1. Conventions of a music magazine
It is clear that when producing a magazine there
are certain ways media presents the content, when
making my magazine I followed the usual
conventions a music magazine would follow. I kept
my magazine more of a masculine magazine, and in
doing this I used a male artist on the front.
However, the magazine I was potentially aspiring
to follow used a woman on the front of their
magazine, yet as you can see it’s quite a
masculine pose.
As you can see, the Name is
not the main feature, and the
artists name is in massive
bold red writing, They have
used a large dominant icon
who people recognize who is
giving eye contact, her
outfit even fits in with the
colour scheme of the magazine
front cover, which follows,
Red, white, grey and black.
I followed this convention on
my magazine, tying all the
colours together to create a theme itself. My
theme was British bands; because of this the
colours I choose t fit in with the scheme was
Blue black red and white. The main writing
follows down the left hand side, I also decided
to follow this technique to make it look like a
believable magazine. There are 2 people featured
on the front page of the magazine because, you
have to show there are more people included,
Names of other bands are also used to show the
magazine entails more than the main character,
because some of the audience may not be a Madonna

2. fan, they have to appeal to everybody in one way
to sell more magazines, Teasing contents. I also
incorporated more than one artist, as you can
also see when it mentions interview; it has a
humorous quote from Madonna which shows the
magazine isn’t completely serious and entails
more fun than a boring interview.
I also attempted to make my magazine interview
more humorous. The bar code is placed at the
right hand side, which you will find with a lot
of magazines. The price is usually shown small as
if not a big issue and worth the money. And also
something free is usual given away etc, free
poster in this case it’s a 70 page special about
women in music.
NME magazine also follows
the usual conventions of a
music magazine. The title
bold and in red, which I
have noted is popular
colour used in music
magazines, The writing is
featured at the left hand
side, bar code at the
left. Title at top of the
left hand side, However it
seems to me this might be
a prescribed issue,
because hardily any other
bands are mentioned to
entice the audience.
Free things such as
posters are also usually
entailed to give something
back to the reader.
This, another NME magazine
also as you can see
follows the usual
conventions a music
magazine does.

3. Bar code is placed at the right
hand side. Title is on the header.
Different selection of bands are
shown to show variety in the
magazine,
Main artists photograph contrasting
with the background to appear more
visible.
Main band presented in bold
masculine powerful writing an in
white to stand out
Other artist’s
picture is shown
Again other bands are
shown to shown that there
is more inside.
Double page analysis.

4. This double page spread is from Kerrang,
you can clearly see the colour scheme,
And the interview is set up into columns,
the main title at the top. Many pictures
surrounding the interview, this is a clear
representation of a rock magazines double
page spread, messy, packed with
information, Pictures from gigs. The logo
for kerrang in the top right corner.