annotated conventions of my magazine
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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