ANNOTATED CONVENTIONS OF MY MAGAZINE

BY JOSHUA DAVEY

Front coverEye catching, bold and large masthead, in it’s own style font that can add to the recognisability of the magazine

Conventional issue number and date

Conventional barcode and price

Featured bands to attract attention if the audience see a band they recognise

Conventional cluttered layout so audience can instantly tell the genre

Coverlines to attract the audience as they can see baselines of what’s within the magazine

Free posters, to appeal to the younger audience, is conventional

Banner to show what’s included

Varied font styles

Pull quotes to engage the reader

Conventional images- aggressive and proud expressions, instruments and dark clothing.

Contents pageConventional issue number and date

Subscription offer- to attract attention as it gives money off

Competition appeals to the target audience

Use of social networking will attract the target audience just by seeing the twitter logo

Sticking with house style of magazine

Colours- red, black, white and yellow all conventional of the genre

Contents conventionally on the right to for rock music magazines

Varied font styles

Heading sticks to the same font as the masthead to build recognisability

Conventional image, as he’s wearing dark clothing, in an old abandoned looking setting with an instrument

Language used includes slang and is information

Double page spread

Conventional image- dark clothing, instruments, in a recording studio.

Boxed out text to make it look more appealing and interesting

Page numbers

Body copy- includes language styles that appeal to the target audience, such as swear words, slang and informal talk

Images to break up text and make it look more appealing

Pull quotes to break up the text

Captions to show the reader some detail

Heading is bold and attract attention

Standfirst, to allow the reader to know a bit more about

Kicker to draw more attention to the article