Most magazines follow a standard sort of format, and include conventions that are typical for that genre of magazine. Depending on the genre of the magazine, some might be more conventional than others. Conventions allow the audience to identify aspects of the magazine very easily, as it is a layout that they are used to, and see every day. Magazine covers contain many conventions such as;
- A masthead (usually the name of the magazine located at the top of the page)
- A selling line (something to encourage the audience to buy it)
- A dateline (the date of the issue)
- A main image (to attract the audience)
- Cover lines (to tell the audience what the magazine contains)
- A bar code (retail purposes)
- A main cover line (the most important cover line, usually larger and more exciting than the rest)
Magazine Article pages also contain typical conventions such as;
- Pull quotes (interest the reader to the story)
- A kicker (small paragraph giving information about the article)
- Gutters (space between the texts)
- Body text (the main article, usually laid out in many columns)
- A caption (something to explain an image)
- Drop cap (The first letter of the article is larger than the rest)
- Sidebar (giving additional information)
The genre of my magazine is an indie music magazine that includes serious music journalism. Many of the influences for my magazine came from NME magazine, which is a magazine of a similar genre.
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