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2. Masthead – always big and bold to stand out and also grab the audiences eye
Central Image - includes only one subject, and is a close up of a reggae artist
Lures - normally short and snappy
Colours - somewhere on the page have the iconic colour scheme of red, green &
yellow
Strapline - positioned under the masthead or close to it
Date Line, Pricing and Issue number – These are usually quite small found in the
corners
Barcode –Is positioned in the bottom corners so the shopkeeper can scan the item
easily and also it allow the barcode not to distract from the design of the magazine.
Typically the conventions of reggae music magazine are:

3. In order to make my magazine fit the reggae genre I copied the concept of having a big
and bold title and having the masthead close to the title by having it above the
masthead when I was going to have the strapline underneath the title but I had to
change it because of the positioning of my central image. I then came up with my own
idea of including the red, green and yellow colours in the title ‘RAG’.
The central image I have used on the front cover is a picture of a reggae artist (Reggie
Lamar). The image consists of him pulling a happy face
One of the ways I’ve linked my Front cover to the reggae genre is from the masthead
where I have made it the biggest and boldest aspect on the page as it is convention to
do so. This is so it grabs the audience’s attention and allows them to see what they
are reading. One subject is used in the photo so it allows the audience to see the
props in the image (Rasta-hat, guitar). Which conventionally helps the image fit the
reggae genre more.

4. Masthead – always big and bold to stand out and also grab the audiences eye
Images - includes more than one, closes up of reggae artists
Page information – next to the page number there is always more information about
Page Number – allows audience to see what page the article is on (Normally in bold)
Page titles – Lets the audience know what the page is about
Page subtext – adds more information about the page
Website link
Typically the conventions of reggae music magazine are:

5. Title of the article
Pull quote – a part of the main article that’s been taken out and put in quotation marks
Standfrist – A paragraph that opens up the article and gives some information about
the article
Main article – the two pages (what is written)
Images – normally more than one
Page number – found in the corner of the page, lets the audience know ht page they
are on
Editor/photographer credit – mentioning of editor and photographer
Website and social links
Typically the conventions of reggae music magazine are:

6. Again just, like the contents and front page it is normally conventional for the
double page spread to have a big bold title. In addition, I have copied the
ideas of using props like the guitar and having a model with dreadlocks and
both of these represent a reggae culture.
For the article I based it on a made up Q&A with ‘Reggie Lamar’ the reason
for doing this was because it was the easiest way of to structure the article.
As I could then have the questions first than the answers second. I also took
the idea of the text being on the left hand side from the 3rd dps I analysed in
order for my dps to fit other magazines and be conventional. The language
used in the article is casual and is conventional to other reggae music
magazines.
I think if I was to do the double page spread again I would try and make it
look more reggae as I did get comments from my audience saying that it
doesn’t feel reggae enough to call it a reggae music article.