This document discusses conventions for music magazine design, including: 1. Common cover shots include close-ups, mid shots, and long shots of musicians. Inside pages often use close-ups and mid shots. 2. Magazine titles are usually short, bold, simple, and sometimes abbreviated. 3. Color schemes typically use 3-4 colors, often black and white plus one or two others. 4. Sell lines are short, bold, and simple to attract readers. The document concludes that applying these conventional design elements should help the magazine attract its target urban audience.

1. Inspiration…

2. Musicians
• 50 Cent
• Snoop Dogg
• Chris Brown
• Mz Bratt
• Akon
• Nicki Minaj

3. Camera Shots
Cover- Inside magazine-
• Close-up • Close-up
• Mid shot • Mid shot
• Long shot • Long shot
• Wide shot
• Two shot

4. Images showing magazines with conventional cover images.
Mid shot
Close up

5. Images showing double page spreads
with conventional shots
Close up
Mid shot

6. Conventions of magazine titles
• Short
• Bold
• Simple
• Commonly abbreviations (RWD - Rewind
Magazine)

7. Examples of music
magazine names
demonstrating the
conventions

8. Colour Schemes
• 3 or 4 colours (usually)
• Commonly black and white (and one/two
other colour)

9. Examples of
music
magazine
covers that
show the
conventions
of colour
4 colours – 3 colours –
schemes • Black
• Black
• White • White
• Red
• Red
• Gold

10. Sell Lines
• Simple
• Short
• Bold
• Attractive
This cover of Vibe shows
all of the 4 conventions
of sell lines

11. Common urban connotations
(that I could use in my magazine)
• Money
• Gangs
• Crime
• Cars

12. I am going to use as many of these conventions
as I can in my music magazine, so that it is as
conventional as possible, and will therefore
attract my target audience.