend to attract people with everything within the frame as not many people will turn to the back to see what is behind.
    b)The headlines of the magazine is bigger in proportion.It captures the attention of the buyers with bigger headlines.

    3)Creative language
    a)Yes
    b)Yes,because the bright colours of it make it more lively and it is bg and clear for us to see.
    c)Yes.Yes.
    d)Yes.Yes.I will buy the product as the comments of the product are good and attractive.
    e)The information of the design of the product.

    4)Other techniques
    a)Yes.No.

    -Posted By Lei Ting

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  2. 1)Colours
    a)Yes
    b)No
    c)Brighter colours tend to be more lively and will attract the attention of their buyers,and and more interesting for the readers and darker colours tend to be more serious.
    2)Size
    a)Yes.It tells the reader what is the content inside without flipping through
    b)Usually the biggest word apart from the name of the magazine attracts the readers and the words that has contrast will be attractive too.
    3)Creative Language
    a)Yes
    b)Yes.Because the word have a contrast.
    c)yes.yes
    d)yes.Because the cover made me interested to buy it.
    e)the information of the product that they are advertising
    4)Other products
    a)yes.no
    Post by Yuan Sheng

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  3. 1) Colour
    a. Yes.
    b. No.
    c. Brighter colours attract more attention as it is more lively but dull colours don't.

    2) Size
    a. Yes, it emphasizes a particular point of the person or item on the cover page.
    b. Characters, they might be popular celebrities.

    3) Creative language
    a. Yes.
    b. Yes, as it helps people to remember the main point.
    c. Yes.Yes.
    d. Yes.Yes.The product sounds effective and useful.
    e. The price.

    4) Other techniques
    a. No.

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  4. 1)Colours
    a)Yes
    b)No
    c)Brighter colours attracts people's attention and is more lively while dull colours do not.

    2)Size
    a)It tells the reader what is the contents inside the magazine without the reader flipping to the second page.
    b)The title and the pictures of the characters

    3)Creative language
    a)Yes
    b)Yes.It has show me the title or the main focus.
    c)Yes.Yes
    d)Yes.Yes.It looks attractive.
    e)The price or the information in the advertisement.

    4)Other techniques
    a)Yes.No

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  5. 1) Colours
    a)Yes
    b)No
    c)Bright are more attractive and lively to buyers but dull colour does not.

    2)Size
    a)Yes.It tells the reader what interesting contents in the magazines without flipping to other pages.
    b)The headlines and the characters at the cover page.The headlines will attract the buyer's attention and the characters inside might become popular.

    3)Creative Languages
    a)Yes.
    b)It is catchy.The bright colour is big and clear for us to see.
    c)Yes.The text is also easy to read.
    d)Yes.I will also buy the product.The big headlines makes the buyer's feel that the contents in the product is much more interesting.
    e)The interesting informations and the price we get for winning the contests that the magazines provide for us.

    4)Other Techniques
    a)Yes.there are also no details left out intentionally.

    Post by:Chee Shang Wen
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    05/02/10

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  6. 1)colours
    a)yes
    b)no
    c)bright colours attract people to the magazine while dull colours do not.

    2)Size
    a)yes
    b)The title and people will attract the buyers attention.

    3)creative language
    a)yes
    b)It is catchy.It is easy to remember.
    c)yes,yes
    d)I will buy the product because of interesting contents.
    e) if their are any free items that come with the magazine.

    4)other techniques
    a)Yes. there are no details left out intentionally

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  7. 1) Colour
    a) Yes.
    b) No.
    c) Bright colours attract more peoples' attention and it creates a happy mood while dull and dark colours do not attract many peoples' attention and it does not create a happy mood to people.

    2) Size
    a) Yes, it is to attract people to buy the magazine and to give an idea of what inside the magazine is about.
    b) The headlines and the company's name. It gives the reader an idea of the latest trend and what is inside the magazine about. It also attracts the buyers' attention.

    3) Creative language
    a) Yes.
    b) Yes, as it is to attract peoples' attention to buy the magazine and it is so catchy that it is irresistible for the readers not to buy it.
    c) Yes. Yes.
    d) Yes. Yes, as it is interesting and attractive for me to buy it.
    e) The price, the content inside the magazine, is it attractive, any free items that comes along with the magazine, is the font creative and interesting.

