The document discusses conventions of magazine front covers, specifically pop music magazines. It notes that magazine covers typically feature: a masthead logo at the top; coverlines to grab attention; a main image of a famous artist or band making eye contact; pull quotes; and follow an established "house style" with colors and layout. The example magazine cover shown adheres to these conventions by including the masthead in pink, a full-color image of a smiling female artist, pull quotes, and an established color scheme of blue, pink, and white. By sharing these common design elements, the example cover takes a conventional approach familiar to readers of the genre.

1. CONVENTIONS OF A POP MAGAZINE
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2. CONVENTIONS IN A TOP OF THE POPS
MAGAZINE.
Front cover
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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

4. coverline
£1.99
Price
slug
Masthead
Pull quote
Famous image of
artist
Coverlines
Close-up
images
Fashionable
clothes
Barcode

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. 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. 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.