Conventions Of A Magazine Layout

Masthead- The magazine's title, usually situated in the top left corner. 

Model Credits- Credit to photographer and model. 

Main Image- Mainly close up to medium close up shot.

Coverline/Main- Phrase summarising main feature of the magazine or other features of magazine.

Barcode- Electronically read and decoded into usable information.

Selling Line- The brands identity/identifier

Left Third- Where you would see the main headline.

Dateline- Shows when the magazine was published: month and year(also usually with pricing.)

The Brief

Preliminary exercise: using DTP and a image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally you must produce a mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of DTP.

Main Task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and text use must be original, produced by you - mininum of four images.