    4) Other techniques
    a) Yes. No.

    -Posted by: Goh Li Xuan
    7 Feb 2010

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  8. 1)Colour
    a)Yes
    b)No
    c)Bright colours captures people's attention easily but dull colours does not.

    2)Size
    a)Yes.It tells the reader what is inside without the reader opening the magazine.
    b)The title and the characters.It captures the readers attention when the reader saw it.

    3)Creative language
    a)yes.
    b)Yes.Those bright coloured words are catchy as they attact the attention of the readers and it is easily remembered.
    c)Yes.Yes
    d)Yes.Yes,if there is very interesting contexts.
    e)Sometimes,the magazine come with items that are useful to me.

    4) Other techniques
    a)Yes.No.

    -Shiyao-

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  9. 1)Colour
    a)Yes
    b)No
    c)Bright colours attract people attention while dull colours are boring.
    2)Size.
    a)Yeah.Catchy headlines attract people attention and they will read it and understand part of the content in the magazine.
    b)The title and the character.It informs the readers of the latest trend and what is inside the magazine about.
    Creative language
    a)Yes
    b)Yes.It has shown me the title and the main focus in the magazine.
    c)Yes.Yes
    d)Yes.Yes,if there is any interesting stuff.
    e)The magazines sometimes contain useful information regarding work.
    4)Other techniques.
    a)Yes.No
    By Devil(Darrell)

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  10. 1)colour
    a)yes
    b)no
    c)The bright colour would attract people's attentiong as they would be attracted they will also read the front page which would be covered with bold and bright colour words and they would be attarcted by the front page,they would buy the magazine.
    2)Size
    a)yes.the size would attract people's attention as people would focus on the bigger words and if the magazine wanted attract people with the subject they would make the words bigger so people would see the words and if they are attracted they might buy the magazine.
    B)If the magazine is trying to attract you to some part of the magazine most people would be interested in,they would make it bigger than the rest and as humans we would mostly focus on the bigger words 1st while we would ignore the small words so the big words would be the main attention while smaller words would not be notied that much.
    3)creative language
    a)yes
    B)Yes as it is in a bright colour my attetion would be drawn to it.
    C)yes,yes.
    D)the pictures and the words as it might make me think after using the product,i would be just like the people in the magazine so i would thik of purchasing it.
    5)other techniques
    A)yes.they would left some information out as if they put everything on the cover people would not buy it as they would just read the cover they would have some information not written and would want people to buy the magazine and read the information for themselves
    BY:-_-Anthony-_-

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  11. 1)Colour
    a)yes.
    b)No.
    c)It will attract people attention as bright colours usually create a happy mood but dull colours do not as darker colours are generally more serious.

    2)Size
    a)Yes.The appearance of the actor or attress or singer will attract mostly the fans' attention. It will also tells the reader what the content is about.
    b)The appearance of the actor or attress or singer. more people will want to buy especially the fans of that particular actor or attress or singer.

    3)Creative language
    a)Yes.
    b)The slogan is catchy. The big,bright and catchy words will attract peoples' attention
    c)Yes.Yes.
    d)Yes.Yes. If The product is useful, easy to use and the price is reasonable, i will think of purchasing it.
    e)If it contains interesting facts and catchy and bold words.

    4)Other techniques
    a)Yes.No.
    -Shuya-

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  12. 1) Colour
    a. Yes.
    b. No.
    c. It is much more eye-catching when the colours used are brighter and it looks more attractive. It also shows whether the magazine is cheerful things while using dull colours, usually shows that the magazine is much more stern, serious.
    2) Size
    a. Yes. When some words are actually of bigger sizes, it is usually hoping that people would focus more on that article.
    b. The character. It is used to attract people to actually look at the magazine and then get interested in the magazine, then buy it.

    3) Creative language
    a. Yes.
    b. Yes. It is big and bright, which attracts people's attention.

    c. Yes. Yes.
    d. Yes. Yes. The product may look interesting to me based on what they said about the product. And if the product may be useful, I may consider purchasing it.
    e. What interesting facts and uses about the product.

