This document outlines codes and conventions used in music magazines. It discusses elements like: - The masthead using a striking color like red to draw attention and increase brand awareness. - Font choices like newspaper typeface to convey the artist may be in tabloids and target a rebellious demographic. - Central images typically of the featured artist, which can establish the magazine's provocative attitude through images that challenge norms of appearance. - Other visual elements like subheaders in varied fonts to represent different genres and widen the audience, and reverse text styles to draw attention to the magazine's reputation.

1. Codes and Conventions
Of a music magazine
By Yasmine Sinclair

2. Master head
The main logo which is predominantly in a powerful, striking colour to draw
attention to the publications name increase brand awareness. The use of
red, to correspond with the rest of the colour scheme, emulates the
powerful, liberating, dangerous, and controversial ideologies of the
magazine.
Expanded read-through
Written in newspaper type face
font to convey that that the artist
may be reoccurring in tabloids. The
line emphasis's how the magazine
targets a anti main stream
rebellious life style demographic,
echoed my the artist on the cover.
Cross head
Again in red, in a 3
dimensional style font
which may connote that
there is more to the artist
than meets the eye.
Ranged right text
In alternate colours to express the
variety of article in the magazine.
Central image
Conventionally of the
artist in which the
currant issue is focusing
n. Here NME
establishes its
provocative and
unconformist attitude
to music and society
values. The naked
image challenges pre
conceived ideals about
body image and what a
star ‘should’ look like.
Extra images
Related to other feature
heads to engage the
reader further. The use of
‘FREE’ in uppercase also to
encourage the reader the
purchase it.

3. Master head
Simplistic yet bold to
echo the colour scheme
of monochrome colours
and piecing red to
connote shock, echoing
the article subject.
Central image of artist
Provocative image of a semi-
naked artist symbolise her
exposure in the media and in
her music. Her hair style is
Marline Monroe like which
convey she is also an icon in
her generation. This
juxtaposes the rock and edges
aesthetic of her clothing, and
gloves which may connote
Edward Scissorhands,
conclusively presenting a
warped, unconventional and
anti establishment ideologies
of the artist and inter the
magazine.
Sub Headers
In a variety of type
face, which
represents the
variety of genes Q
magazine
incorporates,
increasing the
audience
demographic it
targets.
Reverse Out Text
Tag line for the magazine used in this
style to stand out and draw attention
to the magazine reputation.
Artist body language
Reminiscent of Michal Jackson, show artist
synergy and inspiration with previous music icons,
and again widens the magazines audience.

4. Central image of Artist
Styled as a 50’s pin up girl,
extremely sexual targeting
a male audience who lust
after the artist and as well
as female who aspire to
be . The sexual liberating
image is constructed
though the salute gesture
which connotes army,
power and concurring
repression in a patriarchal
society.
Master Head
Contrast the background
colour to visually draw in the
reader.
Read through quote
To appeal to the celebrity
obsessed generation who
desire an in depth insight
in artists thoughts and
feelings.