Magazine Front Cover Research
Bright colours - A colour scheme is used for text, 3-5 colours.
One main cover image is used = A celebrity
- Facial expressions convey personality or image of a star.
- Cover image uses direct address - eye contact with reader
Price is usually small
Central cover lines links to Image
- Smaller cover lines are arranged
- Around the face of cover image
If cover image has more than one person, they may have one in the foreground, positioning celebrities.
Page number may be used
Other products, freebies,posters may be advertised
Different fonts are used
- Not too many
- Needs to match the colour theme
- White or light coloured background is used or just plain.
Clothing of cover image matches style/fashion of personality
Cover image text are layered
- Masthead (title)/ Cover image/ Cover lines
Cover linesCover lines are written in an entertaining way to lure the reader e.g. Rhetorical questions
Title of cover has connotations
Linked to contact
Banners may be used as background
These are a few examples of Music Magazine covers:
Conventions of Magazines Content Pages
- Section from he editor 'speaks' to the reader. (Editorial)
- Photographs illustrate the content of the main articles.
- Offers for the magazine-reduced rates etc.
- Colour scheme is consistent with front cover.
- Bold page numbers for main article
- Sub-headings are used, to group articles of similar content
- Similar layered effect with headline at top.
- Pictures show people/ faces.
- Content/ lists laid in columns
NO EMPTY SPACES!!!
These are a few examples of content page in a music magazine:
