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Conventions
of a Children’s
Magazine
During my research, I had to analyse a variety of children’s
magazines in order to see what was conventional for this type
of product. This would therefore help me in applying these
conventions to my own product in my planning. The
conventions I found are as follows:

Main image
of the main
character(s)
Magazine
Magazine
logo at the
logo at top of
top of the
the page
page

Conventions
Quizzes/
Competition Bright
s/ colours
Free gifts

Catchy Variety of
Coverlines different fonts

My magazine follows the conventions of the I have used a variety of Similarly to other
route of the eye as it follows through all the bright, vibrant colours magazines, I have
important features of a magazine starting to appeal to my target added ‘fun’ shapes
with the largest feature of the page which is audience as this is what such as stars and
the masthead, which the audience will see will make the magazine clouds to the
first. It follows through to the main image of look more fun and magazine to make
the magazine which is of all the main exciting, which is what it seem more
characters of the show. The route of the eye the audience if looking exciting
then follows through to other coverlines for.
and lures.

I have used grid paper
For convenience, all
as the background as
magazines feature the
this is something that
price, bar code, date
relates to
and issue number of
school, therefore being
the magazine. Though
a feature that relates
these don’t necessarily
to the show as well as
need to stand out they
the audience. This
are still essential and
similarly follows
by using these I have
conventions of
made my magazine
magazines such as
look more professional
Hannah
Montana, which has
I have used a variety of spotlights as the
catchy coverlines, in a background –
range of fonts, to something that relates
entice the audience to the theme of the
and make the magazine show. language such as
Using
seem more fun and ‘secret’ and ‘dare’
busy. Having “Izzie’s follows conventions as
Secret Diary adds some this is the type of
individuality to her language that will
character and will entice the target
appeal to people who audience as it makes
think she is their the person feel as
favourite character. though they are
friends with the
On all the magazines I analysed, I found that the main character.
image was always of the main character(s) of the
show as this would be something instantly
recognisable to the reader. Therefore, I chose to use Telling the audience there is a free poster inside
all 4 of the main characters of Jump-Up High as they entices them as it makes the magazine seem
are the main focus. I also found that the characters much more exciting. Using capital letters and
often smiled and looked directly at the camera so placing it in the terminal area also makes it
applied this to my magazine to create a direct stand out as well as following conventions as
relationship between the audience and character as this was something I continually saw in other
well as making the show seem light-hearted. children’s magazines. Therefore it would be the
last thing they see and will stay in their minds.

Similarities
A similar TV show to mine is ‘Tracy Beaker’
which, similarly to my product, also
produced a series of magazines and DVD’s.
The conventions of the Tracy Beaker
magazines are comparable to the likes of
mine as they use unisex colours and follow
the rule of thirds to appeal to a wider
audience. The colours used however are
still bright and vibrant, therefore drawing
the attention of the target younger
audience. Another similarity my magazine
has with a Tracy Beaker magazine is the use
of language such as “Dare” and “Secrets”
on the cover to draw the audience in and
my coverlines fit in with each characters
stereotypes, for example next to Max is the
title of a feature in the magazine called
“Max’s football master class” which
demonstrates him as the sporty character.
The characters on my cover are also smiling
which suggests to the audience that the
show is light-hearted and fun. Another
similarity my magazine has with the Tracy
Beaker magazines is the use of shapes such
as stars which make the magazine seem
more exciting,

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