Screen Shots of production of magazine

Finished Wyke College Magazine front cover

Photo's for Wyke College Magazine

Examples of Magzine Conventions

Language - In this college magazine they've used a range of about 3 colours and stuck to them colours.
Ideology - The person that produced this magazine would be someone that is trying to promote and sell a college.
Institution - They produced the magazine to encourage young people to go to college and get an education. They are trying to big up college's and make them look fun and somewhere you would want to be.
Audience - The target audience for this magazine is young people that are at the age of having the decision to go to college.
Representation - The magazine represents young people and what they can succeed and get out of going to college.

Language - The language of this music magazine is informal because it's not full sentences and is just lists.
Ideology - The ideology of the front cover is that the people who buy and read this magazine have some sort of link with the life of Eminem.
Institution - The rap music institution.
Audience - Fans of rap music and teens to young adults.
Representation - Its a representation of rap musicians and males.

Conventions of Magazine Layout

Masthead title piece: The magazine's title. usually displayed in the top left coner.
Price: Magazin cost.
Date: 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.
Left Third: Everything that's on the left third of the magazine, images/ important headlines etc.
Sell Lines: Promotion. A sentence underneath the headline.
Splash: When something looks like it's being splashed on the page.
Credit: Photographer/author...
Kicker: The main headline, enticing the reader to want to read that particular story.
Teller: The explanation to that headline (kicker)
Skyline: A headline you normally use above the mast head. e.g free-bees, bands, events etc.
Flash: Something graphic. Similar to splash.
Graphology: Design, fonts, placements...
Anchorage: Explains the contexts of photographs (caption)
Colour Scheme: Having certain colours that your going to use on your magazine. Colours that work well with each other.
Screamers: A headline that you might shout. Explanation mark worthy.
Vocabulary: Relevant words for a magazine.