Genre codes and conventions.

Indie and Rock Magazine.

Front Cover:

Conventions:         The Mast Head is always to the left hand side of the magazine, or across the top in capital letters. The colour of the Mast Head is in red, which is appealing and dominating.

                               The Main Cover Lines are always the eye-catching headlines and are generally in capital letters or a bold font. The colour of these are generally keeping with the magazine's colour scheme. The font is in 'Sans Serif'.

                               The Main Cover Image is either in the centre of the cover or to the left. If it is in the centre than it will probably be covering the Mast Head. The Main Cover Image takes up most of the cover, this happens on most 'Q' and 'NME' magazine front covers.

                               Special offers on the front covers of 'Q' are in red backgrounds and on 'NME' front covers they are in yellow. They are eye-catching and would stand out to the reader, this is a production technique.
 
                               'Q' magazine front covers are in red, black and white or grey. They are simple colours but are also the most appealing and would catch the readers attention. 'NME' also have the colour schemes of red, black and white.

                                The bar codes and prices are always small and are either under the Mast Head or on the right hand side at the bottom of the page. This is because they want the reader to want to buy the magazine before looking at the price.

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