Magazine Article This is our Tv Listings magazine

We had to produce it for a specific magazine; the magazine we had chosen for this was ‘Tv & Satelite’. We looked through different magazines such as ‘Radio Times’ and ‘Tv Guide’ in order to identify codes and conventions that are used across TV listings.

Our Tv listings magazine was based on Tv & Satelite and I also compared this with our magazine.

We recreated this box on InDesign following the style of a TV & Satelite magazine, we did this as it allows the reader to recognize that this double page spread is on documentaries.

Main job of documentaries is reflection of reality

A key convention on magazines is evident from the TV & Satelite magazine where it shows that the main image takes up one third of the spread this is so that it is noticeable. Therefore we have adapted this and used a still from our documentary following the conventions of TV listings. However, we have also challenged this convention as some main images take up more than a page; we felt that if we did this our article would be lost within our main image

Another convention that I have found in existing magazines is the use of a pull quote that we also embedded into our magazine. We used it to break the main body of the text up; we also changed the colour to red so it adds interest and variety to the aesthetic. This quote was from one of our experts in our documentary and the use of this quote helps the article support the documentary

A common convention in magazines is the use of page numbers, this is an essential convention that must be added to the magazine article. It allows the reader to know what page they are on and also can let them find the page efficiently when on the contents page.

One convention that we challenged is the use of a title on the main image that is seen on many magazines. We didn’t follow this convention as we didn’t feel the need to add a title as we thought just the main image of people using social media will be enough to grab the attention of the reader.