2. Billboard Conventions
Seductive pose, suits the
album and makes her
sexually attractive to men by
how her posture and facial
expression is in the feature
article photo, also one eye
is covered
Her face is covering the
masthead which allows
you to concentrate on
her more and as a
popular magazine, it
would be easily
recognised
House style of white red and
yellow are the only colours
used, helps draw you in with
the theme of her hair as it is
the same colour
Plug of ‘reinvention
of Rihanna’ and a
quote she uses in
the article about her
fans not knowing
who she really is,
draws you in to want
to find out who she
Her name is the other really is
thing you are drawn to as
it is over the feature
article photo so you know
it is her
Barcode on the
front
‘REinvention’, links to
her nickname ‘RiRi’
which fans would
notice
Pink posing as the ‘I’ in her
name
Font colour scheme
blends in with her
hair and selected
clothing – black and
pink which would
have been planned
to fit the name of
her and what she is
wearing.
Collar up so it is
almost as if she is
hiding, but going to
reveal it to you in this
article
Barcode on the front
House style again:
yellow, black, blue, pink,
white
Eye contact is not
given head on, it
is from the side:
less intimidating,
less intimate
Target audience:
pop artist fans.
Teens/young
adults
Second photo,
despite not being
on the front cover
almost shows her
coming out of her
shell to tell you
her story
What she’s wearing shows she
knows the music ‘business’,
shows her confidence in what
she does, but as it is a new
her, she’s nervous???
Negative space
is taken up with
her name and
does not include
other main
articles to show
her importance
in the magazine
3. NME Conventions
Lady Gaga
‘unzipped’ plug
links to what she is
wearing: she has
zips covering her
intimate area
There is a pull out quote of
what is featured in the article
you read about her
House style is the
same with typography
but changes colour
scheme to suit the
artist
There are also other
pull out quotes from
other articles that are
included
She is very exposed, so
she exposes all to NME?
Questions whoever sees
the article by Lady Gaga’s
questions
Direct eye contact
Basic colour scheme
Feature article photo
makes Billie look like
he has a lot of things
as he seems stressed
with holding his head
and a shocked facial
expression to show
what he is about to tell
you is real
Barcode on the
front page
Again, using a pull
out quote as to why
Green Day’s music is
the way it is
Regular house
style of
typography
colours and font
Other artists included are in
bold typography
Green day exclusive is
covering the feature
article photo at the top
which shows that it is not
solely about Billie, despite
being the lead singer and
songwriter for the band.
Target
audience:
working class
teens-35.
4. Q Conventions
relatively wordy
Typography is the main
house style and the ‘Q’ in
the corner
Photo is a mid
shot
House style of the
same colours and
typography- there
are similar colours
used, blue, red,
black and white on
the majority of their
front covers
Target: 20-40
middle-lower
class
Capital font when it tries
to draw you in with a
puff or a plug.
Pull out quotes
used- The Killers
article
Plug of ‘Unmasked’
draws you in as you only
tend to see daft punk with
their masks on and it also
allows you to know that
they are telling a story
you would not have
necessarily heard before
Negative space colour
changes depending on the
person
