Monday, 14 October 2013

Conventions of music magazines


Cover:
Main image, headline, masthead, anchorage, barcode, date, price, sell lines, plugs/promotional offers, teasers, following the rule of thirds.
Contents Page:
Continuous colour scheme, main article taking up more than any others, title, date, page numbers, quotes from the article or band members etc, big stories with pictures and lesser articles without images, small ads, editor's section (picture with a paragraph or two.
Double Page Spread:
Picture of the band, overlapping text, title/headline, many pictures of the band, extracts/quotes from the article, continuos colour scheme, an article written in columns, captions, extra information eg. tours, festivals albums etc...

















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