EVALUATION - Conventions Of Real Media Products (Magazine)

My last third of the campaign was a magazine front cover. The magazine build up a buzz and promotes the film, as I had decided to create a 'horror special' mainstream magazine, I looked and analysed many mainstream and independent horror magazines - in the same way with posters, to get an understanding of the conventions used.

Magazine Front Covers

A sample of conventions found are:

- Masthead, biggest font on the page ( top 1/3 or 3/4 of cover )
- Cover lines
- Banners
- Free gifts / posters
- Web address
- Slogan
- Other images

I also analysed many magazine front covers, here is a link to two of them:

'Total Film' Magazine Analysis
'Filmmaker' Magazine Analysis

Example of a large Masthead from 'Empire' magazine, having the dominant central image behind the text, and taking up 1/3 of the page.

On another 'Empire' magazine, there are a number of cover lines all and banners over the mid section of the magazine - much like on my own magazine which is dominated by the same conventions. 

Here are examples from my magazine, showing my banners and cover lines.
My banners:

Here are my cover lines:

My masthead: