1. FRONT COVER MASTERHEAD: I KEPT THE MASTERHEAD AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, WHICH IS FOLLOWING THE COVENTION OF THE MAGAZINES I RESEARCHED SUCH AS KERRANG. ALSO LIKE THE KERRANG MAGAZINE, I HAVE USED A DISTORTED FONT ON MY MASTERHEAD, AND WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHY I MADE THE TOP OF THE PERSONS HEAD WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN BEHIND THE MASTERHEAD, INFRONT OF THE FONT. COLOUR SCHEME: FOR MY MAGAZINE WHICH IS THE SAME STYLE AS A KERRANG MAGAZINE I HAVE USED A SIMILAR, VERY COMMON COLOUR SCHEME OF BLACK, WHITE AND RED WHICH IS FOLLOWING THE CONVENTIONS OF MOST ROCK MUSIC MAGAZINES.

2. FOOTERS: ADDED BAND NAMES ONTO BOTTOM OF THE CONTENTS PAGE, VERY SIMILAR TO KERRANG, TO ATTRACT THE READER WITH BANDS THEY LIKE, OR HAVE NEVER HEARD OF. THIS GENERALLY FOLLOWS CONVENTIONS OF MUSIC MAGAZINES. COVERLINES: ALSO VERY SIMILAR TO MOST MUSIC MAGAZINES, I ADDED FREE POSTERS ONTO THE FRONT COVER TO ATTRACT AUDIENCE TO READ MY MAGAZINE. BARCODE: I ADDED THE BARCODE TO THE FRONT OF MY MAGAZINE ALONG WITH THE ISSUE NUMBER AND PRICE, FOLLOWING THE CONVENTIONS OF KERRANG.

3. MAIN ARTCILE: THE MAIN ARTICLE FOR MY MAGAZINE I HAVE PUT IN A LARGE FONT TO MAKE IT STAND OUT AGAINST ALL THE OTHER COVRERLINES ON THE CONTENTS PAGE. I ALSO ADDED THEM IN COLOUR INSTEAD OF BLACK AND WHITE TO MAKE IT STAND OUT AGAINST THE PICTURE IN THE BACKGROUND. JUST LIKE KERRANG, I HAVE PUT THE NAME OF THE BAND TOP, BIGGER AND IN A DIFFERENT COLOUR, BEFORE ADDING WHAT THE ARTICLE IS ABOUT UNDERNEATH. PHOTOGRAPHY: SIMILAR TO THE PHOTOGRAPHY USED ON KERRANG I HAVE USED A PORTRAIT SHOT OF A BAND MEMBER OF THE MAIN ARTICLE. THE PHOTOGRAPHY ON MY MAGAZINE I HAVE THEM LOOKING STRAIGHT INTO THE CAMERA TO ADD A PERSONAL FEEL FOR THE READER AND IT MAKES THE IMAGE MORE POWERFUL. THE PICTURE I HAVE USED IS DONE IN A STUDIO WAY RATHER THAN A SHOT OF THE BAND PLAYING LIVE, THIS FOLLOWS THE CONVENTIONS OF MUSIC MAGAZINES AS THEY WOULD OFTEN HAVE A POSED PICTURE ON THE COVER OF A MAGAZINE.

4. CONTENTS PAGE HEADER: LOOKING BACK AT KERRANG, THEY HAD THE HEADER FOR THE CONTENTS PAGE ONLY AT ONE SIDE, WHEREAS I HAVE SPREAD MINE ACROSS THE TOP OF THE PAGE TO FILL IN ANY PLAIN SPACE. I ALSO USED ANOTHER DISTORTED FONT TO MATCH THE HEADER TO MY MASTERHEAD ON MY FRONT COVER. THIS GENERALLY FOLLOWS THE CONVENTIONS OF A MUSIC MAGAZINE. CONTENTS: SIMILAR TO KERRANG, I ADDED SECTIONS TO MY LIST OF CONTENTS TO BREAK IT UP. I ADDED ‘FEATURES’ TO SHOW WHAT IS NEW AND EXCLUSIVE FOR THIS WEEKS ISSUE, AND ‘REGULARS’ TO SHOW AN UPDATE ON REGULAR INFORMATION TO MAGAZINE GIVES TO ITS READERS.

5. PHOTOGRAPHY: SIMILAR TO KERRANG I ADDED SOME PHOTOGRAPHGS OF THE MAIN FEATURE ARTICLES I HAVE PUT ON MY CONTENTS PAGE, AND ADDED PAGE NUMBERS TO THE PICTURE TO LINK IT TO THE ARTICLE IN THE LIST OF CONTENTS. COLOUR SCHEME: I ALSO KEPT MY COLOUR SCHEME AS BLACK WHITE AND RED WHICH FOLLOWS THE CONVENTIONS OF A MUSIC MAGAZINE OF SIMILAR GENRES

6. LAYOUT: I WANTED TO KEEP MY LAYOUT VERY SIMILAR TO ONE I SAW IN A KERRANG MAGAZINE AS I LIKE THE SMALL TEXT SURROUNDED BY IMAGES, IT MAKES THE PAGE LOOK BUSY AND INTERESTING. I ALSO LIKE THE DRAMATIC EFFECT OF THE BLACK BACKGROUND THAT MAKES THE TEXT STAND OUT A LOT MORE. COLOUR SCHEME: I KEPT THE COLOUR SCHEME TO BLACK WHITE AND RED, BUT INSTEAD OF HAVING A WHITE BACKGROUND I CHANGED IT TO BLACK. WHICH ACCORDING TO THE KERRANG MAGAZINE I LOOKED AT, FOLLOWS THE CONVENTIONS OF A MAGAZINE BUT THE MAJORITY OF PAGES IN A MAGAZINE WILL HAVE WHITE PAGES.

7. PHOTOGRAPHY: I USED SIMILAR PHOTOGRAPHY TO KERRANG ON THEIR DPS, HOWEVER I KEPT ALL MY PICTURES AS LIVE SHOTS. INSTEAD OF A MIXTURE AS MY ARTICLE WAS A REVIEW OF THEIR GIG. I KEPT MY IMAGES IN COLOUR INSTEAD OF BLACK AND WHITE SO THEY STOOF OUT AGAINST THE BLACK BACKGROUND

8. WRITING: I KEPT THE WRITING IN COLUNMS SO IT IS A LOT EASIER TO FOLLOW WHEN READING IT. THIS IS FOLLOWING THE CONVENTIONS OF MOST MAGAZINES. I HAVE ALSO PULLED OUT A QUOTE FROM THE TEXT WHICH ALSO FOLLOWS HE CONVENTIONS OF MOST MAGAZINES HEADER: I PUT THE TITLE FOR THE DPS ABOVE THE WRITING, AND IN A LARGE FONT IN RED, SO IT STANDS OUT THE MOST FROM THE PAGE. THIS GENERERALLY FOLLOWS THE CONVENTIONS OF A MAGAZINE.