I approched this secondary research in the same way as I did with the film posters, through searching the web and textbooks.
Magazine front covers take on the role of encouraging the consumer to pick up the issue and ultimately buy it, combined conventions common on various magazine front covers over various different genres are evident, differing only slightly in order to suit their niche audience.
Common Conventions Listed in: OCR GCSE Media Studies- 2002
Masthead= title of the magazine
Plugs/cover/sell lines/teasers= words and phrases giving information about what is inside the magazine.
Puff= tagline of the magazine, usually under the masthead, it "puffs up" the magazines status
Individual Words= Used to attract attention
Terms used to connect with the reader
Shadowing= black edging given to different parts of the text to creat certain effects.
