Conventions of a magzazine question 1
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The document provides conventions and design elements commonly found in alternative music magazines. It describes features like a bold masthead that catches the reader's eye, overlapping images on the front cover to look professional and edgy, and use of colors like red, white and black. The front cover is usually busy with advertisements. Inside, articles have headers to aid navigation, photos relate to articles, and a contents page lists sections. Interview pages include a pull quote, introduction, large central image, and tab indicating the section.
Conventions of a magzazine question 1
- 1. Conventions of a real Alternative music magazine! By Charlotte Bowerman
- 2. Front cover!The large, bold masthead which catches the readers eye is something used widely in alternate magazines; It dominates the page. It is a short, abbreviated title and displays an artistic font. Skylines are always used to grab attention and gives another reason to buy the magazine. The main image normally overlaps the masthead, it makes the magazine look professional and edgy. Always a very bold, eye catching anchorage text to issue information and relate to the main imgae. A lot of colour is used throughout the magazine; red, white, and black are used massively within this genre as they stand out and go well together, making the magazine look good. The front cover is usually ‘busy’, there’s lots going on and lots of advertisements for things within the magazine.
- 3. The title is in the from a the masthead and resembles the same fonts and colours (Red, white and black) used on the front cover. So it is following an obvious colour scheme which creates continuity and makes the magazine look professional and well made. It has a very busy layout, featuring lots of articles and more than one photo. It makes the page look exciting; lots of colour has been used. Individual headers separate the magazine into different categories, making it easier for the reader to navigate they’re way around it. There are page numbers for every article . Each image will relate to the article and normally the front cover. Smaller fonts are used for the article information and for the headers a larger font is used. Normally has two columns separated by the photo’s. The page will normally offer some kind of special or advertisement. Contents Page!
- 4. Double page spread! A quote is normally used to introduce the article, which has been taken from it. (Pull quotes) Underneath there is a brief description of what the article is based on and what the subject is doing. E.g.- starting a tour. An introduction is used to explain who the article is about and what they will be discussing. Its better than just going straight into the Q and A. A single main image covering most of the left side of the side, with the article on the right. Would normally continue the colour scheme used on the front cover of that issue. A tab which relates to section from the contents page, lets the reader know which section they are reading. The questions are in one font and the answers in another; it’s a really good way of distinguishing between the two.