Magazine front cover conventions.

Magazine front cover conventions.

Masthead title piece: The magazine’s title. Usually displayed in the top left corner.

Price: Magazine cost.

Barcode: Read electronically and decoded into useable information.

Dateline: Weekly: Usually from Saturday to Friday. Monthly: a month ahead.

Issue number: A tally of magazines.

Barcode: Read electronically and decoded into usable information.

Teaser: One word/phrase acts as an attention grabber.

Main feature: Headline: A phrase that may summarise the main point of the main feature. In large print, different style, bold colours in order to catch the attention of the reader.

Subtitle: Smaller headline that may summarise the feature.

Smaller feature: Features included in the magazine.

Images: Size: CU to med CU. Ranges from one main image to x amount featuring one main image and smaller images. Helps make the page look more interesting. It can add understanding of a story and/or entice someone to read the magazine.

Font: Style and size of type face.

Colour: Specific/stylistic/thematic types.

Graphics: Graphical shapes to highlight feature(s)

Offers/adverts blurb: Banner-style shape featuring free products/promotions.

Screamer: Like a headline.

Kicker: Kicks you to turn to a page, for example ‘this is on page 3’

Left third: Graphics that take up the left of the screen.

Cover line: A brief announcement that appears on the front of the magazine.

Splash: The whole page with different graphics.

 Credit: Who took the photo/article.

Graphology: The handwriting used.

Anchorage: Used to add meaning to images.

Vocabulary: The body of words used in languages.

Skyline:  Things appealing at the top of the page.

Flash:  Competition or something standing out on the page.

Sell lines: Striking sentences used to draw buyer in.

Teller:  Tells you what the magazine has in it at the top.

Colour scheme: a planned combination of colours.