Conventions

Front Page:

• Short, memorable magzine title
• Large, dominant icon, making clear the title of the magazine
• Subject's face can be easily and clearly seen, with eye contact
• Large, dominant, full page image of one of the main articles in the magazine (with a band displayed
• Bright colour scheme, with colourful clothing
• Thumbnails of other important articles
• Language techniques used to anchor articles
• Price
• Teasing contents
• Competitions and free gifts

Contents Page:

• Page title at the top of the page with the date of the issue
• Quoted from various articles
• Features section
• Images from various articles
• Continuous colour scheme throughout
• Images of artists both performing and on a set
• Page number giving reference to location of articles, with the name of the articles
• Large, clear font
• Few external advertisements from other institutions on the contents page
• Various language techniques

Double Page Spread:

• Page title at the top left of the page, indicating what the page contains
• Name of the artist in large, clear font, for big impact amongst other articles
• A continuous colour scheme used over two pages
• Introduction to the article
• The article itself, written in columns - clear font
• Contact details, to get in touch with the editor
• Highlighted quotes from the article
• Some text highlighted with large, bold, colourful font
• Many pictures of the band included over the pages
• Often contain 'extra information' columns
• Some text drags over the page