A deconstruction of Billboard and CLASH magazine,

1. Three key conventions needed for a
music magazine
Masthead:
The name of the magazine
is placed on the front in a
specific font and is used
for all of their issues. This is
used for advertising and
branding purposes.
Pull quote:
Pull quotes are exerted
from a text and reinserted
in a layout and are
commonly used in
magazines to attract
attention and to draw the
reader into the article. “I
feel like I’m just getting
started “ , this creates
excitement as we wonder
what is yet to come from
Ariana Grande.
Feature colours:
• Red
• Black
• White
Magazines usually have a
colour scheme (feature
colours) that contains up to 3
colours. This scheme runs
through to the contents
page.

2. Deconstruction of
a music magazine
CLASH MAGAZINE

4. FEATURE COLOURS:
• Black
• White
The colours above have been used
as the main colours for the issue of
CLASH to match and compliment
the attire of the artist. The
photograph that has been taken has
dark lighting so the colour of the
text (white ) brightens the image.
White and black are the key colours
used within media publications.
BARCODE/ISSUE NUMBER : The
barcode has been and is usually placed
strategically to ensure the principal
features are not distorted. The price is
also placed by the side to prevent the
price from being the principal feature.
MASTHEAD: The masthead takes up ¼ of the
magazine cover. It is placed at the top of the
magazine so that is seen when placed in shop
stands. The font is large , bold and in capitals to
give emphasis to the magazine title. As the word
CLASH sounds powerful.
COVER LINES: The magazine
doesn’t include any captions
of what the article entails ; it
gives a basic list of the
content of the magazine such
as Albums of the year. This
could act as their UP as it
causes the consumer to
question what is within and as
a result purchasing the
magazine.ANCHOR: “BANKS , step in to the light”
the anchor. This is used to help people
interpret the photo in a way which links to
the text. The image is quite dark which
links to the idea of light which is within
the text , it creates the idea that BANKS is
becoming a well-known artist ,a public
figure and her sound is being heard by
many .whereas previously she was
underground.
ANGLE OF GAZE: The subject (the
singer Banks) has a direct gaze
towards the public which emphasises
her confidence and creates a explicit
connection between the target
audience and the artist (BANKS)
TARGET AUDIENCE : The magazine is
aimed at mature audience ; people
aged 17 and above. The magazine is
also aimed at those who enjoy the
music that Banks makes and have a
interest in the music industry. the
feature colours used (black and
white ) are gender neutral which
could suggest that the magazine is
aimed at both genders.
MISE-EN –SCENE: the artist on the front cover
of this issue of CLASH is BANK an alternative
R&B singer. The image of her is dark which
reflects the sound of her music and the lyrics
she creates. The dark image also reflect the
month the issue was released (January). The
photograph itself is intriguing which catch the
eyes of many before they read the text.
All of these features are being used to attract
a specific audience into buying their music
magazine.

5. Deconstruction of
music magazine
Billboard magazine

7. MASTHEAD: the masthead is placed on
the left – hand side of the magazine
vertically. To enable the image to be the
focal point and also it suggests that the
magazine is well-known without the
masthead.
ANCHOR: “ everything's
working for the weekend”
This phrase “ pins” the
image to text. It also helps
the readers to gain a
understanding on the
meaning of the photograph.
The text suggest that the
weekend has gained a lot of
success which could mean
that the angle of gaze could
represent the idea that
everything is looking up for
him in the future.
FEATURE COLOURS:
• Blue
• White
These two colours are the key
colours used throughout the front
cover of the magazine. The colour
blue is cool/relaxing which could
represent his musical sound and
his nature. The colour blue is also
linked to confidence which the
artist the weekend has. Blue is
often stereotypically linked to
males , this could be billboards
way of attracting the male
demographic.
PULL QUOTE: the quote is
used to entice the potential
buyer to want to know more
on how he is going to
overcome the challenge and
what experiences he has had
in his new found stardom.
DATE AND ISSUE NUMBER
tells the year and month it was
published and also the issue
number
ANGLE OF GAZE: The
subject (Weekend) is
looking at something other
than the camera (away from
the camera) and is gazing
upwards and outside the
frame which creates
intrigue. (what is he looking
at?) its quite affective which
would cause the target
audience to look at the
content within as we are
unable to gain eye contact
with the image.
Cover lines: there isn’t much
text surrounding the image
which keeps the focus on the
photography. There is reference
to music artists and streaming.
The text is also justified
The pull quote is larger in size to
separate it from the cover lines.
Boxed text to
separate the other
text and to make it
less crowded.