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2020
Conventional Design Features Of A Magazine
categories: Music Magazine
• Masthead: Name of the magazine
• Mover lines: The sub-headlines of what is in the magazine
• Main cover line: The main subtitle of the main cover image
• Main cover star: Big star to entice readers to buy usually covering the page
• Bar code: Bar code to scan to buy
• Price: Price so they know what to pay
• Plug: Advertising the magazine
• Pug: Small insights of what in the magazine such as competitions
• Insets and captions: Information on the photographs who in turn feature in the magazine.
Understanding the base parts of a magazine is important to know for when I make my own, this is so mine will look professional and follow technical design conventions to make an enticing and interesting cover.