The document compares and contrasts two music magazines, Rhythm 'n' Beats and Supremacy. Rhythm 'n' Beats receives criticism for its poor design choices, including bright colors that don't suit the genre, poorly edited images, limited article selection, and inconsistent house style. Supremacy is praised for its easy to read style, high quality images, clear layout, consistent use of house style, and creative page designs that engage the reader. The document evaluates Rhythm 'n' Beats as a lower level magazine due to its flaws, while Supremacy receives a higher rating for its stronger professional presentation.

1. Good and Bad
Music Magazines
BY ALEX LILLIE

2. Rhythm “n” Beats Magazine- front
cover
Bad house style- lots of bright colours on an
R&B magazine which are usually darker
colours like red, gold, black
Bad Photoshop skills on the image.
Cover lines not in the left third, they’re
all over the page
Strapline bigger than the masthead

3. Rhythm “n” Beats- Contents Page
This candidate is only advertising 6 articles on
the contents page which is bad because
anyone who looks to see what there is in the
magazine isn’t going to buy it as there isn’t
anything in it.
The contents title isn’t straight and doesn’t look
very good on the contents page.
Another example of bad Photoshop skills
on the image as some of her cheek has
been cropped out and her arm looks like
its been chopped off.

4. Rhythm “n” Beats- Double page
She has taken selfies and them put them
at the top of her page- doesn't look
professional
Another poor Photoshop example in
the bottom right corner and also an out
of focus image in the middle
The bright colours on the white
background don't really stand out
meaning that it is very hard to read.

5. Rhythm “n” Beats- Summary
 Rhythm “n” Beats got a low level 2 because the magazine did
display some simple features of a magazine such as a title,
masthead, sub-headings and strap lines.
 However there are many faults with this magazine. First of all most of
the images are of the same person meaning that it might not
appeal to the reader as it is only about one person. Also most of
these images aren’t very good quality and are photoshoped very
poorly.
 The house style also doesn’t make sence as most of the time with
R&B magazines their house style are usually more bold colours such
as red, black, gold etc.

6. Supremacy magazine- front cover
The house style is very good as the colours
stand out meaning that is easy to read and
more eye catching to look at.
The cover lines are where you’d expect them
to be in a magazine, on the left third.
There is also a large, bold strap line which is
easy to read and tells the reader exactly what
the main article is.
The main image is very good quality and is
photoshopped very well.

7. Supremacy- Contents Page
There is a clear title at the top of the page
which tells the reader that it is the contents
page.
This is a good contents page as on the left you
can see that she has included a little editors
bit, then in the middle she has included the
featured articles in the issue and then on the
right she has included what else is in the issue.
She has used the same house style which
makes it look more professional and easy
to read.

8. Supremacy- Double Page
On the left page she has included
text inside of the letter C. This makes
the page stand out from the rest
making it more likely that the reader
will be interested in reading it.
The image is very good quality and
is very well edited.
The house style is still being used
which again makes the pages fit
in with the magazine to make it
look professional

9. Supremacy- Summary
 Supremacy got a high level 4 because it is laid out very well which
makes it easier for the reader to read the pages.
 Also all of the images that are used are of a good quality and she
has also photo shopped the images well meaning that it doesn’t
look out of place on the page
 Finally she has used the same house style across the whole
magazine making it very easy to look at and read and it also makes
the magazine look good and professional.