Monday, 14 December 2015

Sub-Genre Codes And Conventions

Front Cover:

  • One main image,featuring the artist being used as the main story.
  • Artists tend to be young and new artists.
  • Artist will be very well groomed and the colour of their outfit, will usually set the colour palette for the page and rest of the magazine.
  • Masthead is usually along the top of the page in big bold writing, usually serif.
  • Font colour will vary, usually Black, red or pinks.
  • Date, issue number and price usually placed in bottom right hand corner or top right in a small font size e.g 5-8ppt.
  • Content includes new songs, new artists and what's the latest celebrity story or look.
  • Cover lines usually in sentence case and the next largest font after the masthead.
Contents Page:
  • 2-4 images usually one main image and 3 smaller, minor images.
  • Features what's to come in the magazine
  • Which pages to turn to with large numbers on the images indicating which article the image relates to.
  • Again images of artists or things artists have done.
  • Writing here is usually sentence case and a smaller font, serif.
  • Will include many cover lines next to images
  • Font colour will typically be black or white.
Double Page spread:
  • One main image on either the left page or the right.
  • May rarely include one minor image next to the article relating to the story.
  • Headline will be on either the left or the right hand page. Never normally across both pages as this makes it hard to read.
  • Subheading will be a lot smaller than the title and usually placed just below the heading above the article.
  • Article font size will be around 9ppt.
  • Font for the heading and subheading may feature either serif or san serif.
  • Font colour depends on the colour palette, but will usually feature in black or white for the article and various different colours for the heading and subheading.
  • Main image will feature a picture of the artists alone. Normally posed at a photo shoot for the magazine.

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