Codes & Conventions of a Magazine Front Cover.

• All have a big central image (mid shot)
• All have the biggest stories of the week, on the front, to catch the attention of the target audience.
• Colourful and bold.
• Pictures and titles overlap (which shows that the magazine is known enough to hide some of the title).
• Price included, usually, on the bottom.
• All have a date the magazine was issued.
• Bar-code on bottom right.
• Cover lines decorated with graphics.
• 4 or 5 cover lines on each, depending on genre.
• Masthead font is unique
• 2.3 fonts
• Biggest story matches image.
• Main image uses direct address.