R&B magazines
R&B magazinestend to portray a set
of common conventions, for example
the cover star is always in the form of a
medium close up image, this conveys
their serious expressions which links to
the often serious messages shown in
R&B/ rap music. Also the main image
overlaps the masthead of the
magazine to give a ‘3d’ effect, all three
of these covers use very bold straight
edged font to indicate that this genre
is not to be messed with; i.e. it’s not
airy fairy. All three covers also use a
bright red or yellow in the font to
highlight important headlines or tags.
3.
POP magazines
Pop magazinesare very different to other
genres as the use of colour is very
unusual, it’s a
mish-mash of bright ‘funky’ colours that
are really eye-catching. For example pink
is the most featured which links to the
target audience of girls between 8-13.
This genre uses A LOT of tags such as
“unleashed” or “win” to persuade their
target audience to purchase it (serious
waste of money in my opinion) . This type
used photographs in a medium close up
format and the models are famous
celebrities connected with that genre.
This type of magazine uses a lot of cover
lines to preview the articles
inside, different sized fonts are used to
highlight the important articles. In these
magazines the mode of address is the
model looking directly at the
audience, this establishes coherence
between the reader and magazine
4.
ROCK/ALTERNATIVE magazines
Rock/ alternativemagazines are different
because of their use of colour, they tend
to use a similar palette of
red, black, white and yellow; these are
the most bold colours and make the text
stand out. The font is a well balanced
mixture of straight, thin letters and
round, large text, this creates interest and
adds quirkiness. Rock magazines use
medium close up or extreme close up to
add detail and focus, the mode of address
is where the artist is looking directly at
the camera, however in Q magazine the
artist is not always doing this, this makes
the cover more unusual. This genre uses a
lot of puffs (that draw attention/
promotion/ freebie) around the cover to
promote something, it is usually shown in
a box out.
5.
What am Igoing to do?....
• I think I will go with the genre of rock because it is the most
adaptable in the sense that there are lots of sub genres.
Also, rock music is the type I listen to most therefore I have a
greater understanding of the genre. The covers are often
playful, bold and unusual so I will have a great window to
experiment.