    4) Other techniques
    a. Yes. No.

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  13. 1) Colour
    a. Yes.
    b. No.
    c. Brighter colour attracts people's attention.

    2) Size
    a. Yes. It allows people to focus on the facts on the magazine.
    b. The title of the magazine is usually in bigger proportion as it attracts people's attention.

    3) Creative language
    a. Yes.
    b. Yes. It attracts people's attention.
    c. Yes. Yes.
    d. Yes. Yes. It has interesting content.
    e. The price of the magazine and interesting facts.

    4) Other techniques
    a. Yes. No.

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  14. 1)Colour
    a.Yes
    b.No
    c. Brighter colours attracts people's attention more than dull colours

    2)Size
    a. Yes. Some words are larger in size so that people would focus on it more.
    b. The title and the characters are in bigger proportion as it attracts more of people's attention.

    3)Creative language
    a. Yes.
    b. Yes. So that it attracts more of people's attention.
    c. Yes. Yes.
    d. Yes. Yes. If the contents of the product looks interesting, i may considerate buying it.
    e. The interesting facts in the magazine and it's price.

    4) Other techniques
    a. Yes. No.

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  15. 1) Colour
    a. Yes .
    b. No .
    c. The colour of the background takes up alot of space and so if its a brighter colour , it will attract people's attention . The dark colours will not stand out , but the bright colour will .

    2) Size
    a. Yes . The colours must be bright and the font must be big and unique to get people to look at it .

    b. The well known people in the front cover . The people are put there to attract their fans and os their fans will buy the magazine to find out more things about them .

    3) Creative language
    a. Yes .
    b. Catchy . Its colour is bright and bold and quite nice to look at .
    c. Yes , yes .
    d. Yes , because it has bright and cheerful colours and there are pictures of actors on the cover .
    e. The line which they put gift ideas .

    4) Other techniques
    a. No .

    -Posted by QianHui .

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  16. 1)Colour
    a. Yes
    b. No
    c. Bright colours usually make people feel better and they will continue reading while dull colours may make them feel bored and just skip that chapter.

    2) Size
    a. Yes.It makes people feel like reading on.
    b. The word which is the biggest and coloured is usually the main idea they want to introduce you to.
    3)Creative Language
    a. Yes.
    b. Yes.They usually uses short and easy to remember phrases and make it big.
    c. Yes.Yes.
    d. Yes.They will state out all of the good points while the bad points will most likely to be left out.
    e. Sometimes there are free gifts(sample) and maybe they have some discount coupons.
    4)Other Techniques
    a. Yes.No.

    Guanglin.

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  17. 1,Colours
    a.Yes
    b.No

    2.Size
    a.Yes, to make people attracted to the magazines as people usually tend to look at the magazines' cover when the walk past the shops, so the magazines' covers must be attractive.
    b.The bigger sized words are the tittles of the magazines or the important articles. It makes them look more important than the other words on the magazine cover

    3.Creative Language
    a.Yes
    b.Yes, as it sounds nice, rhymes and is easy to remember.
    c.Yes,yes.
    d.Yes, yes as the poster is very persuasive, the magazine cover attracts me and I think the content of it is nice.
    e.The gifts that they include in the magazine such as cosmetics samples and discount coupons.

    4.Other techniques
    a. Yes, yes.

    -Xuan Jing-

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  18. a]yes
    b]no
    c]brighter colours attract more people attention
    a]yes some words are bigger than the rest
    b]title they make it more important than the rest
    a]yes
    b]the font they use is more catchy they use it to attract more atention
    c]yes yes
    d]yes yes the words are asking me to buy
    e]the price
    -sean leong-(helping him)

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  19. 1.Colours
    a)yes
    b)no
    c)bright colours attract people's attention while dark and dull colours dont as dark colours make me sleepy.
    2.Size
    a)yes.An attractive 'front page'will attract buyers
    b)big posters and word can attract people' attention
    3.creative language
    a)yes
    b)yes.if it has short and sweet words people will be attracted to it.
    c)yes.yes
    d)yes yes.I will buy the product as the comments of the product is positive and persuasive
    4.Other techniques
    Yes yes
    Ridhwan

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  20. 1.Colours
    a)Yes
    b)No
    c)Bright colours attract more people's attration.
    2.Size
    a)Yes.The front page is attrative then more people will buy.
    b)The characters are very beautiful and big so it will attract more people to buy.
    3.Yes.
    b)Yes.The font is trendy and attract more people(mostly teenage)to buy.
    c)Yes.Yes.
    D)Yes.Becos the font is very beautiful and the characters are very beautiful too.

