1. Amped Music Magazine
In what ways does your media
product use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real
media products?

2. • Masthead • Text • Standfront
• Menu • Layout • Captions
• Pugs • Overall House Style • Page Numbers
• Sidebar • Rule of Thirds • Drop Capitals
• Strapline • Tags • Headings
• Main Cover Image • Coverlines • Menu Bar
• Issue Information • Secondary Images • Pull Quotes
Typical Codes and
Conventions

3. House Style – having a consistent Red, White and Black Colour Scheme – Masthead and Tagline – the name of
house style for my front cover as well my magazine is located in the conventional
links to house style and shows consistency in the
as through other pages in my place at the top of the magazine which is
magazine in terms of colour and content.
magazine makes the it seem more where the audience will tend to look first
professional and pleasing to the and is also accompanied with the tagline
readers eye. which is the case has some rhyme to it with
“scene” and “magazine”.
Issue Information – Straplines and Sell Lines – these
this informs the target help show some of the other key parts
audience of the issue of the magazines content and are
number and price of the coloured and tall to remain separate
magazine. from the rest of the text on the front
cover
Secondary Images – Coverline and Anchorage Text –
these images will help this shows the main article included in
show additional content the magazine and tends to be located
that is in the magazine in the centre of the magazine to show
and will also draw in the the audience that is the part of the
reader more. cover they should mostly be paying
attention to and that they remember it
Puff – this single stand when they going through the
out graphic draws the magazine.
attention of the reader to
this point to show that
Main Cover Image – the cover is in
there is something of
a centralised position to accompany the
importance within the
coverline and links to its purpose and
magazine when looking Barcode –
also to advertise the content of the
at the cover. accompanies issue
magazine.
information Rule Of Thirds – splits the magazine into to separate parts for
the audience and makes it easier to follow the information Pug – the idea of the pug is much like a
Front Cover
Banner – a banner again makes pieces of text puff where a single graphic makes
stand out and inform the reader of extra content something stand out on the cover of the
within the magazine that perhaps isn't of much magazine and highlights the importance of
importance but is there to be seen. it.

4. • I chose a simple colour of red, black and white to
make my page seem less congested and more
approachable compared to having a large number of
colours, the colours also make the features of my
front cover stand out more.
• I decided to use a large front cover image with one
person rather than an image with numerous people
as again I wanted to keep it simplistic.
• I wanted to try and use up as much space as possible
on my front cover as I felt it would offer more to my
target audience and gain their attention more rather
than just having one or two front cover conventions.
• I’ve specifically used this layout/text style to make
the magazine seem as if it had some attitude but also
seem as it was going to be a magazine that would be
informative at the same time, I used “Kerrang”
magazine as inspiration.
Explanation

5. • Masthead located at top of the page
• Secondary Images
• Large coverline stretching across the
middle of the page
• Puff located on the left hand side of the
page
• Banner with additional content located at
the bottom on the page
• Poster special advertised on the front cover
• Barcode positions in bottom corner of the
page
Comparison – Front Cover

6. Red, White and Black Colour Scheme – Issue Information – again
links to house style and shows consistency in the informs the audience of the issue etc.
magazine in terms of colour and content. This
then links to the front cover.
Menu Bar – this bar shows all the
contents and the page numbers
where they can be found with a brief
Article Quotes – the quotes come from the description under each piece to
article themselves and help give an idea what the inform the reader of its purpose.
article is about and could link to the image that
they have been accompanied with.
Headings –this breaks down the contents
in the magazine to give help the audience
what certain piece of contents they want to
find and in interests them.
Images – the images link to the contents of
the magazine and help give a visual
representations which could make the reader
more interested in certain parts of the
magazine.
Editors Comments – this comes from the
editor of the magazine who talks about what's in
this particular issue of this magazine and what
House Style – this continues to they hope the reader gets from the magazine, this
follow the house of the magazine that is also sometimes accompanied by a signature
I’ve set out to use in all the pages of Magazine Name– my magazine name is and an image of the editor
my magazine. located at both the top and bottom of my page
Contents Page

7. • I felt that having a more visual based contents page
with minimal text would be more appealing to my
target audience rather than one filled with loads of
text that they’d have to read, I used “NME” as an
outline in creating this layout.
• I also wanted my edited photos to immediately stand
out from the rest of the page so creating a montage
of images, it allowed me to create a layout where I
was able to include more photos.
• I continued with the house style that I used on my
front page to make my magazine more consistent
rather than having a mix match of varied colours on
both pages.
• I used the most typical conventions you’d find on a
contents page such as a menu bar and an editors
comment box to still create some originality whilst
still trying to keep my magazine unique.
Explanation

