Front Cover Conventions

Designing your front cover: Forms and Conventions and The Rule of Thirds

Front Cover Conventions:
(a) Cover lines and man cover line
(b) Strapline
(c) Slogan
(d) Lure
(e) House colours
(f) Masthead
(g) Headline
(h) Central image
(i) Buzzwords
(j) Dateline
(k) Byline for main image (name of model and photographer)
(l) Bar code
(m) Anchorage text

2. How many different font types are there on your cover? What types are there?

3. Describe the colour scheme and house colours: (Vibrant/Clashing colours? Exciting cover lines? Advertisement puff? Glossy images? Star quality?)

4. Describe the mode of address for NME. How does it speak to its audience?

5. Does this magazine cater for a mass or niche audience? Who is the target audience?

Homework Tuesday 30th November
Design your flat plan of your cover page.
Take between 10 – 15 images for your front cover – post all images on your