This document discusses the codes and conventions used in a music magazine, including: - The front cover uses varying text sizes and colors to draw attention to key information, and central images relate to main articles. - Contents pages list articles in categories with minimal text and images to guide readers. - Double page spreads break up text with large cut-out images and a timeline of smaller photos, and use font size, color, and lines to structure the article. - Photographs are prominently featured and text is kept brief and scannable using columns and varying font sizes and colors.

1. Codes and Conventions
of a music magazine

2. Codes and conventions of
a front cover

5. Codes and conventions of
a contents page

6. Bold clear title
making the reader
know what page
they're looking at.
Outline of a ‘V’ in
the background to
keep the look of
vibe throughout the
magazine. But is
subtle so it doesn’t
draw the readers
attention away
from the main part
of the page – the
contents list.
Lots of different cover
lines are used to show
that there are many
stories inside. Also, the
text is varied slightly in
colour and boldness
occasionally to made the
most important
information stand out –
e.g. the name ‘Ciara’ is in
bold, showing she is the
main subject of the
article and draws
attention to it.
Main cover lines to separate
different articles into
categories.
Central image directly
addresses the reader –
making them feel involved
in the page and they
wonder why she is the
main image and focus. So
therefore they want to
read the article on her.

7. The close up on Lana Del Rays eye draws
the readers attention to it. The look in her
eye is a look of pain which then draws the
attention to the ‘blood’ dripping down her
face. This pain could connote the message
of her album at the time as heart break is a
The digitalized mouse arrow links to common theme in her music.
the word ‘download’ in the text.
Shows that this magazine has an
online platform, probably to appeal to
a wider audience as most people go
online rather than read magazines
now.
The pictures dominate the page and only
a small amount of text guides the readers
to the pages they want according to
which artist they want to read about. The
colour scheme is white and red and it
keeps it simple and the red links to the
title of ‘Q’ magazine. The page isn’t
overloaded with too many pictures or
information.

8. Codes and conventions of
a double page spread

9. The image has been cut out and has been set in front of the rest of the double
page spread. Everything in the article has been set in monochrome or blue.
Whereas the artist is wearing a bright orange dress which breaks up the
colourless article and gives a bold statement when comparing it with the rest of
the double page spread. I believe the editor has chosen to use this image as it
breaks up the texts and when you first glance at the double page spread the
image is the first thing I look at.
The same artist has had a variety of images taken and the
editor has decided to place them images along the top half of
the double page spread. The images of the artist have been set
in black and white, the artist has posed in different positions in
order to create the timeline of images that border the top half
of the article.
There isn’t an obvious title for this
double page spread, however, I believe
this text that has been written and
highlighted in light grey and blue may
be the title of the article. All of the text
has been set below the monochrome
images and a broken line. The text
used in the article is simple yet easy to
read land looks easy on the eye when
looking at the rest of the double page
spread.
The text in this article has been written between both pages of the double page
spread and has been broken up with images and bolder text in between. The
text has been written in a small sized font and has been written in a simple text
and colour. The colour of the text is almost a light black or very dark grey.
The article has been written has been written in four separate columns. At the
very start of the article there is a few sentences that have been written in a
larger text and a different colour to the text in the article in order to create a
summary for the article.
The editor has decided to add a
thick broken line between the
images and the text. The lines look
simple but effective and I like the
way the editor has made it look
like the artist is standing on the
line. The lines also separates the
images from the text which create
less of a distraction when reading
the article.
Along side the article is this paragraph of bold
black text. This is a piece of text has been written
along side the article as the content relates to the
artist. It has been written in black and bold font
style so it breaks up the rest of the article.

10. The title of the double page spread has been written in a small but simple
font. The font size however, is larger than the text size used for the
magazine article. The title of the article has been outlined with a thin
black border keeping the title separate from the text within the magazine
article. There are also two lines/dashes that have been placed alongside
the title of the magazine article in order to frame it.
The article is only set on the left hand
side o the page with the photograph on
the right hand side of the page. This
makes the image a lot more bold and
the text stand out from the rest of the
stuff on the double page spread. The
text has been written in a very small
font with large capital letters at the
start of every other paragraph. The
paragraphs have been written to the
right hand side of the page as it lines
with the rest of the page. The size of
the columns have been kept the same
width to create an even effect
throughout the double page spread.
The text has been written in a simple
font and has been set in black as it is
easy to read when set against the red
‘J’ and the white background.
The ‘J’ that is set beneath the text is simple but affective as it creates a
contrast with the image that is set on the right hand side of the page.
The ‘J’ is a slime simple ‘J’ which tells me that they have used a
simple text throughout the double page spread. I like the way the ‘J’
has lined the top and the bottom of text within the columns. The colour
of the red is a very bold and bright red creating a clear statement when
set behind the text. The editor of the magazine may have adjusted the
opacity of the ‘J’ in order to make the text easier to read. The ‘J’ is
centred within the left hand side of the page with the middle of the ‘J’
running down the centre of the columns.
The photograph used or this
article creates a very bold
statement yet the simplicity of the
photograph gives a greater effect
when placed next to the article.
The background of the image is
red fading into blue. The red
background has been reflected
onto the left side of his face with
the blue being reflected on the
other side. The artist is wearing
sunglasses whist staring straight
at the camera. The facial
expression of the artist looks very
stern and almost intimidating to
give the idea that the artist is
from a rap culture. The chain
round his neck also suggests this
which has been used as a
statement when worn against the
black top.
Bright red text has been layered over the top of the image. I believe the
red text has been used as it makes a bold contrast when layered over
the top of the black from the photograph. The red also links in with the
red background behind the image and the red ‘J’ that is placed on the
left hand side of the article. There is a red line placed above the red text
which may have been used to separate the text from the image. The has
also been placed in the left hand corner of the page at it is keeping the
artists face clear.