I have got hold of a music magazine to see which common magazine conventions are present in music magazines.

1. Kerrang! Analysis
Here I am looking at which of the
common magazine conventions are
used in music magazines…
By Emily Rachel Leece

2. Front cover
Masthead- this is
the name of the
magazine. Kerrang! often
changes their masthead
colour depending on the
front cover content.
They’ve made this one
bright and bold due to the
black and white colour
scheme on the front
cover.Main headline- this front cover is based
around Andy Black & to make this clear they
have used his name as the main headline & used
the same colour as the masthead to draw in
attention.
Sub images- On this front cover all the
sub images are grouped together, this
therefore doesn’t take the attention away
from the main image. However, these images
are still an important part of the magazine.
Barcode, price,
web address &
issue number
Sub headlines

3. Contents
page
Page title
Main image
Editors section: a word from the editor
thanking the reader and informing them about the
issue.
Sub images
Page numbers
Article categories:
sectioned so it easy to find certain
articles that might be favourable to
the reader
Page numbers &
article description

4. Double page spread
Main image: just over half the size of
the double page spread
Consistent colour scheme
Reference to front cover
Main story headline:
tells the reader about the article
subject.
Clear columns, easy to read
Drop cap: the first
letter of a paragraph
Page numbers and magazine title