Saturday, 2 October 2010

Generic conventions for a magazine

Front Cover
Dominating picture

Name of magazine
Promotions Barcode/price/website/issue number and date

Headline in large font- sometimes overlaps image

Cover stories advertised with small photographs

Headlinr quotes from main article

Questions to invite audience to read on

Brand promotion

Busy background

Contrasting fonts



Contents page
Images
Relevant page numbers
Cohesion - making the magazine united
Different categories for different sections of the magazine
Letter from the editor with a signature
Variety of font
How to subscribe- want to keep interaction between audience and ediotiral team
Editorial team
Title issue name date, headers  and footers

Double Page Spread

Pull quotes


Headers footers


Cohesion
Borders
No full stops at end
No negative space
Contrast
Size of font
2 double page spread analyses
Drop cap
Images
Columns

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