The Conventions of a Magazine

The first convention of a magazine is the Masthead. The Masthead is the title of the Magazine, it tends to be located at the top left hand side of the front cover. The reason in why this is located in this area is because it is the first convention that the audience look for when trying to locate a magazine.

The second convention that the audience immediately look at is the left third. The left third is situated and takes up the left section of the magazine, it tends to have most of the infromation of the contents that is featuring in this particular magazine. The reason why the left  third is situated in this place is due to the layout of the magazine on the shelfs in shop. The left hand side of the magazine is showing, this is why most of the text is in bold writing and stands out to the audience to make sure that they by the magazine.

The cover lines tend to link in with the image, by telling the story off the image. the cover lines can be situated anywhere on the page, however they tend to be under the image. most of cover line are quotes from an article that links in with the image.

sell lines are the line that is always used in order to sell the magazine, the sell lines act like slogans and they will constantly use the same sell line. The sell line is located under the name of the magazine, to make sure that you read it.

the barcode, is generally used towards the bottom right hand side of a magazine, whereas in newspapers it is used to the back off the news paper. The date line is the date and the issue off the magazine. The date line, has to be used in every issue off the magazine, the dateline is used towards the top or the bottom of the magazine.
Tthe splash is the whole image of the magazine, which has to include everything in it.

The credits show the particular person who has written a particular aricle, it is used to credit them for the work that they have been producing. The skyline is situated to the top of the magazine about the masthead, the reason why this is located in this particular area is beacuse it uses a range of words that are used in order for the magazine to stand out.

graphology is the way in which the page has been laid out, structured and the way all off the conventions come together. the colour schemes is the way the colours set the mood of the magazine, it also defines the audience in which the producers are trying to target. if you where to use bright bubbly colours then your trying to attract a younger audience, whereas if you used darker colours then your trying to attract an older more sophisticated audience.

vocabulry is the use or words that are used to catch the readers attention.

images can be located anywhere on the page, however they tend to be to the right hand side of the page. most of the pictures are medium close up, this is in order for the reader to see facial expressions.

anchorage is the text that explains an image,  this is a lure which attract the reader to read about the person who is featuring in the image.
The teller is the information that is given that tells you more about the magazine, this is used in order for people to buy the product. The kicker is used to tell you to go to a particular page. Flash is the influential part of the magazine that satnds out, it tends to tell you how successful the magazine is for example is would say 'best selling magazine of 2010'. The screamers are the big headline that are used in order for the reader to buy the product.

The Brief

Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new schoiol/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium-close up plus some appropaitely laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally you must produce a mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of DTP.