Conventions of a film magazine cover

In order for our magazine cover to look realistic and suitable there are many conventions in which are apart of making a magazine. 

 Pugs    These are usually located at the top or at the bottom corners of the page. These include; the logo, the date, the barcode and where the price is usually located. 

Second lead    This is a preview of whats inside the articles or the pictures which are within that magazine edition to intrigue audiences and to entice them into reading it. 


Tag     These are words and phrases which are used to real the reading in to the magazine. 


Kicker     This is the text which has the function to stand out from the rest of the magazine cover, this can be done by it being a different colour, text size and font. 


Strap line     This is a subheading which can be located either under the heading or above the heading. 


Caption       This is the text that is under an image to explain to the audience what the picture is showing. 


Masthead      The masthead is the title block for the magazine which is usually the main and most eye catching convention of the entire magazine cover, and this text should be better than all of the other text which is present on the magazine cover. 


Banner       A banner is a miniature notification that some readers might be interested in. 


Lure       The lure can be used when trying to market the magazine, this is because the lure is usually words or phrases that persuade the reader into buying the magazine. 


Main image       This is the most important part, this is becuase the main image is what catches most audiences eyes when they walk past a magazine. The main image is also meant to take up a very large space on the front cover usually over 80%. In some cases the main image can lapse with the title of the magazine , although a negative to this is that the title is how the audience would recognise the magazine that they would have wanted to buy. 


Splash      The splash is the main 'story' on the front page which is usually linked or inspired by the main image on the magazine cover. An example of this would be top 10 scariest thrillers of 2013 with an image of a few of the scariest thriller movies in 2013. 


Left side third    This shows a brief over view about what content is included within the magazine.