Research: Magazine Conventions - Feature Articles

The headline for the page is a quote from the interview that the artist (Lily Allen) had given, which doubles up as a text gab (a piece of text that the interviewee has said and been placed in clear site for teh audience to look at and find.) The style of the font resembles cut out news paper and the black and white contrast catches the audience's attention as well as fit the style of the photograph of the artist. The photo of the artist dominates the double page spread, following the conventions of a music magazine. The interview is in a column layout, a common convention of interviews and journalism. Underneath the headline of the interview is anchorage, a piece of text that explains the interview before the reader or the image. The black, white and red colour scheme cleverly follows the house style of the magazine, reminding the audience which magazine they read this information from. White space doesn't appear much in this double page spread, which is unusual as most magazine articles feature white space heavily. A small tag line has also been placed on the page, stating the name of the journalist who interviewed Lily Allen.



The head on this example is not as obvious as the first double page spread - here we have a direct quote from the artists song (Florence and the Machine - You've got the love. ) this is a common convention within music magazines, using parts of the artists career to headline the article allows the audience to instantly know who this person is and, depending on the audience member, whether they are a fan. The interview is laid out into columns. The main image of the artist also takes up the majority of the page however the red in the photo adds more colour, and links in with the artists hair, as well as adding to the double page spread and blending in with the house style of the magazine. Something that this article and the first double page spread share is that the first letter of the interview is captalised and is larger, drawing the attention to the interview. However a text grab is not present (a text grab is where a quote taken directly from the article is placed, usually in the centre of the text, to grab the readers attention) this lack of a text grab, breaks the conventions. Further more a tag line has been used to introduce the interview, placed underneath the headline, and, if you look closely, you can jst make out the mast head of the magazine in the bottom right hand corner of the page, displaying the page number and reminding the audience which magazine they are reading.



This example heavily breaks the conventions of the music magazine layout, here we have one page dedicated to an image of the artists and another filled with solid text. A headline is present on the right hand page, informing the audience who the main featured artist is. In order to keep with the house style of the magazine, and to avoid lack of colour, the letter 'L' is placed in the background in bright red, which leads the audiences eyes away from the photo, to the interview. The text is laid out in columns, keeping to the conventions, and, to prevent the audience being bombared by text, set out into paragraphs. Like the other two spreads, and the first letter of the interview, and in this case, paragraphs, is capatalised and larger than the original text. The mast head of the magazine is also located in the bottom right hand corner of the right page, reminding the audience which magazine they are reading as well as the page number they are on.