2. Conventions of a pop magazine- cover
-The masthead should always stand out and
be the first thing on the cover page that
catches peoples eyes.
For example this masthead on a top of the
pops magazine stands out because it is on a
white background, I is bigger than any other
text and its glittery.
-There should be a main image of a band or artist that will
appeal to the target audience, a conventional pop star will
be between 17-25 years old, feminine and should wear
typically fashionable clothing.
This magazine has a main image
of pop star Jessie J, this will
attract the target audience as she
is a huge pop star therefore this
will be appealing to them. It is
conventional for this image to
take up most of the cover as it is
the main image.
-There should be a cover line on the front cover that has a
link to the main image on the cover. This cover line
should be the biggest cover line on the cover to show that
it is the most important.
For example this cover line is about Jessie J who features
on as the main image on the cover, this will attract the
audience as fans of Jessie J will be drawn to the magazine.
This cover line should also be in fonts that are bright and
eye-catching.
-The colour scheme of a magazine should be clear purely by the
front cover. Conventional colours for a pop magazine would be
feminine colours such as pinks, purples, blues and yellows.
When making the front cover it the
target audience should be thought
about, this is show it clearly shows
who the target audience is from the
cover. This top of the pops
magazine is clearly aimed mainly at
teenage girls as they have used a
pink and purple colour scheme
which are the typical colours a girl
of this age would like.
3. Conventions of a pop magazine-contents
page -Another convention is page numbers, this is
-One convention of the contents page in a pop
magazine is that they usually copy and image of
the cover page on to the contents, this is so there
can be arrows pointed to the cove lines clearly
displaying what pages these cover line articles will
be found on.
This is conventional because it is cluttered and
they layout of a pop magazine should be cluttered.
-The colour scheme of the magazine is
usually clear, but this is not vital so may
not always be this way.
The colour scheme of a pop magazine will
be pinks, purples, blues or yellows.
The colour scheme of this magazine is
clearly shown through the contents page
and it shows the colour scheme is mainly
purples.
because the whole intention of a contents page is
to inform people which page each article is on.
These number will normally follow the colour
scheme and the aim of this is to make it easy for
the readers to find articles and certain pages they
are looking for which means these number will
have to be clearly but conventionally displayed.
- A content page should contain sub
headings next the numbers.
This is to make it easier for the reader
to navigate through the magazine and
to give a clear idea at the article or
story on each page.
-Important text on the contents page should be
bold so it is eye-catching.
-There will be certain conventional
langue used in a pop magazine.
This makes it clear to the readers what is
important and helps them navigate through the
magazine easier.
For example it is clearly shown here that the
artist and band names are in a bold font as they
are the most important part of the magazine as
the particular articles are about them
These are shortened words for
example ‘favourite’ will be shortened
to ‘fave’ as this is appealing to the
target audience.
4. Conventions of a pop magazine- double page spread
- A double page spread should
include a main image of a wellknown artist or band.
This artist or band will be the main
focus of the text on the double page
spread. This is conventional because it
appeals to the target audience as this
artist or band will be idolised by the
target audience.
- A conventional double page spread in a pop
magazine would be and interview type
conversation, so should be set out in the text
as question and answer.
It should clearly show the difference between
question and answer, this will be shown through
a different colour between questions and
answers. The text may also have a different font
for the questions and answers or using italics for
the questions or using bold for the questions.
This magazine have used a different colour for
the questions than they have the answers and
they have also labelled who is answering the
question as they are interviewing a band.
- A double page spread should conventionally
have a title that is bold and stands out, this is
to make it appealing and eye-catching to the
readers.
This title should make it extremely clear to the
reader what and who the article is about so they
know what they are going to read about.
-Another convention of a double page
spread in a pop magazine is a pull quote.
A pull quote will have to be eye-catching it
will be a quote that the pop star they are
interviewing has said. This pull quote is
supposed to be intriguing therefore the
quote must be interesting to appeal to the
readers, a good way to make this
interesting is by quoting something that
will shock the readers so they want to read
more about it.
A pull quote will need to be eye-catching
therefore it will have to be bold and
colourful and will have to follow the colour
scheme used on the double page spread.
5. Conventions of my magazine- cover
-A masthead is conventional on the cover and
should be appealing to the target audience.
-A cover line which informs the readers about the article on the popstar used as the main image on the cover is conventional.
My masthead is conventional because it is pink
which will attract the target audience. Another
way it is conventional is because it is bold, the
mast head needs to be bold as it must be eyecatching.
The masthead must stand out and I have achieved
this through the font, colour and size.
-There must be a main image on the front cover and this
image needs to be appealing to the target audience, so
needs to be an image or a artist or band which they will
idolise.
