2. Front cover
contents

3. Double page spread

4. My front cover of my magazine follows most conventions of a hip-hop musical magazine. Firstly I
have a quote from the artist. This is popular on music magazines, particular hip hop as it engages th
reader. The general layout of my front cover follows the conventions as I used the rule of thirds to
position the artist so that his eye line is nearer the top of the page. Furthermore, I have the barcode
and price as the bottom as its not more significant than the main image and cover lines and it’s the
last thing the reader will see. I also used a banner at the bottom of my page which pretty much sum
up what my magazine is and I placed my cover lines on one side of the page only. This follows the
conventions of music magazines. Another convention of hip hop magazines is too have the issue
date next to the title and so I have done this. The pose of my artist is masculine and serious facial
expression which is also typical of hip hop artists to do. My front doesn’t challenge the conventions
real hip hop music magazines as much as it follows it. I think this is good because it would most
likely be more successful this way.

5. My contents page also follows the
conventions real content’s pages. Firstly
the page numbers are significantly bigger
than the content as its important that it
stands out and easy to read. Another
convention of most content pages is to
have a short brief paragraph of what to
expect from upcoming issues from the
editor of the magazine. I decided to do this
on my contents page as I think that it’s
important for the reader to know what to
expect when buying a magazine. I also
included the issue of the magazine as well
as the title on the contents page as well
keep consistency throughout my
magazine. My contents page does not
challenge the conventions as much apart
from a few things such as the shot of the
artist. On most hip hop magazines a long
shot is used however I used a mid shot as I
thought it suited it better. Another
convention of contents pages is too have
multiple images as well as the main one,
however I only used on image as I thought
it was more appropriate to the hip hop
genre.

6. My double page spread just like my front cover
and contents page did not challenge conventions
of real double page spread. The reason why I
followed the conventions more than challenged
them is because I didn’t want my magazine look
significantly different other real media as it
would be difficult for the reader to tell what
genre the magazine was. I followed conventions
by using drop caps which I used to give emphasis
on introductory paragraph, I used three columns
to layout my text and the content it self was a Q
& A.
I also split my double page spread in
more or less equal sides with the artist
taking up one whole side and text the
other which a fade in-between. I also
used a quote which sits on the bottom
left. This is the same quote used on
the front cover of my magazine. My
whole double page spread was mainly
influenced by Eminem's double page
spread as it was the sort of look I
wanted for mine.