Wednesday, 10 September 2014

Conventions of a Magazine.


Mast head -  The title used by known typhography to make the readers become familiar with what magazine they are reading.
Main Image - Typically shwing the person(s) or object directly associated with the main feauture/article.
Sell line - Seen as an introductory headline below the mastheaddescribing the magazine.
Pug - 'The ears of the magazine', can either be at the top left/and right-hand corners of the front cover. The prices of the paper, the logo or a promotion are positioned there or even a freebie is placed here to catch the readers eye.
Tag- The word of phrase is used to engage a reader's interestin a story by categorising it, e.g, 'Exclusive', or 'Sensational', this showing that the magazinehas high cmpliments.
Cover Lines - The essential articles inside the magazine are stated through sell lines, these are regulary seen at the right hand side of the cover.
Barcode-  A barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data relating to the object to which it is attached. Originally barcodes systematically represented data by varying the widths and spacings of parallel lines, and may be referred to as linear or one-dimensional
Colour Scheme - The colour scheme makes the magazine aethestically pleasing, and eyecatching for the audience.

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