Monday, 29 November 2010

Codes of Conventions of Magazines

I will continue my research with a final example, before finalising my decisions and continuing to design my double-page spread.

This is from an issue of the Rock Sound Magazine and is a feature on Scars On Broadway. The backlground is a picture of the vocalist and drummer, with a horizontal strip holding the article, coming across the page. The left side holds the name of the band and the title of the article, and the right holds most of the article. A lot of text has been contained in one small section of the page. This is an interesting method of attracting a reader. I suppose the picture of the band itself will attract the reader more than anything. As far as band articles go, it is an averagely-designed one. At the top left is a sort of introduction to the article, and stands out to the reader, acting as a sort of way of engaging the reader into continuing to read the article. The layout is very conventional, including large pictures of the band memebers, a title on the left, and the article beginning on the right. Splitting the article through the middle is a quote from the article itself made by Daron Malakian, the man on the left. This another very conventional thing seen in many articles, and I will aim to use this.

I want to go for a conventional look when creating my double-page spread and I will look back at my research into this in order to accurately sculpt the perfect double-page spread.

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