2. Genre Conventions (Content):
- relevant to a young teen's life and issues she may encounter at her age, and talking about these issues.
- Used as an escape for many teens, so interesting topics such as reports on new style trends, self-help articles, beauty and boy tips, and relevant real-life stories are shared.
-Also focused on entertainment such as relevant celebrities, music, TV, gossip, celebrity quizzes, and sometimes posters.
3. Genre Conventions (Production Techniques):
-Attention-grabbing covers since magazine are not really relevant for teens as much as they used to be.
- Covers could include one person or many people.
- Cover lines need to be appropriate with current things happening in pop culture.
- Cover lines need to be fresh, including new trends or styles or celebrity gossip.
- Cover lines should be exclusive to the magazine, such as an exclusive interview with a celebrity.
- The actual cover photograph should include a friendly looking girl or a handsome looking boy, have eyepopping and colorful images
- Cover usually have eye-popping lines offering something for free, such as a poster or free sample.
- On the inside of the magazine, there are bright article titles and many colorful pictures. Almost every page will have some sort of image or cartoon.
- Relevant advertisements will be featured, showing popular makeup or hair product and in-style clothing brands and items.
- Bright colors and eye-catching fonts are used.
This magazine embodies my genre because it includes a very popular and relevant celebrity and there is an "exclusive" interview inside that makes teens want to buy the magazine. This magazine uses various fonts in black and bright red and in different sizes to look eye-catching. The cover lines include beauty and fashion advice, information on a popular male and female celebrity, and features articles on music and well-known musicians.
This magazine embodies my genre because it includes a pretty and friendly popular celebrity in a colorful in-style outfit. The magazine has many cover lines stating school advice, real-life stories, how to win free items, and fashion advice, all of which are essential to a teen magazine. Attractive fonts in bright colors are used to grab a teen's attention.
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