19 October 2009

Codes and conventions of a music magazine

There are many codes and conventions to a music magazine. Codes and conventions are the unwritten rules that should apply to different magazines in a different genre. These are the most typical for a music magazine:

- Title in the left hand corner
- barcode in the bottom right hand corner
- image of a band or singer onthe front
- bold fonts
- minimum colour scheme containing around three
- short sub-headings
- release date
- strap line across top or bottom
- lots of puff for example: free posters
- usually dark colours such as black and red
- usually a sloganunderneath magazine title
- large magazine title
- magazine title is usually one word only

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