Magazine conventions

1. What are the conventions of magazine:
The features of the magazine
connotes to it being about the
lives of the artists, it involves
drugs as well as sex, even
leisure activities such as
golf..
The music magazine is
general and varies in genre, it
mentions artists such as Nicki
Minaj as well as Arctic
Monkeys.
Use of red, black and white
to create a professional
appearance. The uses of the
gold and red suggests the
magazine is about fame and
sex.
The masthead of the magazine
is covered by the artist,
suggesting that the artist will
most likely be discussed in the
magazine. It also shows the
significance of the artist.
Commonly in music
magazine an artist
is displayed on the
front. We can see
what seems to be
his band members
in his mouth.

2. Masthead uses the colour
gold. It could do this to
contrast with the blue
background or signify
wealth.
List of rock bands that
indicate the magazine is
about rock.
Picture of what seems to be a
member of a rock band.
This magazine is most
likely aimed at people
who are into mainstream
rock anywhere between
the ages of 15-30.
Rock magazine.
The nature of the
incomplete sentences may
cause curiosity within the
reader.
The use of the colour turquoise, gold and
dark blue fit nicely together, making the
magazine aesthetically pleasing.

3. The font used for
the title of the
magazine makes
the magazine look
old, and therefore,
more established.
The picture was shot in a way
that makes me old. The picture
may be of one of the artists
mentioned.
The target audience is
very hard to determine
because there is a
mention of a current
artist like Jay-Z but
also of an older artist
like Willie Nelson. This
makes me inclined to
think that the there is
no set demographic
nor music taste being
appealed, but current
successful artists.
The use of the names of
famous people will catch
the attention of the
audience.
Rock-influenced
magazine.

4. The issue number suggests the
newspaper, as well as acting as an
index for frequent readers of Q, who
own many issues of the magazine.
The mixture of
pictures with the
page number as
well as written
features in the
article (also
indicated with a
page number) is
done deliberately
to make the
contents page look
more interesting
and less bland by
having a variation
in image in text.
The contrasting use
of the colours red,
black and white
make the magazine
seem more
professional, as the
colours are often
associated with
formality.
A Lot of the artists in
this contents page are
rather old, suggesting
that this issue or the
magazine as a whole,
is aimed at people
who are between the
ages of 30-50.
The use of headers make
the contents page feel far
more structured.

5. This contents page is different
from many other ones in the
sense that the contents of the
magazine are not highlighted
as clearly as one might expect.
This contents page
seems has a lot more
focus on an image than
most magazines do, this
might be because the
person who is in the
picture maybe part of
what the music magazine
makes consider the most
important story.
The contents page has a
color scheme of dark grey
and light grey. This may be
an attempt by the creators of
the contents page to give a
more modern image to the
page, by using colours that
can be attributed to metal
and technology.

6. The fact that this woman
takes up around about half
of the double spread
suggests the she is
important to the story.
The use of red tilted writing for
“Lily Allen” in comparison to the
rather plain and formal writing
seen on the article suggests
that Lily Allen is important to
the story.
The use of typography that is
made to deliberately look like
newspaper cut outs to catch
the attention of the reader, as
well as to go hand in hand
with the rebellious and wild
dress sense of the woman on
the right (who is Lily Allen).
The colour of scheme
of red, black and white may be used
to ensure that the picture stands out
but also matches the attire the woman
wears, making the music magazine
look professional.

7. The J in the middle of the writing
could be used to highlight the the
importance of Jay Z.
The picture of a black male dressed in full
black with different lighting on both halves of
the picture make the man in the image look
cool and modern.
The quote is in red in
order in order to suit the
colour scheme of the
magazine, as well as to be
eyecatching
The use of bold capital letters for the
beginning of the paragraphs is done to
ensure that the reader stays interested. It
may also be used to signify that the
paragraph is important

8. The fact that the
picture of this
woman is so
covering such a
big amount of the
page suggest she
is important to the
story
Due to the size of the writing and
the fact it is near the picture
suggest that the picture is of
Alexandra Burke, and that she is
the main focus in the story.
The use of pink,
white and black may
be prevalent in the
article because, the
black and white
preserve the
formality of the article
but, the pink is used
to make the double
spread page less
monotone (in terms
of colour), therefore
keeping the reader
interested
Page number to makes it easier for us to navigate, as
well as making the magazine look professional.

9. The date of the
magazine conflicts
with the layout of the
magazine because it
says it was published
in 2002, but the nature
of the things on the
contents page say
otherwise. This is
most likely because
the creators of the
contents page for
Mojo wanted to
recreate the feeling of
a music magazine
which was written 20
to 30 years ago.
The use of a bold red background
to harbour the titles of the articles
makes the boxes stand out, the
gold writing also complements the
red colour, as well as standing
out.
The way in which the
people who made Mojo’s
content page placed the
images, makes the
contents page for more
interesting for the reader
to look at, but not too
complex to detract from
the importance of a
summary of what will be
found in the magazine,
and on which pages.
The typography used in the contents
page for the titles of the articles
contradicts the creative way in which
images were presented on the
contents page, with very formal and
what one might deem uncreative
writing.