Generic conventions of magazines

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Central image Masthead Barcode Cover line Variety of fonts and font colours Shot at location The gaze isn’t straight at the audience Colour palette: black, white, yellow & blue

Transcript of Generic conventions of magazines

Page 1: Generic conventions of magazines

Central image

Masthead

Barcode

Cover line

Variety of fonts and font colours

Shot at location

The gaze isn’t straight at the audience Colour palette: black,

white, yellow & blue

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Central image

Mast head

Cover line

barcode

Shot in studio

Variety of different font and font colours used

Colour palette: yellow, white, pink, green and orange

The star is gazing straight, as if he is looking at the audience

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Mast head Central image

barcodeCover line

Shot in studio

The star it at an angle gazing out of the corner of his eye looking towards the audience but slightly to the left

Variety of different fonts and font colours

Colour palette: Red, black, white and green

Mode of address

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Masthead: the masthead is usually at the top of the page, it will also create the brand image of your magazine and will make it instantly recognisable to the audience. It will speak about the brand identity of the magazine

Barcode: usually has a web address provided to entice the audience

Main image: is usually the largest image on the page. It is linked the the article. It also contributes to the house style of the magazine

Shot in studio: the main image was shot in a studio with lighting and was edited on photoshop

The gaze: usually the direction in which the star from the main image is looking, it also personalises the magazine. It draws a relationship between the star and the audience

Variety of fonts: there is many different fonts used on this page. This also contributes the house style

Cover line: The brief announcements or blurbs displayed on the cover of a periodical, as adjuncts of headlines and illustrations, as enticements for readers to search inside the publication for the full account

House style: a company's preferred manner of presentation and layout of written material