Forms and Conventions.

Most magazines created try to stick to the conventional layout of a magazine. Conventions for a front cover may include, bold masterhead line at the top main image large and main cover line of the magazine also large, with additional stories down the side. These conventions are here to help the reader see the magazine title straight away and makes the magazine stand out. the main story is to sell the magazine. This would be the the article that they think is the most important to the reader and is what the reader will want to read. main image is there large to make the cover seem intressting and helps give a sense of what is inside. the image will relate to a section inside the magazine. usually being the main article. a conventional magazine will also consist of smaller article titles. these secondary titles are stories that the editor thinks will be the next most wanted articles and are usually all down one side of the magazine or in one area. A bar code is also put on the front cover along with the price showing the viewer the price and making it easily viewable. the date of the release of the particular issue is also conventionally placed towards the top right of the magazine as it proves it is the up to date issue that has the most recent information published. the reason it is usually placed in the top right is down to the fact that the date has always been placed in the top right of the magazine and this has became a norm for magazines and documents. therefore placing the date in the top right allows the reader to be able to find the date quickly. Conventions dont just exsist on the front cover. they also run through out the magazine. such as on a double page spread the magazine will most likely contain a large bold headline explaing what the spread is about. The spread will most conventionally contain a large picture which relates to the article in the spread. the text in which the spread contains will be placed in large colums of text. these colums might be broken down by smaller pictures refering to the spread, quotations relating to the spread or other sections of text which refer to the spread. these are used to mainly try and stop the reader from either getting bored or not bothering to read it as they are put off by the amount of text on the page. conventions are used to attract readers to the article or magazine and to make the magazine intressting and easy to read.

I chose to produce a "glossy" music and lifestyle magazine. i chose this because i thought a magazine which was about music but also included the lifestyle that is created and influenced through music would attract more people to read as it contains more with in the magazine. the magazines that influenced me in my choice of magazine are "Mojo" and "Q" how ever these magazines influenced me to how i was going to create mine, but i wanted to include more about the lifestyle that music creates such as the festivals and the other media products.

Mojo Magazine.

Q Magazine.