Conventions of a front cover, contents page and double page spread

Conventions of front cover of a magazine:

• Mast head
• Main image
• Pull quote
• Plug
• Barcode
• Footer
• Sky line
• Main story
• Other feature stories
• Secondary images

 

Conventions of a contents page:

• Letter from the editor- written in an informal way and reflects the ideologue of the magazine
• Main story—usually with an image and the image have page numbers on
• Structured lay out- usually in columns
• Other page stories, page numbers and images
• Title “contents”
• Sub headings
• Page numbers
• Stories and features
• Previous editions/ social media

Conventions of a double page spread:

• Main image taking up most of the page
• Title (usually a pull quote)
• Stand first- a summary of the article that makes you want to read on
• Drop cap- is the big letter at the beginning of the article
• Main article- will be written in columns
• Page number and mast head

 

Main Brief

To design a front cover, contents and double page spread of a music magazine. All images and text used must be original, a minimum of four images must be used.