This document summarizes the mastheads of 5 different music magazines and how they relate to the genres they cover. Q magazine's simple red "Q" masthead stands out and references queues for popular bands. NME's red bold letters look dark and nasty, linking to rock music. Kerrang!'s black background and cracked letters portray a rough, broken image fitting for rock. Vibe's changing-color bold font promotes R&B and hip-hop, with "Vibe" relating to the feeling of music. Overall, the magazines' mastheads visually represent the genres through colors, fonts, and sounds implied by their titles.

1. Mast head annotation

2. This is “we love pop's” mast head. This is from the genre pop. It has the word pop in its
title so everyone knows the genre of music it about. The word we includes the reader
and the pink heat attracts them as it is a common image used with the target
audience.

3. Q magazine normal covers pop and rock music. The name “Q” is simple and the mast head
really stands out because its in red. And the letter is in Wight. When you say the name is
sounds like the word queue, which if you have to queue for something normally means its
popular and worth queuing for example when girls queue for hours to see their favourite
band perform.

4. “NME” mainly focuses of Rock music. The red letters stand out because of the colour
and because of the bold font. The name when you say it sounds like enemy which
sounds dark and nasty, witch has links to the genre of rock music.

5. Kerrang! Magazine is from the genre rock. The black back ground of the mast head
represents the dark side of rock and the cracked letters show give it a rough broken
image. The work Kerrang uses onomatopoeia and sounds like the sound you make in
rock music on a guitar.

6. “VIBE” promotes the R&B and hip-hop genre. Vibe is a term associated with music
and how it makes you feel. The bold font always stands out, the colour of the mast
head changes to fit the colours on the cover.