The Four F's

Format

This is the specific layout, the way you want to present your magazine to the audience. The format is an important feature as it's what sets your magazine apart from the rest, what makes it unique to others. It includes

• Master head (which is commonly consistent, the same throughout out all issues)
• cover lines
• price and bar code
• images 
• And everything else

Formula

Its about all the articles and stories that make up the magazine. Its more referred to as the editorial content, where the editor depicts which article to include in the specific issue, how long and the size of the writing. Its all the different sections that the magazine is made of.

Frame

The framing helps to organise and present the information that the magazine wants to show to the reader. It's known as "the action, method, or process, of constructing making or shaping anything whether material or immaterial" Framing consists of things like the margin, the gutter and also the outer page. It defers from each magazine and like the format, it usually stays the same so that the reader finds it recognisable. 

Function 

This is why the magazine is published. Why do people buy it, for the specific music genre, up to date news or for health and fitness. Its what the magazine wants to showcase to the reader, the message.