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  21. 1.Colour
    a)Yes, they are.
    b)No, they aren't.
    c)The bright colours of the magazine front page create a happy mood, and the smiles of the actor and actress create a relaxed mood.
    2.Size
    a)The positioning of objects, actors and text is meant to attract people's attention as the colours used complement each other and the actors look very nice.
    b)The actors. It is meant to attract people's attention as they look wonderful and are bigger than anything else. And maybe it was also meant to say that if you read the article about summer beauty tips and follow the tips, you could look as good as them.
    3
    a) Yes. ( Flirt Alert)
    b)Yes, as it short and sweet and it ryhmes.
    c)Yes. Yes, as it is in a striking colour.
    d)Yes, as the font is bright and the comments speak very well of the product.
    e)How well it works.
    4)Yes, like what material they use. Probably not.
    -Hui Ling

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  22. 1)Colour
    a.Yes,the colours are loud, bright and bold.
    b.No,the colours are not dull.
    c.Bright colours usually lifts up a person's mood whereas dull colours are usually use for important highlights.

    2)Size
    a.Yes,so that when the eyes of a person reaches the poster,they will look at the main point first.
    b.The celebrity is always bigger than the fonts as a person would usually look at who's on the poster as first before looking at the highlights in the poster.

    3)Creative Language
    a.Yes.
    b.Yes,as it rhymes and is easy to remember.
    c.Yes.Yes.

    4)Other Techniques
    a.Yes.No

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  23. 1)Colour
    a)Yes
    b)No
    c)Bright colours captures people's attention easily but dull colours do not.

    2)Size
    a)Yes.The front page is attractive so more people will buy.
    b)The characters are very big and catchy so it will attract more people to buy the magazine.

    3)Creative language
    a)Yes
    b)Yes,because the bright colours of it make it more lively and it is big and catchy for us to see.
    c)Yes.Yes.
    d)Yes.Yes.I will buy the product as the features of the product are good and attractive.
    e)The features of the product.

    4)Other techniques
    a)Yes.No.

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  24. 1)colour)
    A)yes
    B)no
    C)Brighter clour attract more peeople to buy
    the magazine
    2)size
    A)yes,so that the reader will be able to get
    the message faster when the word is big
    B)The celebrity is bigger than the
    fonts as the reader would usually look at
    who is on the poster as first
    3)creative language
    A)yes
    B)yes,bright colour will look more lively and
    the font is big so it is easier to see
    C)yes,yes
    D)yes,yes.The product look good and attractive
    E)the function of the product
    4)Other techniques
    A)yes,no
    ~kaizhong~

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  25. 1)colour)
    A)yes
    B)no
    C)Brighter clour attract more peeople to buy
    the magazine
    2)size
    A)yes,so that the reader will be able to get
    the message faster when the word is big
    B)The celebrity is bigger than the
    fonts as the reader would usually look at
    who is on the poster as first
    3)creative language
    A)yes
    B)yes,bright colour will look more lively and
    the font is big so it is easier to see
    C)yes,yes
    D)yes,yes.The product look good and attractive
    E)the function of the product
    4)Other techniques
    A)yes,no

    Cheng Wei

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  26. 1)colours
    a)yes
    b)no
    c)bright colours attract people to the magazine while dull colours do not.

    2)Size
    a)yes
    b)The title and people will attract the buyers attention.

    3)creative language
    a)yes
    b)It is catchy.It is easy to remember.
    c)yes,yes
    d)I will buy the product because of interesting contents.
    e) if their are any free items that come with the magazine.

    4)other techniques
    a)Yes. there are no details left out intentionally

    posted by samuel

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