music magazine codes and conventions front cover
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The masthead
• Largest text size
• Unique font
• Positioned at the top
• Clear and easy to see
• Very noticeable
• Dominant on the page
The main image
• Largest image on the cover
• Usually of popular/well known figure(s)
• Usually giving direct address
• Conveys a certain attitude
• The main story/focus is about them
The main headline
• Second largest font on the page
• Anchors the main image
• It is related to the main image (usually name of the artist)
• Noticeable/easy to see
Cover lines
• Frame the main image
• Small bits of content
• Teases the audience
• Contrasting text colour
Positioning statement• At the top of the page (above masthead)
• Offers something special/exclusive to the audience
• Creates an incentive to buy the magazine
• Colourful
• Noticeable
Skyline
• Usually offers the audience something extra
• Teasing features
• Creates an incentive to buy the magazine
• Works as a splash
Barcode
• Small
• Positioned at the bottom right of the cover
• Not very noticeable
• Does not take attention away from any of the other features
Price/issue date
• Small
• Takes no attention away from other features
• Sometimes in the barcode
• Not important to audience