Conventions of a real indie magazine

By Emily Turner

Conventional images –Female, serious, sophisticated, edgy

Use of left third

Large masthead on the left hand side which catches the readers eye

Clear house style

Stories and bands to attract and interest the reader

Use of sans serif font

Conventional barcode, date price and issue number

Consistentcolour schemeRed colour to bring text

and images to the foreground.

Front Cover

Varied use of fonts

Main image

Use of a puff to attract readers attention and a story to interest them

Banner across top of magazine

Main story that links with main images

Varied use of fonts

Clear house style

Red colour to bring text and images to the foreground.

Clear Headline

Logo or name of magazine featured at the top of the page

Various images

Typical sections on the magazine

Larger page numbers on images

A quick review

Language typical of reader

Contents Page

Page number

Main image

Information telling reader what is in the magazine set out in columns Smaller

page numbers

Logo in bottomcorner

Issue number

Close up image or mid shot of artist

One main image related to pull quote and interview/article

Name of artist in different font from other text on the top corner

Pull quote that links to the article and main image on the page

Double Page

Text set out in columns

Kicker used to start a sentence

Consistent house style

Page number

Conventional and modern image

Stand first – to introduce audience to artist and what is included