Summary of conventions

Front Cover:
Masthead: Is the main title of the magazine/newspaper normally placed at the top of the page and has to be big, bold and clear for the reader to undertand. It can also be very colourful so it will draw the readers attention.
Skyline: This is normally placed at the top of the magazine and is a teasing content for the reader.
Plug: This is showing if there is any competitons or any prizes to win in the magazine or anything for free which also helps pull the reader to the magazine.
Main Image: The main image is normally based on what type of genre the magazine is based on. For exaple, in a music magazine there is going to be an image of an artist/singer-songwriter. These images are noramlly Medium shot but can be a long shot or close-up ect.
Color Schemes: Every magazine has a color scheme to show different undertsandings and to help draw different types of people to the magazine. For example, if the music magazine is 'Rock' then the color schemes will be quite dark, whereas if the magazine is 'Pop' then they will be a mixture of quite bright colors representing the different types of songs.
Main Feature Story: Is normally the one that has a bigger, bolder font for the reader to notice and to show its the biggest story around. Also the main feature story usually fits in with the main image.
Feature Stories: The other stories that are shown can be in many different fonts to help show the many different stories.
Also on the front of the music magazine or any magazine there is always a barcode with the price and date to show the details.

Contents Page:
Title Contents: Shows the page quite clearly and is shown to be very big and bold at the top of the page.
Sub-headings: These are placed usually down the side of the page and are page numbered so that the reader can go straight to which ever story they want to read instead of having to go through the whole magazine to find the story. These are mainly the focal point of the contents page as they are the ones the reader is more likely to read first.
Main Image: This is normally linked to one of the featured stories at the side of the page.
Page Numbers: These are shown clearly next to the featured stories and is shown clearly  to help the reader find out what page they want to read.

Double Paged Spread:
Title: Is clear, bold and big for the reader to draw the readers attention and the title is normally a pull quote.
Main Image: This usually takes up one side of the double page spread and it allows people to see what the article is going to be about.
Stand First: This summarises the article and helps have an idea of what the rest of the article will be about.
Drop Cap: This is the big letter at the beginning of the article which takes up the width of the lines and is shown in nearly every magazine.
Main Article: Tells the main storyline of the page and the magazine.
Page Number: Is noramlly at the bottom of the page in a small size and font with the masthead of the magazine.
Pull Quotes: Are a brief, attention-catching quotation taken from the main text of an article and used as a sub-heading/title.