The document analyzes the codes and conventions used in magazine covers. It discusses four different magazine covers, noting the color schemes, placement of images and text, and other design elements used and what they are intended to communicate to readers. For each cover, it examines the symbolic meaning behind the colors, positioning of the celebrities/artists, and other graphical components and how they relate to the magazine's target audience and topic.

1. Codes:
Rihanna head is red which
could stand for love of
romance because of all
the sexual reference in
the magazine.
The colour scheme is pink
and red, they use a lot of
pink and red to make the
cover stand out to women
who will be buying this
the most.
The yellow sticker on the
right tells use that any
females need this
magazine so that they can
stay up to date with the
trends for July.
The uses of rhetorical
question makes the
readers want to buy the
magazine “50 things you
should have never
stopped doing” It
intrigues the readers in to
buying the magazines
because they want to
know what they shouldn’t
of stopped doing.
Conventions:
They uses the colour pink to
appeal more to females
because pink is more
related to girls.
The model is in a looking
right at you which is to get
your attention, direct mode
of addressing is used.
The model posing in the
middle and is behind the
mast head.
Rihanna also has red hard
while wearing red lip stick
and pink shorts. This
matches the colours used
for the text and
background.
The main cover line is next
to her face because people
will look there first because
of the pose she is doing,
this will make the reader
look the main cover line
which might persuade them
to buy it.

2. Codes:
The colour scheme is
red, white and black
these are very rock and
role colours because red
in this case is related to
blood which shows that
the band is hard-core
and that they take there
music seriously. The
ripped cloths showing
their bloody skin shows
that their music is hard-
core and brutal. Its to
show there fans that
they are the biggest and
best rock and roll band
and that they fell the
same way about there
music. The white colours
used is to show there
purity as it slowly gets
broken as we see from
the t-shirt while it gets
bloody and ruined. The
yellow is used to
promote a product such
as stickers, posters, CD
and PlayStation.
Conventions:
The clothing and tattoos
shows us that this magazine
is going to be about rock
since rock and roll is a lot
more hard-core and rough.
We see the band ‘Bring me
the horizon’ in the middle
of the magazine and the
leader/main singer is in
front but he is the only one
covering the mast text and
his band mates are in the
back with the text in front
of them. The whole band is
looking straight at you
which gets the attention of
the reader because of eye
contact, you cant get the
same effect if they was
looking away.
We have all the information
such as the websites and
barcode in the bottom right
which is useful if the reader
wanted a digital copy and
wanted to share there
opinions about the
magazine.

3. Codes:
The uses of yellow is to
match the gold the
model is wearing and
suits the main idea of
this magazine cover
which is to show that
the model ‘Bruno
Mars’ future is bright.
We also wears glasses
which is to also backed
the point that his
future is bright. We
also see a stream of a
white blue light going
down in the
background. This could
be used to show a ray
of light. They also uses
the Billboard colours
which is blue and
yellow the 2 colours
used in this magazine.
The overall colour
scheme is very bright
which is the theme of
this magazine, it does
this just by using
colours.
Conventions:
The model is in front of the
mast head which is used in
most covers. It also has some
cover lines that are behind
him but there is one in front
of him.
The model takes up all the
space because he is such a
big singer which is why the
magazine decided to make
him the face of the cover
rather then covering him up
with text.
It also has a cover line that
shows the reader that it has
other singers in this
magazine such as Rihanna
and Papa Roach which are all
different singers for different
genres. They did this it
expand on there target
audience as It has a whole
diverse group of singers that
a lot of readers could enjoy.
The facial expression of the
model shows that he is
formal and that he is
professional.