When constructing my Magazine front page, contents page and double page spread I used the majority of conventions from real magazines in order for mine to look like and represent a real music magazine.
Typical conventions used include the layout e.g. positions of where the magazine name, the main story title, the sub - stories, the bar code and the PUG would be on the front page.
A convention which I did not want to challenge was the position of the magazine name, which for the majority of the time is situated at the top of the front page, I didn't want to place this anywhere else on the page as it may have looked inappropriate and out of place, therefore the original convention is something I followed on my product.
Other conventions such as having the main story title noticeably bigger than the sub - stories, and having the magazine name in big and bold capital letters to ensure that it grabs the readers attention straight away were used on my front page, also I used the layers to position the magazine name behind the models head on the main image instead of overlapping, this ensures the model is fully displayed.
With the sub - stories on the front page, I followed the traditional convention of placing them more or less mid way down the page to the sides, this is done to ensure that the main image is still fully display with nothing obtructing the reader's view.
For the contents page the layout of where the contents and images should be situated are also conventions that I used, also having the text colour alternating so that the reader can easily distinguish between different stories and the titles is something that I used. For the double page spread the position of the main article the the use of a large main images and a smaller image is something I have used, an again the alternating of text colour between the questions asked and the answers in the article is a convention taken from a real magazine.
On the contents page and double page spread, the use of a banner for the titles to be situated inside were used, this was done to enable to text to stand out even more and general theme was followed as the same colour skyline/header is used on both separate pages. Also the name of the magazine 'Pulse' is input again in smaller text on the double page spread in the skyline/header, this is a convention taken from a real magazine.
The magazine website address is placed on the front page and again on the contents page, it is in quite small sized text as it is not supposed to draw to reader's immediate attention to it, but the reiteration of the address is a convention seen on big name magazines.
The continued colour scheme is a convention that is always used for real magazines e.g. the colour of the text, the background colour, the colour/shade of the images used are all things that are generally continued throughout every page of the magazine, this is shown on mine as my general colour scheme is pink/black and white, these three colours are the only ones used throughout each page of my magazine excluding the PUG, for the text colour, the images were edited using the Hue/ saturation tool to make them black and white and the skyline/header on the contents page and double page spread.
The page numbers on the double page spread were typical conventions used, and also the magazine issue date which is reiterated at the bottom of the contents page.
The bar code is a convention has been used just as it would be on a real magazine as it is small and placed towards the bottom corner of the page, this is because it is meant to be discrete and not draw attention from the reader straight away.
The PUG is a common convention on magazine front pages, they usually contrast with the general colour scheme of the magazine to ensure that the PUG grabs the reader attention. Therefore this is what I done when creating my front page by making the PUG in the colours white and blue which makes it basic, a traditional convention on real magazines.
The design of my PUG was inspired by the designs from 'Q' magazine, their's stood out, they were not linked to the genral colour scheme of the magazine and were kept basic with a short piece of information so the reader would be able to read this easily.
A convention which I did not want to challenge was the position of the magazine name, which for the majority of the time is situated at the top of the front page, I didn't want to place this anywhere else on the page as it may have looked inappropriate and out of place, therefore the original convention is something I followed on my product.
Other conventions such as having the main story title noticeably bigger than the sub - stories, and having the magazine name in big and bold capital letters to ensure that it grabs the readers attention straight away were used on my front page, also I used the layers to position the magazine name behind the models head on the main image instead of overlapping, this ensures the model is fully displayed.
With the sub - stories on the front page, I followed the traditional convention of placing them more or less mid way down the page to the sides, this is done to ensure that the main image is still fully display with nothing obtructing the reader's view.
For the contents page the layout of where the contents and images should be situated are also conventions that I used, also having the text colour alternating so that the reader can easily distinguish between different stories and the titles is something that I used. For the double page spread the position of the main article the the use of a large main images and a smaller image is something I have used, an again the alternating of text colour between the questions asked and the answers in the article is a convention taken from a real magazine.
On the contents page and double page spread, the use of a banner for the titles to be situated inside were used, this was done to enable to text to stand out even more and general theme was followed as the same colour skyline/header is used on both separate pages. Also the name of the magazine 'Pulse' is input again in smaller text on the double page spread in the skyline/header, this is a convention taken from a real magazine.
The magazine website address is placed on the front page and again on the contents page, it is in quite small sized text as it is not supposed to draw to reader's immediate attention to it, but the reiteration of the address is a convention seen on big name magazines.
The continued colour scheme is a convention that is always used for real magazines e.g. the colour of the text, the background colour, the colour/shade of the images used are all things that are generally continued throughout every page of the magazine, this is shown on mine as my general colour scheme is pink/black and white, these three colours are the only ones used throughout each page of my magazine excluding the PUG, for the text colour, the images were edited using the Hue/ saturation tool to make them black and white and the skyline/header on the contents page and double page spread.
The page numbers on the double page spread were typical conventions used, and also the magazine issue date which is reiterated at the bottom of the contents page.
The bar code is a convention has been used just as it would be on a real magazine as it is small and placed towards the bottom corner of the page, this is because it is meant to be discrete and not draw attention from the reader straight away.
The PUG is a common convention on magazine front pages, they usually contrast with the general colour scheme of the magazine to ensure that the PUG grabs the reader attention. Therefore this is what I done when creating my front page by making the PUG in the colours white and blue which makes it basic, a traditional convention on real magazines.
The design of my PUG was inspired by the designs from 'Q' magazine, their's stood out, they were not linked to the genral colour scheme of the magazine and were kept basic with a short piece of information so the reader would be able to read this easily.
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