Codes and Conventions of magazine

Codes and Conventions of Magazines

It is essential for all magazines to have codes and conventions, as they play a big role in the magazine itself. The codes and conventions allow the target audience of that magazine to have a better understanding.

One code and convention of magazines is imagery. Images are very necessary for a magazine as they attract the target audience. The images used in magazines are mostly original photographs taken by that magazine they are often of celebrities that would be liked by the target audience of that magazine.

Magazines also need to have a contents page. The contents page allows the reader to know what will be covered inside the magazine. The contents page is like a little preview of what will be inside the magazine.

Also the headline and features that are at the front of the magazine are important, this is because they allow the reader to understand what will be covered inside the magazine. For example the magazine needs to have a main headline so the reader knows what the main story is, also if the images don’t attract the target audience the headline would as it would be big and bright. Furthermore the masthead is also compulsory because it identifies the newspaper and the reader will know what magazine it is. The masthead is usually found at the top of the front cover, it is sometimes in a block of red or black so the masthead stands out.