1. MASTHEAD: The masthead I used for
my magazineis onewhichshows clear
contrast againstthecolourofthe
background. Thetitleitselfis short, breifand
to the pointmaking it standout to
audiences.I think thatmy masthead
challenges sharedcodes and conventions as
from doing research,I found that I haven’t
found a masthead similar or sameto mineas
mastheads are usuallymorecompact and
shorter inlengthwith themusually being a
word or two at most.
COVERLINES: The cover lines which I’ve
used for my articleI triedto keepbrief, short
and effective for audiences making them
interesting yet nottoolong to readallowing
the audience’s time toreadall headlines.I
tried using as muchspacewhen writing
them to leaveas littlenegative space as
possible. In terms of written material for
shared codes and conventions for thecover
lines I think minefollowthetypical
conventions and I’ve alsotriedto makethe
stories as gripping andas interesting as
possiblein as fewwords as possible.
MAIN IMAGE: The main imageofthe
artist is used toconveyhis facialexpression
which is neutral.It also shows us his clothes
which aredesigner brand commonly seen
and associatedwith theHip Hopscene.We
see him ina closeup shotwhich is a
photography techniquecommonly usedin
magazines ofthis genreas it aims to show
the artist so wegetan idea ofwhat helooks
like. The mainimageis placedsothat there’s
minimum head room andnegativespaceleft
making thecover seem morefullandpacked
with more content.
SKYLINE:My skylinewhich I’veused
conforms and supports thetypicalskyline
convention which can beoften seen acrossa
wide rangeofmagazines throughoutvarious
music genres as well as Hip Hop itself. So in
conclusionI’d say my Skyline follows the
typical conventions and shared codes of
Skylines found across other magazines
2. PULL QUOTE: My pull quoteused ‘Playing
with fire’ relating directly back to the artist’s
name ‘Firebeats’ which is a play on words and
gives us a senseofthe scale oftheartists’
popularity andinfluenceas tosay ‘Playing with
fire’ would connotehe’s a big dealor thathe’s
important.I used this pullquote tobe interesting
and catchy
Main image:My main imageis a medium
shot ofmy artist facedagainst a background
showing his waistupwards. I’ve placed it inthe
top left ofthe pageto capturereader’s attention
yet leaving enough room for text tobeplacedand
written upon fromfeature article
FEATURE ARTICLE: My use of
columns onmy featurepage article
supports typicalconventions and
shared codes as columns areoften
used in HipHop stylemagazines and
especially can befoundin big well
known publications such as VIBEand
Rolling Stonebut can alsobe seen
throughout various other
publications as well as Hip Hop
magazines.
3. MAIN IMAGE: For my main imageI
placed myartistin an upright seated
positionwith his hands placed ina praying
motion andposition which can sometimes
be seen andassociated withotherHip Hop
magazines andpopularartists such as
‘Fiasco’ and ‘Thegame’ whoareboth widely
known and wellrespected Hip Hopartists.
The artistis also shown to bemaking direct
eye contactwith thereader making them
engaged upon the articleand to pulltheir
focus in.
STORY LINES: The story lines I used on
my feature pagearticle aredesigned tobe
short, to thepointand informative tothe
reader onwhat theyareabout. I’ve tried to
use as littlewords as possible whencreating
the titlelines creating a senseofinterest for
readers. I’ve alsouseda colour scheme
which shows contrast onthepage for
making story lines and page numbers stand
out from eachother creating a nicevariety
ofcolour on thepage
FEAUTURE PAGE TITLES: The
page titlefor this featurepage is simply
called‘Features’ making itsimpleand
effective for the reader. Itlets them know
what the pageis aboutand whatthey can
expect to find on thepage. I’vealso
includeda small sub heading which reads
‘In the mix’ which is something seen on
VIBES magazinefeature pagearticle
including theartist’50Cent’
COLOUR SCHEME: COLOUR
SCHEME: The colour scheme which I
used is a fairlybasic one which consists of
two main colours being red andwhite.
These two colours standout witheach
other along with the red border making
the page more visually appealing yet I’d
say wouldconform againsttypical
conventions and shared codes for feature
page articles
