DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD CODES AND CONVENTIONSBen Sinclair.

HEADLINE.The headline is the name of the article. It is conventionally at the top of the page so the audience see it first. It is the biggest/ boldest font on the page so the audience know it is the name of the article and also so they can see it and decide if they want to read the article and so they can see it a lot more clearly.

STAND FIRST.The stand first is the second biggest part of the page and is an explanation of the article and gives the audience a bit of inside information so they can make a decision whether they want to read the article. It is positioned bellow the below the headline because it will be the second thing that the audience see and it will draw the audience into the article and they will read it and be drawn into the article.

BY-LINEA by-line are like credits and tells the audience who took the photograph and who wrote the article. It gives article writers creditability and can even make some famous and allow them to draw a bigger following. They are usually positioned at the bottom of the page but it the writer is a bigger name in the industry, can be placed near the headline because it can draw attention of the regular fans of their favourite writer.

PULL QUOTE.

A pull quote is a part separate to the article in bigger writing and is a quote from the interviewee and is used to pull the audience into the article tempting them to read it. It is usually positioned close or on the main image because it is what people who flick through the magazine will see and therefore see this pull quote and will make them want to know more about the artist in question.

MAIN IMAGEThe main image is on one side of the page and conventionally bleeds over a little onto the other. They use relevant mise-en-scene in the image for example in a rock magazine instruments like guitars ad drums to appeal to the audience. The clothing must be appropriate like using in rap music sun glasses and necklaces are used.

HOUSE STYLEThe colour scheme must relate to the genre and the band for example dark colours like black would be used in a punk rock double page spread.There is a 3 column structure like the contents page so the audience can easily navigate around the page.

MAIN BODY TEXT.The main body text is the smallest font on the text and uses normal letters and not capitals, this is so the audience know where the article is and they can read it easier.