Evaluation - conventions.

When i did my research into magazines and conventions i anaylised three front covers, three contents pages and three double page spreads.
These are:
Front pages
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Contents pages
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Double page spread:
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By doing this i found out which were the conventions which were most popular in each magazines. These are:
Front page:
-Masthead
-Large pictures
-Consistent colour schemes
-Consistent fonts
-Emphasis and larger fonts on things which are more important
-Cover lines of things included into the magazine
-Formal language
-Price , date and barcode, issue number. 

You can see i have included these into my front pages.(Refer to bottom picture) I followed conventions becuase i felt that's what makes magazines sell. My image is different to ones i have seen before in other magazines. When doing my survey i found out that women were most wanted on the front of magazine covers. As my genre is R&B i felt that this shot is appropiate as you can see her tatoo on her back and i think this relates to my R&B genre. My pictures have been cut out from the backgroud and edited, which is also a convention of most magazine covers.

Conventions of the contents pages are:
-Masthead
-Page numbers
-Descriptions
-Things in coloums
-Various little pictures and relation to articles
-Colour schemes and fonts consistent to front pages
-Abbreviations sometimes used. 


I have included most of these on my contents page. (refer to picture below.) I didn't want to have loads of writing on my contents page so i decided to do three main highlights of what's in the magazine I then included a "also in this issue" sections because when styding magazines before this feature was included often. I also included a picture of my front cover on the contents page because I'd also seen this done before. My images are fitting into conventions as i have cropped the backgroud out and edited them. I have included props like a guitar and alochol because it relates to my articles.

The conventions of a double page spread are;
 -Main pictures and other little ones
-Masthead and cover lines underneath
-Page numbers
-Descriptions
-Colour schemes
-Larger writing at the beginning of an article introducing
-Set out in coloums/paragraphs.

When making my double page spread i used most of the conventions above. (see below pic) I tried doing lots of things with my double page spread to see what worked best. I decided it was best to put the main picture seperate to the text, and the little ones just featured inside the text. I also added a larger caption as something was said in the interview which was important and a line which i thought would attract the audience. My images fit conventions as my genre was R&B i used props to make my pictures more effective. E.g Glasses, high top trainers, gillet ect. I also followed conventions by cutting the pictures away from their background. The reason why i had to add blue into my colour scheme when doing my double page spread was because the black was hard to see underneath the pictures.