Thursday 20 October 2011
Friday 14 October 2011
Conventions Of Magazine Front Covers And Contents Pages
College Magazine Front Cover Sketch
Most magazines have similar conventions, below is a list of the conventions:
Front Covers
- bright colours- a colour scheme is used for texts, normally 2-5 colours
- one main cover image is used- usually a celebrity for the bigger magazines
- facial expressions convey personality or image of 'star'
- cover image uses direct address- eye contact with the reader
- price of the magazine is usually small, and in the corner
- smaller cover lines are arranged- do not put writing on faces!
- if cover image has more than one person, they may have one in the foreground
- page numbers may be used
- other products, freebies, posters/Cd's given away as an incentive to buy the magazine
- different fonts are used - but not too many
- white or light-coloured background is used
- clothing of person/celeb on cover image matches style/fashion of personality
- issue number is quite small and the bar code is usually tucked away
- cover image and text are layered- masthead/cover image/cover lines
- cover lines are written in an entertaining way to lure the reader- e.g. rhetorical questions
- title of magazine has connotations linked to content
- banners may be used as background for text.
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Contents pages
- page numbers with images
- they all feature an offer or reduced rates to subscribe
- adverts
- editorial- message from the editor (different style/font)
- main or bigger pictures illustrates the content of the main articles
- reviews
- usually paragraphed
- list of page contents and numbers
- same theme as front cover
- logo of magazine is showed
- page references
- bold page numbers for main articles
- main storys have an image
- each picture shows facial expressions and emotions
- speech marks/quotes are used from the articles
- guide to different sections
- main persons/group name is in bold
- advert of how to subscribe to the magazine
- layered
- sub-headings are used to group articles of similar content
- all of contents pages use columns
- none/little empty space
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