From looking at four examples for Top of the Pops magazine it is noticeable that the main image is usually a mid shot, with the artist giving the readers direct eye contact, making the magazine seem more targeted to them.
As you can see the house style of the top two magazines are different to the bottom two magazine covers. This is because Top of the Pops designers felt like a change was needed to keep update the style of it, to more of a modern design hoping to fit in with more readers. The re-vamp gave it a fresh new look to help entice possible readers into buying the magazine as well as the continuous readers getting a better view of it.
Another conventional feature in this magazine is the barcode/price/date/issue is always placed at the bottom of the magazine cover, to stay out the way but still to seen buy the reader and retail store.
Sell lines are also jotted around the edge of the magazine cover to grab the readers attention and to make them more interested in what has been featured in the magazine.
Big bold titles have also been placed across the body of the artist to inform readers who the are if they are unaware of who they are. This is a convential feature which I am definitely going to use on my magazine.
Also on the new updated version of Top of the Pops magazine they do not have a tag line. This could be because it is not really needed and people may not have paid attention to it before seeing as it was placed under the image the majority of times.
A continuous feature on the front covers is skylines. These supply snippets of information on what is also included in the magazine. I will use this in my magazine so it sticks to conventional ideas.
Bursts are also used on each magazine cover which supply information related to fashion. Seeing as these appear on every I think it will be a good idea to include this on mine.
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