8. • Contents title at the top of the page
• Images that link to the content located to
the left hand side of the menu with varied
sizes
• Headings to separate the different types of
content in the magazine
• Editors comments included on the contents
page
• Page numbers
• Consistent house style used
• Brief descriptions along with the contents
Comparison – Contents Page

9. Pull Quote – this is a quote from
House Style – although the colours the article itself and helps highlight
Article Title– the title shows the Standfirst – this introduces the
audience what to expect from the article and informs the audience
are different for this page, its does the actual purpose of the article
follow the same text and layout style
rest of page and it could also hint what it’s about.
what the article itself is about.
with the rest of my magazine.
Secondary Images– relevant can be
placed all over the spread to give the
audience ideas about what they're
reading.
Large Main Image and
Secondary Images – the images Layout and Design – by creating a
unique spread for the main article in the
link to the purpose of the article
magazine, it will instantly draw the reader
in and grab their attention from the rest of
the contents
Interactive Information– this
Dropcapital – shows the reader gives the audience other methods of
where the main text of the getting information about what
article begins they’ve just read.
Page Numbers – shows the Image Captions– this informs the
audience what page they’re on. reader about what the image is
showing and how its relevance to the
rest of the article.
Blue, White and Black Colour Interactive Barcode–the barcode
Live Review – this adds more
Scheme – differs from the rest of allows the audience to get instant
information to the article and is also
access to a certain website that’s
the house style on the other pages a separate element to the article itself
relevant to the article.
but links to the article information
Double-Page Spread

10. • I wanted to position numerous images all around my
pages so that my audience wasn’t just reading text
and then the images would break up the article.
• I decided to have a page structure that had some sort
of flow for when the audience was reading it so by
having an angled upward article, the reader would
easily know where to begin and end.
• I included some additional features on my double-
page spread such as a live review which you may
find typically in a music magazine but also an
interactive barcode which differs from most music
magazines of this type.
• My colour scheme is different from the rest of my
pages as I wanted to make it more fitting to the band
I was writing about and would therefore have much
more of a theme to the pages.
Explanation

11. • Large title at the top part of the page
• Consistent style across both pages
• There is one large main image on one side
of the page
• There is standfirst underneath the main
title
• The main article text has been divided into
three separate columns
• The style of text for the title is different
from the main article text
• There is a drop capital at the beginning of
the article
Comparison – Double-Page Spread

12. • The overall style and approach for my magazine was to create a local music scene magazine that had some
form of attitude much like that of “Kerrang” whilst also making it informative and interesting in the process.
• The audience are able to read the text easily as it has a continuous flow to it. Also, the text style and the way
that the main article for example has been worded, I wanted to make it into an informal and approachable
style.
• I wanted my magazine to follow the typical conventions of any magazine on all my pages but I also wanted to
create a unique style and layout that was appealing. An example would be my double-page spread where I’ve
created an angled sort of style that flows from one corner to the other and is still easy to read without it being
to crowded.
• Additionally, I wanted to make the front cover pretty much similar to that of existing rock magazines that are
currently available via the use of my text positioning such as my masthead and also the way I have used
images.
• I also wanted my contents page to highlight the main features of my magazine through the use of my images
and text style so by having images along with quotes from the articles themselves, it make it much more easier
on the eye.
• For the name of my magazine, I wanted to make it clear when my audience first saw it that it is clearly a
music magazine and by having a title such as “Amped” which immediately suggests music, it is much more
likely my audience will take notice.
• By having a large centralised cover image that was in the same style of “Kerrang”, this will again make my
magazine more in the style of current music magazines.
• Finally, I wanted my magazine to have a consistent house style on all the pages to make it seem more
professional and less congested with multiple images and pieces of text although the colours and style of text
would change in accordance with whatever the article was on about. For example, the blue colour linked to the
band name “Across All Oceans”.
Magazine Style

13. Despite my magazine using the typical codes and
conventions you will find in popular rock/metal music
magazine currently on sale, it still has a unique approach by
just focusing on the local music scene in a particular area of
the country. So overall, I fell my magazine is much different
with the way it uses the original conventions and how it
makes the most of them throughout my pages. A consistent
and simplistic style may not usually be associated with the
music genre my magazine focuses on, however it’s still able
to deliver some attitude that offers my target audience all
the information they would expect from a music magazine.
Conclusion