Chloe Parkinson: 'Research - Codes and Conventions'

codes and conventions

All fashion magazines have certain features in common that enable the audience to recognize their genre easily. I made a list of the codes and conventions of fashion magazines in order to make my own magazine more realistic.

Articles on health and diet, fashion tips, sex, agony aunt and reader stories.
Celebrities, models or aspirational figures, on the front cover.can also be normal people show cased in fashion
Main image on top, or underneath the masthead.
Color scheme changes with season. Normally from 3 to 4 bright, strong colors, that stand out and will catch the potential readers eye.
Main image of the model pictured, which the main story in the magazine is usually about.
Tag on top of masthead with magazine ranking.
Direct mode of address.
Main sell-line in the left, bottom corner of front corner.
Quotes from interviews as sell lines.
Barcode, date and magazine webpage are included.
Discounts and puff with magazine price.
2 types of font, bold letters and capital letters used for effect.
Signs such as exclamations and plus signs are used.
Big, bold masthead on top of the front cover.
Social media and apps are featured.
Double spread pages have a big image and the title of the article in one page and the writing on the next page.
Separate colored star bursts are included in double spreads with additional information and secondary images are often featured

mask head, which is the "wonderland."
there is a stand first , which is the actor pictured name, not the typical "sell line" but the use of it still interests possibly readers as it is an aspirational figure
and below the stand first there is a strapline, which is a list of other names includes in the magazine to help sell the magazine through the use of aspirational figures
there is also plugs, which is placed on the outsides of the magazine, to convince the reader to turn over. In this case it is at the bottom in the centre
the front cover itself is fairly minimal so it is missing a few of the major codes and conventions, like secondary lines, side bars, box out