The conventional design features for magazines include:

Main title/mast head

captions

main image

bar code, date and price

plug or pug

The unconventional designs features for a magazine:

Free items such as a CD

Multiple images

 

 

We were given a magazine cover and we had to annotate the front cover to point out what was the conventional or normal design. In my pair we pointed out that there is always a large bold title but it is not always completely visible, I think ever magazine does this for brand recognition and so if people enjoy the magazine they will remember and pick up the next issue of the magazine. Another feature we saw was the large main image on the magazine, this is probably to gather interest and bring people to buy they magazine if they see a large clear image of a person they like. One more feature we pointed out was the smaller captions and cover lines, these can be found anywhere on most magazine covers and they can show the reader what articles and interviews are inside and is another way to attract readers. Most magazines have smaller features such as a bar code and price but these features are smaller and less important in my opinion. One last thing I want to talk about are the free items that some magazines might have, as we have been looking at the music genre a lot of magazines have a free CD inside which is another way to bring in customers.