Codes and Conventions.

Before we started to design our magazine for our school magazine we looked at the codes and conventions of a typical magazine. We worked in groups, we had examples of Contents page and we analysed them.The codes and conventions we came up with where:
contents page:
-Picture dominates it
-Set out in columns
-Editors letter
-Have little images
-Page number before story
-Website
-Titles in bold
-Contact number and address
-Regular content column
-Usually double page spread
-Line gap between each section
-Subcription details
-In type 11
-Issue number
-Sections
-Colour sceme
-Bright colours
Front Cover:
-Central image
-Puff
-Slogan
-Barcode
-Anchoring image
-Price
-Buzz
-Coverlines
-Title or logo
-Date
-Issue number
-Colour scheme
-Website
-Headline
-Supporting images
-Positioning statment