Use of structured columns and intergrated images within text...
Use of a mid-close up model touching the masthead...
Use of coverlines, a barcode,
and other vital information such as issue number and date...
Use of large central masthead covering the top of the model's head...
Above are just a few examples of how my magazine uses many conventions of actual magazines. My magazine uses a house style as mentioned in my powerpoint presentation, the use of a house style allowed me to spread the genre of my magazine across all the pages of my work, through the use of colour and fonts.
I wanted my magazine to connote a street lifestyle, which is why I stuck to my designs and used teenage models wearing urban clothing, in urban settings, for example having a rough, grey wall in the background etc.
Throughout my double page spread, I stuck to very strict margins and borders that I created myself, but I allowed text and images to bleed and break the borders slightly in order to once again, connote freedom and "breaking the rules" like in actual magazines on the market.
I used screamers within my magazine, most importantly I had a screamer as part of my masthead, to emphasise the word "SMACK" and make it seem more violent.
I mentioned earlier my use of fonts, and how I chose carefully the typeface I wanted to use. Which ended up being a sans serif, urban font.
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