Genre Conventions

  A genre convention is the category in which the magazine is placed combined with similarities of those from other existing magazines from the same genre. In the school magazines I noticed a range of genre and sub-genre conventions one of which was the mast-head. It was written in sans-serif font and was simple and bold on both magazines, making the magazines appeal to a more formal audience suitable for A, B, C1 the primary source being the student and the secondary source being the predominantly parents/general community, Therefore the magazine had a clear and uncluttered layout on both covers expressing clearly what they are about meaning. The sections and context were situated at the bottom of the cover to lure the audience inside. The front cover poses practically the same image each with three student’s in a medium/longshot, which in both was relevant to the article. On both magazines there were clearly marked issue numbers or a term (convention on school) to let the audience know whether the articles are up to date etc.