The document summarizes the design choices made for the cover of a music magazine. It styles the featured artist to look serious and professional to establish credibility. Popular bands and artists are listed to attract the target audience and educate them on artists they enjoy. Larger bold text is used for the main story to draw attention, and design elements like the masthead and placement of additional information follows magazine conventions to look professional and inform readers.

1. I styled the cover artist to make him look quite serious and professional as this shows he is an important up coming artist. This dominant image keeps the conventions we looked at in previous magazines. Utopian Solutions: Confusion to clarity. Uses & Gratifications: Inform and Educate. The Celebrity named on the front links to our target audience and represents our magazine in a positive way. The list of popular bands and artists show the audience that we have interesting features and educate them on the bands they enjoy. The larger, bold main heading links to the cover image which connotes that it is the most important and main story. Follows the conventions of other music magazines. The uppercase masthead sticks to the conventions of a music magazine and helps the title stand out more. This quote uses the uses & gratifications theory as it will inform and educate the audience. Explains to the audience what content is featured in the magazine The Barcode, price and date are put into the corner so it does not interfere with any other part of the front cover. It also follows the conventions of a magazine. The “200 Reviews” tells the audience which songs that should or should not listen to.