Friday, 23 October 2009

Music Magazine Codes and conventions of a front cover,contents page and double page spread

Front cover
  • Stories
  • famous people on the front cover
  • Bar code on the right hand side
  • Main image is linked to the largest main text
  • colour theme, 3 or 4 colours
  • buzz words
  • once a month
  • pictures/ smaller images
  • same fonts, 2 or 3 separate to the mast head
  • mast head
  • overlay with image
  • tag lines
  • interviews
  • banners
  • about 6 cover lines
  • websites

Contents page

  • Numbered
  • images are numbered
  • images
  • colours
  • sections regular and featured content
  • editors letter/ note
  • same colours and fonts as the front cover
  • organised well
  • 2 or 3 fonts
  • issue date and number

Double page spread

  • 2 or 3 images ( large)
  • drop capital
  • quotes
  • not just questions and answers
  • photographer is always mentioned
  • page number at the bottom of the page
  • short opening paragraph

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