A technical convention is something that’s typical on the front page of a magazine and would be expected to be seen when looking at that magazine.

Conventions of a magazine are:

• Plug – something that advertises the magazine
• Masthead – the name of the magazine
• Pug – little bubbles of information, typically at the top of the magazine
• Captions – pieces of text that tell the audience extra information, for example, who is in the inset
• Main Cover Star – the artist who is captured in the magazine, is typically a close up
• Cover Lines – information about what else is in the magazine
• Inset – a smaller image of another artist, album cover, movie etc.
• Main Cover Line – the title describing who the main cover artist is
• Issue/Date – typically in the bottom right hand corner, tells you how often the magazine is released
• Price – how much the magazine is, located in the bottom right hand corner
• Barcode – located in the bottom right hand corner, used to scan the item in order to buy the magazine

After labelling the conventions of my magazine, I am now aware of what I need to include on my music magazine’s front cover to follow the conventions.