magazine contents

In todays lesson we talked about the codes and conventions of a music magazine. This is the information I have.

• The main image relates to the main article it is the biggest image on page.
• The layout of the page is in columns.
• It should have should have subheadings
• The top of the page will have the issue number, the date and the website
• The page number is a different colour to the story
• The page has a bold heading with the bigger font
• The title of the feuture is bolder than the information underneath
• The same colour scheme is used
• There is a page number for each article
• A bigger font will be used for a more important story
• The heading contents is at the top of the page
• The issue number, website and the date are on the top of the page.
• The background is plain and the page usually has 2-3 main colours
• the main image dominats the page
• under each image is a small description
• There is a split inbetween each section
• usually there will be an editors letter
• All the less important images will be smaller

examples of  contents pages: