Saturday 19 May 2012

Codes and convetions of a magazine

Front cover
-One main image covers the whole page
-Same colour scheme
-The coverline is the biggest text
-the title is the biggest text on the page
-Barcode is in the bottom left corner
-If the logo is covered, it's well known
-Direct mode of address
-Buzz words are used
-Price and issue and next to the barcode
-Bright font is used to attract the buyer

Double Page spread
-3 columns
-Coluor scheme, usually 2 or 3 colours
-Stand first
-Photo captions
-the target audience has been take into account
-concise, and to the point. keeps the audience entertaned with relevant information
-the headline is the biggest on the page
-contreversal
-informal
-1st paragraph is always the most important
-direct mode of address (images)
-drop caps
-a quote from the text is made larger
-3 0r 4 images