This cover line must be the biggest cover line to make it clear that it is
linked to the main image used. I have made this cover line
conventional by making it bigger than the other cover lines and using
a font and colour that will appeal to the target audience. Another
way this will appeal to the target audience is because it stands out, it
stands out because the background colour enhances the text colour.
This image I have used is
conventional as pop-stars
will usually be young
between the ages of 17-25
and they will be feminine
and wearing typically
fashionable clothing.
The main image should be
an image of someone who
inspires the target audience
and this is someone they
would look up to.
-The colour scheme should be clear to the readers by the front
cover of the magazine, this is because it indicates who the
magazine is aimed at.
The colour scheme of a pop magazine
must appeal to female between 10-15,
this means it is conventional to use
colours such as pinks, purples, yellows
and blues as these are all stereotypically associated with young
females and these colours all signify
happiness.
My front cover colour scheme is easy to
tell, I have used pinks and purples
which makes it clear that my magazine
is aimed at young females as these
colours appeal mainly to them.
6. Conventions of my magazine- contents
-Using an image of the cover page on the
contents page is conventional as makes the
contents page more visual which is
appealing to the target audience.
The point of this is so it can be clearly
labelled and easy to follow where to find
each cover line in the magazine.
This is conventional as it has a cluttered
effect.
-The colour scheme of the magazine will
usually be obvious on the contents.
-Number are needed on a contents page to inform
people which page to find each article on.
The numbers I have used are conventional as they
are bold, therefore eye-catching and they are pink
which is conventional for a pop magazine. This pink
is also conventional as it is conventional for the
colour of the numbers to follow the colour scheme,
as my colour scheme is pink and purple these
numbers do follow the colour scheme.
-Sub headings next to the numbers are
conventional.
I have made them conventional in my
magazine by using the colours pink and black
and by using different fonts and sizes, this is to
show the most important parts of text. For
example making artist and bands names a
different colour, font and size will be more
eye-catching than the other text, this is
purposefully done as the target audience will
be more intrigued to read the article if they
see an artist or bands name.
-Using shortened words in pop magazines is conventional as the target
audience can relate to it.
The main colour used on my contents page
is purple, and pink is included. On my
cover the main colour used is also purple,
and it includes pink. This shows how my
contents follows the colour scheme of the
magazine, this is conventional as all these
colours are conventional for a pop
magazine.
This type of language appeals to the target audience as it is the langue they
use in their everyday lives. Also using shortened words shows them the
magazine is fun and having fun is something the target audience enjoy.
7. Conventions of my magazine- double page spread
-One convention of my double page spread is
the main image.
My image is conventional as the image is
taking up a third of the page to clearly show
the article is about this particular pop-star.
This image is eye-catching due to the size,
this is conventional as it will appeal to the
readers as they will idolise this pop-star.
-A convention of a pop magazine double page
spread is for it to be set out in a question and
answer format, this is how I have set out the
text in my double page spread.
The text font for the questions should be
completely different to the text font for the
answers. I have followed this convention as the
questions are purple and italic and the
answers are black and not italic. The purple
text is conventional as it will appeal to the
target audience and the black text is
conventional as it shows the importance of the
answers as the are more important than the
questions as the pop-star is answering and this
is who the readers are interested in.
-The title of the double page spread is conventional and it
must be attractive and appealing to the target audience.
One way this is convention is because of the colour, I have
used purple which is a feminine colour so will appeal to the
target audience. It is also conventional as the name of the
artist is in a different, bigger and bolder font. This shows
the more important part of the title and is also eyecatching.
-Another convention of my double page spread is
the pull quote.
This pull quote is
conventional as the
background and text are
purple, this follows the colour
scheme and is also appealing
to the target audience.
Another way this pull quote is conventional is because it
stands out, it stands out because the font is bold and
because the text stands out because of the colour of the
text and the background.
8. Comparison- cover page
It is conventional to have a masthead which is appealing to the audience and also
eye-catching as it has to stand out the most on the cover.
Both of these mastheads are conventional, they are both bold and appealing to the
target audience.
They are both pink which is a typical colour of what the target audience like
therefore making the colour conventional.
Both of these mastheads follow the route of the eye as they are both places at the
top of the cover page which is also conventional.
It is conventional to have a main cover line. This main cover line should be the
biggest cover line on the cover, this is to make it eye-catching and appealing. This
is also to make it clear which cover line is about the artist or band used on the
cover for the main image.
Both of these cover lines are conventional as they are both eye-catching in there
own way, the top of the pops is appealing because of the range of colours used and
pop it cover line is appealing because the background is bright and the text stands
out on this colour.
