Wednesday, 22 September 2010

Codes and Conventions of a music magazines contents page

Today in our media lesson we were given 7 contents pages and then we were asked to list the codes and conventions of the page such as;
The colour theme carries on throughout the magazine
main image corresponds with the cover story
featured articles
website
letter from the editor about whats in the magazine
deals for subscriptions
date
page numbers
captions on the main image
buzz words
page number colours are different to the text or are in bold to make it stand out
the word "Contents" is bigger than the other texts
little images link to other stories
there are about 20 featured articles
size 11 font is consistent
most important things are at the top of the magazine such as the main feature, where as the least important things are at the bottom like page number
it welcomes new readers with a letter from the editor
contact details
Information about the magazine- address, phone number, name of editor
in the list of contents the page number always comes before the text followed by a few words e.g the artists name to intrigue the reader in either bold or capitals the average font is 12-13
A sub-line after this, this tells you a more specific detail about the article in a smaller and roman font (no bigger than size 11)

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