On the front cover of a magazine, it requires basic conventions such as a masthead (the name of the magazine), a main article photo to cover the centre of the page, and a headline which follows with a glimpse of the story.

To get the readers attraction, it requires a bold and eye catching masthead with an image which will instantly attract the targeted audience.

This is an example of a school magazine with a medium shot of two students, content and enjoying education.

Masthead – Headline of the cover

Cover line

School Motto

The front cover of the magazine determines what sort of image it represents as a magazine as a whole. It will always need to include a date line, to show when it was from for future reference maybe.

Central image

Masthead

Images related to the contents, with page numbers

A contents page is important because it shows what the magazineincludes. Most contents pages include a selection of images, which

makes it a more interesting in itself. If there is a basic colour scheme,it will not confuse the reader and relate to the magazine.

Direct focus to the page, as it is the largest image on the page

An example contents page (not related to school)