This document outlines the generic conventions used for magazine covers and contents pages. It notes that magazine covers typically feature the masthead, date, a close-up shot of a model aimed at the target audience, and eye-catching colors. Contents pages usually include the title in the largest text, a medium-long shot of a model, and numbered sections but may omit some generic elements like page numbers or company branding.

1. Generic conventions of
magazine cover and contents
page

2. Generic
convention
(date of issue)
Masthead (largest
text to emphasise
importance)
Medium
close-up
shot of
model
Eye-catching
colours(foreground
stands out)
Cover
lines
Centre image
reflected to
target audience
Plain
background
to emphasise
model
Colour scheme
between paint
on models body
and text
Main cover line
Masthead
overlaps the
model
Bold font to
emphasise/stand
out

3. Plain background
to emphasise
model
Title (largest text
to emphasise
importance)
Generic
convention
(numbered)
Medium-long shot of
model
Cover
line
Model is eye-appealing
to target
audience
This contents page
doesn’t include
branding (name of
the company) which
is unusual. This
page doesn’t
include all of the
pages used in the
magazine, so
they’ve been
judged on
importance and
numbered. It is a
very simplistic
cover page that
doesn’t include
many generic
conventions, such
as the page number
itself.