The generic conventions of magazines feature article
- 1. The Generic Conventions of Magazines: Feature Articles The feature article is usually the reason why the reader has bought the magazine – the star should dominate. Celebrities and stars as your feature are one of the ways that magazines guarantee sales. The cover price of a magazine does not pay for the magazine to be published. The majority of the money that makes the magazine possible comes from advertising revenue. Therefore your magazine has to appeal to its audience and sell well (have large circulation figures) to make profit. The house style of the magazine is Usually feature articles are double page Again the images should continued throughout the pages - spreads – but they also can be a single page dominate - 1 large image here the same fonts and red, like this one (usually accompanied by some and other smaller ones white and black colours. pages of photographs.) (usually different - location /settings to studio cover shot to Headlines and make the article subheadings to interesting.) explain the story and catch the audiences’ interest (usually witty, puns Don’t be afraid of based on the white space / negative star/artist or their space- there is usually a new album/tour lot of this in feature etc…) articles - use it to frame your writing and images Remember stars and artists do not Anchorage – appear in text to explain magazines unless the images is they have common something to sell (album/tour/DVD) - so remember to Text Grabs push this through (quotes from the your article and article made refer to it at the bigger that end! break up the columns) are typical, again to make the reader read the article - The they are usually title/masthead controversial, usually appears funny or rude! on every page Depending on your audience - your writing should be clear and easy to follow - directed straight at the reader (mode of address.) Usually informal in most magazines and sometimes using slang words (that may be appropriate to your genre of music) and swear words etc... (Read some articles before writing your own!)