Main Task 4, 5 & 6 Codes & Conventions

Codes and Conventions:
Front cover:

original masthead
Central picture
Central image covers slight bit of magazine name
smaller images
barcode
price
frequancy of publication
issue number
Date
bold writing
picture is always having eye contact( direct mode of address)
tagline
colourful
Always has a colour scheme
puff
buzzword for example "world exclusive"
image doesn't cover the masthead
mast head in UPPERCASE

contents page:

Picture dominates it.
Set out in columns.
Split into two or three columns.
Normally an editor’s letter.
Have little images to display what they are showing.
There is a page number before the story.
May have a website.
Titles are normally in bold.
Page numbers are a different colour to the stories.
Have contact details and address.
Always have an ‘Regular’ column.
Usually over two pages or a double page.
Line gap between each section.
Subscription details.
Type size 11pt.
Credits for front picture.
Pictures are different sizes and have numbers on them which anchor them to be written in contents.
Regular contents have a page number
the pages are not in order and are normaly in sections for example, Bands
One main picture in some magazines.
Always have bright colours.

Double Page spread:

Drop quotes
small font
lots of writting
one main image
strapline
limited use of colour
short summary at the biggining
first letter is always bigger
head line is always eye catching
artist's name are always big and highlighted
picture of the journalist
always have a byline(who wrote it)
text is in collumns
page number
title of article and Magazine.