Preliminary: Conventions of Existing School Magazines

These are the following conventions which existing school magazine's follow. It's important that school magazine's follow the typical conventions as then this allows the audience to know that it's a school magazine.

Typography – what style and size fonts are used?  Why? What do you think the intended effect of using them is?

   Layout – Where have key items been placed? Why have they been put there? What’s the effect of putting them there? (Use appropriate terms; see next page)

Language – what type of language is used? Why? How are the audience addressed? What’s the intended effect of addressing them this way?

Colour – what effect does the colour have?  What is the symbolism of the colour used? What’s the intended effect on the audience of the colour scheme?

Camerawork – in the images, what shot types and angles have been used?  Why? What’s the intended effect on the audience? (See G322 booklet for shot types)

Mise-en-scene – in the images, what props, costumes, and settings have been used? Why? What’s the intended effect on the audience?