2. CONVENTIONS IN A TOP OF THE POPS
MAGAZINE.
Front cover
• Masthead
• Coverlines
• Image on front cover (always a famous artist or band)
• The main image is usually a mid-shot with direct eye
contact
• Colour scheme
• Follows the route of the eye
• Pull quotes
• See a house style
• Barcode
• Price
• Date
• Issue
• Fashion related bursts
• Headline
• title
5. WHY MY MAGAZINE FRONT COVER IS
CONVENTIONAL.
My front cover is conventional because is has a similar layout to a top of the pops magazine and
share some of the same conventions. They both have a masthead which is big and bold and in the
colour pink which connotes girlyness which is conventional or the target audience.
Right at the top of the page both have a magazine with a slug at the top which gives more
information to make the magazine more appealing to the target audience.
6. They also both share pull quotes on the front cover which will grab the readers attention
and make them want to read and buy the magazine. The magazines both
have a main image that takes up about half the page, this image should
conventionally be an image of a well know artist or band in the pop
industry. My image is conventional because the girl is making eye
contact with the camera and smiling, she has long blonde hair and is
wearing make up and fashionable clothes which is conventional for the
target audience as these are the type of people that get there attention
and they want to read about.
7. OTHER CONVENTIONS I USED.
The use of pull quotes are used in both magazine front covers along side a close up
image, this is conventional because the reader will know who the pull quote is about
and the pictures will be of three well known pop artists so the target audience will
want to read more. Both of the magazine front covers set up an house style, the top
of the pops front cover magazine has set the house style of pink, yellow and white
and my front cover set the house style of blue, pink and white, all these colours are
girly and conventional. Each magazine on the front cover has a little segment on
fashion this is conventional because the target audience being pre-teen are very into
the way they look and want to look like their role models. Both magazines have the
convention that most other magazines have which is a barcode and a price on how
much the magazine costs.
8. CONTENTS CONVENTIONS
House style
Images-print screen f cover on the contents
Mode of address
Rule of thirds
Page numbers
Sub headings
At the top of the page it says “inside your mag” which breaks the convention of a typical
magazine which usually have “contents” or “top of the pops” a the top of the contents
page.
11. CONVENTIONS USED ON THE CONTENTS
PAGE.
For a pop magazine it is conventional to have an editors letter so I have included one
into my contents page. This is conventional because the title says “Hey Girls” which
shows that that my magazine is aimed at mainly girls which I found is accurate through
the research before I made my magazine
12. DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD
Feature on a well known artist/band
Usually a feature of an image on the front cover
A title that stands out
Written in columns
Interviews
Pull quotes
Slug
13. My double page spread
Title that stands out
Page
numbers
Interviews
Pull quotes