A difference is where this cover line is place, the top of the pops cover line is place
over the centre of the main image and the pop it magazine is places on the left
hand side with all of the other cover lines but on a larger scale.
9. Comparison- cover page
There should always be a main image on the front cover, this image should be
conventional.
These images are similar as they both take up the majority of the page as the
main image should always be the one of the main attractions to the cover.
Another way the image is similar is because the images are both of young
females who are very feminine, therefore typical pop-stars.
A difference is that the top of the pops image is darker than my image, but the
top of the pops have used a light background and I’ve used a dark background
so both of the images still stand out just as much.
The colour scheme should be clearly shown by the cover of a pop
magazine.
A similarity of these two colour schemes is that they are both pinks and
purples, these colours have been used as it is extremely likely that the
target audience will be attracted to these colours as they are the colours
the target audience stereo-typically like.
It is very common for these colours to be used as they will be eyecatching to the target audience and will then intrigue them to the
magazine.
A slight difference is that I have used lighter pinks and purples and top
of the pops have used darker pinks and purples, this is due to the
background colours. My background colour is dark so lighter colours
will stand out more, however on top of the pops magazine cover they
have used a light background therefore the darker pinks and purples
will stand out more.
10. Comparison- contents page
Using an image of the cover page on the contents page is good as it is visual and
helps as it is easier to navigate through the magazine.
These images are similar because of the numbers, all of the numbers are places in
circles and point clearly to the cover line showing clearly which page to find each
article on.
However a difference between these is the colour of the circles, top of the pops
have used black coloured circles as it show the importance of the numbers and I
have used purple circles as purple follows the colour scheme.
Numbers are needed on a contents page as the whole idea of a contents page is to tell the readers
which page each article is on.
These numbers are similar as they both follow the colour scheme of the magazines as the colour
schemes were both pinks and purples.
Another similarity is they are both bold, this makes them eye-catching which is important as it will
show the main importance of the contents page.
A difference is the top of the tops magazine have done their numbers to give off more of a cluttered
effect which is conventional for a pop magazine. Where as mine are neat which is less appealing to the
target audience.
It’s conventional for the contents page to follow the colour scheme shown on
the front cover but however it is not always done.
These two magazines have both shown the colour scheme on the contents page.
A similarity is that both colour schemes are pinks and purples and another
similarity is that the colours are generally used fort the same things of the
contents page.
A difference is on the top of the pops magazine a range of different shades of
purples are used to give effect whereas on my magazine the same purple has
been used throughout.
11. Comparison- contents page
Sub headings should be included next to the page numbers to show which articles
are where.
A similarity of these two contents sub headings is that on both all artist and band
names have been made different to the rest of your text by being made more eyecatching.
A difference is however I have used a different colour for my sub-headings which
is pink as it follows the colour scheme, but top of the pops have just made their
black text bolder to show the importance of the text made bolder.
It is conventional for pop magazines to use shortened words.
A similarity of this is that they have both used abbreviations of
words, this is done as it appeals to the target audience as they use
these types of words in their everyday lives.
12. Comparison- double page spread
Double page spreads will have to have a main image of the pop-star or band the
article is about.
These two images are similar as the are both placed on the right hand side of the
text that is about them.
On both images the males are standing in casual positions as this is appealing to
the target audience.
Both males and typically fashionable and young as this is what the target audience
find attractive and look up to as role models.
A difference between these two images is the top of the pops image is just of half
of a body where as my image is of the whole body.
Every double page spread in a pop magazine should have a title that
stands out and is bold.
A similarity between these two titles is that both magazines have
made the name of the pop star that the article is about in a different
font or colour. This is because they want to make the name of the
pop star more eye-catching so it is appealing an intriguing.
A difference between these two titles is the background colour, but
this just depends on the background colour of the whole double
page spread, the colour which stands out more for the particular
pages have been used on both magazines.
13. Comparison- double page spread
The text on double page spreads is usually in formed in a question then answer format.
A similarity between these two is that the question have been put in a different coloured text,
this helps to clearly show the difference between questions and answers.
Another similarity is that the answers are in a black coloured text, this is done purposefully
as the readers are more interested in what the answers are as these will be their idols
answering. Therefore making the text black shows its importance.
Pull quotes are conventional in a double page spread as they
are eye-catching.
A similarity between these pull quotes is that they both
stand out which is intentionally done as these quotes are
supposed to draw readers in and make them want to read
more information around the quote.
Another similarity of these pull quotes is that they both
follow the colour scheme of their magazines.
A difference is my pull quote is placed in the middle of the
text and the top of the pops pull quote is placed on top of the
image on the left hand side. Both of these places to put a pull
quote are conventional.
