This powerpoint discusses the codes and conventions of magazine front covers, contents pages, and double page spreads. It provides examples from a music magazine focused on Ed Sheeran. The front cover features a red masthead with a white Q, Ed Sheeran in the center to attract fans, and text promoting the magazine as "a story of Ed Sheeran's rise to fame." The contents page indicates it is a rock magazine through the "Amplified" heading and images of electric guitars. It lists bands and their page numbers. The double page spread features country singer Peter Cooper holding a guitar against a red and brown background, supporting his genre, with his name in darker red and text separated into three paragraphs for read

1. Codes and Conventions
This power point is to show the different codes and
conventions of a music magazines front cover, content page
and the double spread.

2. Front Cover
The masthead is in the top left and is red
with a white Q in the middle of it. This would
help it stand out a lot due to it having more
engaging colours that attract attention.
Additionally, Ed sheeran is in the middle of
the magazine. This shows that the magazine
is based on Ed Sheeran and also would
persuade more Ed Sheeran fans who enjoy
his music genre to buy the magazine.
The font colour matches the masthead and
the puff. This creates synergy.

3. Features, image and sell lines
The title “the stories of the year” could
link to Ed Sheeran’s songs. Ed Sheeran has
been heard of involving his music with
life.
In the image of the musician Ed Sheeran,
there is a guitar resting on his knees and
in his hands. This tells the reader that Ed
Sheeran plays the guitar in his songs. This
also links to his genre of music. By having
the guitar there you can tell he has more
of a calming romantic music genre.
On the magazines front cover it has the
words “an everyday tale of one man, his
guitar and a global superstardom…” this
intrigues the reader to buy the magazine
because its making out like the magazine
is like a story of how Ed Sheeran’s road to
becoming famous.

4. Contents Page
This is the content page of a music magazine. From the
heading “amplified” I can tell this music magazine is a rock
magazine and has a Rock genre.
From the images in the page containing electric guitars It
emphasizes that the magazine is a rock magazine. This is
because electric guitars and usually involved with the Rock
genre.
On the left side of the page It has names of bands inside
the magazine and shows what page they are on. This
would make it easier for the reader to find what they are
looking for in the magazine.

5. Double Page Spread
This is a double page spread, the image is spread over 2 pages and is a picture of Peter
Cooper. In Peter Coopers hands is a guitar and the colours in the background are darker red
and brown colours. This all links into Peter Cooper being a country singer and song writer.
The heading “Cooperstown” is highlighted in a darker red to blend in with the background.
The writing on the double page spread is separated into 3 equal sized paragraphs making it
easier for the reader to read.