Thursday, 29 September 2011

Magazine front cover conventions

Masthead - the magazine's title, usually on the left hand side.

Price - cost of magazine.

Date - weekly: saturday to friday; monthly: a month ahead.

Issue number - a tally of magazines.

Main feature - a phrase that may summrise the main point of the main feature. In large print, different styles,
bold colours in order to catch the attention of the reader.

Selling line - a statement  which identifies what kind of genre the magazine is.

Cover line - gives you a bit more information about the magazine, like a seeling line but not as important.

Barcode - placed in a place on the cover of the magazine where it is not covering the image or any words so that the reader can notice that its in the same place so they know where everything is.

Main image - from the image you can usually identify what kind of genre the maagazine is if they recognise the person in the image.

Colour scheme - defines the magazines genre and also bright colours might be chosen to catch the reader's eye or to make certain information stand out.

Kicker - is a smaller font headline, usually under the main headline. Sometimes underlined under the text of the cover/selling line.

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