Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Magazine Conventions

Front Cover:
Main Image - Subject's face can be seen easily and clearly
Masthead - Short and memorable magazine title
Date - Date and price of release of magazine issue
Barcode
Plug - Competitions, free gifts or offers, Normally boxed
Teaser - Teasing contents/what's inside
Anchorage - Language techniques used to anchor articles and pictures meaning

Contents Page:
Page numbers - Conventions
Adverts - External advertisement from other institutions or offers
Clear font - Easy to read, large text
Featured story - Main stories from the front page. Must read or big stories
Editor Information
Quotes from Articles - Makes people want to read the full article
Continuous colour scheme - What the reader expects or is used to seeing
Regulars - Usual content, e.g. reviews, charts, readers  section.

Double Page Spread:
Introduction - Conventional, leads you into the article at the slower pace.
Articles itself in columns - Clear font and easy to read
Overlapping pictures/text - Fills out the page with the product or person/s
Pictures relating to article - Keeps the product or person in your head and want to buy their products
Continuous colour scheme - Expected, Conventional
Certain quotes enlarged - Highlighted opinions

Examples




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