This document provides an annotation of the conventions used in rock music magazines. It notes that the front cover uses an eye-catching masthead in bold font to catch readers' attention. Dark colors like red, black, and white are used which connote violence and aggression. Featured bands and pull quotes are included to attract readers. The contents page similarly uses bold headings and eye-catching images. Color schemes of black, red, and yellow relate to the rock genre. Double page spreads conventionally include a large main image paired with text on the opposite page. Standfirsts and pull quotes are used to provide context and engage readers.

1. Annotated conventions
of a rock Magazine
By Robert Munden

2. Front Cover
Large Masthead, Bold
catches attention
Dark Colours used, Red,
Black And the white is
used as a contrast colour,
These colours all connote
Violence, danger and
Aggression.
Eye catchy fonts, That
stand out to the eye as
they only glimpse at it.
Main Image has dark
clothing and dull facial
expressions which is
conventional .
Images attract attention
and make it more
cluttered which is good.
The use of pull quotes
makes the reader want to
read on to find out the
story.
The use of Free posters in a
magazine makes the reader want
to buy the magazine, This is due
to the Audience being relatively
young and the ‘Free’ Appeals to
them and not only young people
but most of their Audience.
Cluttered layout.
Cover lines used to
attract readers attention
and then they want to
read the Magazine
articles.
The use of feature bands in a magazine is used to
attract the audience in as they want to read about a
band they recognise.
Route of the eye used.

3. Contents Page
Main Image is eye catching, It draws
the readers attention and then they
read on to find out about the Image.
Contrasting Colours, The
black on the white.
Conventional Editors Letter
Other images are used on the contents
to catch peoples eye s which also fills up
the page using that cluttered layout
conventional for the rock Magazine.
Colours- Black, Red, Yellow are used
these all relate to the rick genre due
to what they connote, Red is For
blood and violence, Black connotes
Death and aggression and Yellow
connotes danger.
The content in the magazine,
Is in the same style as it is in
every Kerrang! Magazine
every week, This is done to
so that the contents become
recognised around the
country, It is usually either
set out at the bottom of the
page or down this side this is
also so that it becomes a
recognised thing.
Conventional subscription
offer

4. Double Page Spread
Use of different font styles
which attract attention with
the young target audience as
they would get bored of just
one font.
Use of loads of small images
around the double page
spread this is used so that it
conventionally links to the
parts of the text, It has little
captions underneath making
It clear on what it’s talking
about.
Large conventional Image on
one side of the Double page
spread which draws the
attention to that side and
then the information, The
image is conventional as it
consists of Dark clothing and
heavy metal instruments.
Use of kicker to draw
the readers eye to the
article.
Conventional Use of a stand
first to give the reader a lot
more info about the article.
Pull quote to give the pages the conventional full
layout and it allows sets the tone of the article,
and what's included In the article.
Boxed out information which
will interest the reader more
as it’s in a box.

5. Front Cover
Eye catching Bold masthead,
It’s a own font that can get
recognised.
Conventional images- serious,
Intimidating, also in dull clothing.
Banner shows what else is included
and competitions .
Conventional Cluttered layout so the
audience can relate it straight to the
genre of Rock.
Pull quotes to draw in the reader.
Variety of different fonts.
Featured Bands To attract attention
because they are well known and will be
recognised.
Cover lines used to attract the
audience as they can see baselines of
what's in the Magazine .

6. Contents Page
Heading is bold and
conventional looks
professional and Bold.
Contents is
conventionally along
the side which is seen
in many Kerrang!
Magazine, It’s typical
for Rock magazines.
Heading is
conventional as it uses
effective font and
informs about a
festival.
Conventional Images
as they Both look
intimidating and
serious, It also has
page number on the
image allowing you to
know what image is
with which page,.
Colours- Yellow and
black are used
throughout with the
contrast of white, This
is conventional as they
connote Death,
Aggression and danger.
Subscription offer, to
attract attention as it
give money if as it’s
cheaper when
subscribe on this issue
and people like that.
Varied Font styles.
The editors script is used so that they
know who wrote it and what they think
about this weeks issue.

7. Double Page Spread
Heading Is bold
and attracts
attention.
Conventional
image- They are
standing there
aggressively and
come across
intimidating, The
hair is
conventional long
dark hair for the
image, The
location is dead
no one around
Decaying.
Standfirst, to
allow the
audience to know
a bit about what
there going to
read in the text
below.
The Kicker is used
to draw more
attention to the
article.
The Pull quote
questions are
used to break up
the text.
The caption underneath the image
is used to explain a bit more about
what they are doing! And to give
them some Detail.
The layout used
very conventional
and it has the
image on one side
of the page and
the text on the
other.