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Codes And Conventions Of A
Music Magazine Front Cover
Usually on front covers of music
magazines the main image
covers most the title because
they are well established and
they are very well known by their
audience.




The title is usually one or
two words with a unique
and original font.
They use direct
address to attract the
audience and catch
their eye. They also
convey an attitude of
the artist/band, for
example Green Day
the band you can see
to your left looks very
serious and gives of a
feeling of being very
hard faced.

Whereas Cheryl
Cole conveys an
attitude of being
flirtatious and
sexual.

Certain lighting
and angles are
used to help
convey their
attitudes.
The main image used
on music magazine
front covers are
always very popular
and well known
artists/bands.

The cover lines on music
magazines are usually
names of artists/ bands.
Cover lines are all about
attracting the audience.

The magazines usually
include a strip listing
even more artists/
bands. This creates a
widest possible
appeal.

Also all music
magazines follow
a simple colour
scheme.
Codes And Conventions Of A
Music Magazine Contents Page
In a music magazine
contents page the
features dominates one
of the articles.



It includes regular
content which
appears every
month. There are
usually only around
five or six.
The headings stand out
to make it look more
interesting to the
audience . They do this
by choosing certain
colours.



On a contents page they
usually have around five
images, they would be of
real bands/ artists, placed
in a creative and
interesting way attracting
the audience more to it
making them want to
know what story lies
behind the images.
On a music magazine
contents page they
have a simple colour
scheme.



They also include the
date, the name of the
magazine and the
issue number.

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Paiges codes and conventions of a music magazine front

  • 1. Codes And Conventions Of A Music Magazine Front Cover
  • 2. Usually on front covers of music magazines the main image covers most the title because they are well established and they are very well known by their audience. The title is usually one or two words with a unique and original font.
  • 3. They use direct address to attract the audience and catch their eye. They also convey an attitude of the artist/band, for example Green Day the band you can see to your left looks very serious and gives of a feeling of being very hard faced. Whereas Cheryl Cole conveys an attitude of being flirtatious and sexual. Certain lighting and angles are used to help convey their attitudes.
  • 4. The main image used on music magazine front covers are always very popular and well known artists/bands. The cover lines on music magazines are usually names of artists/ bands. Cover lines are all about attracting the audience. The magazines usually include a strip listing even more artists/ bands. This creates a widest possible appeal. Also all music magazines follow a simple colour scheme.
  • 5. Codes And Conventions Of A Music Magazine Contents Page
  • 6. In a music magazine contents page the features dominates one of the articles. It includes regular content which appears every month. There are usually only around five or six.
  • 7. The headings stand out to make it look more interesting to the audience . They do this by choosing certain colours. On a contents page they usually have around five images, they would be of real bands/ artists, placed in a creative and interesting way attracting the audience more to it making them want to know what story lies behind the images.
  • 8. On a music magazine contents page they have a simple colour scheme. They also include the date, the name of the magazine and the issue number.