2. In what ways does your music
magazine use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of existing
music magazines?
My magazine has been inspired by music magazines
I have researched, so a lot of the layout and colour
schemes are adapted from magazines like Kerrang!
and Q. I have attempted to put my own twist on this
convention by sticking with a colour scheme which
Kerrang! does not do consistently but I have kept
with the theme of fitting the colour scheme and
image themes to attract a target audience.
3. I took into consideration the decoration, text and images when creating my
magazine, I really wanted it to appeal to my chosen genre and target audience
so I made sure I included:
• Bands specific to the genre
• Decoration suitable for the target audience
• A layout aimed at the audience (busy looking but not over crowded with
not too much text)
• Images and poses of model to appeal to my specific audience
• Not too much text on the double page spread
• A light-hearted theme of text, not too mature sounding
I have taken on some of the smaller details in magazines to use in my own for
example previous magazine issues near the subscription box, and other offers
that would be in different parts of the magazine e.g. a poster special. I have
brought my own ideas into the magazine by using a theme that does not have
a great deal of magazines aimed at it (pop-punk/punk) so I could create my
own conventions to create.
4. My cover page was aimed to grab the
attention of my target audience, the
masthead has a large block capital font so it
would stand out against the busy page.
The bands in the subheadings were also
specifically chosen to appeal to my
audience, genre and theme.
The black, white and bold other colour
(blue) was influenced by Kerrang! As
they commonly use a similar theme.
The layout of some of the features such as
the barcode and issue number were
placed where they are on most magazines
as I found out after research
