The magazine uses conventions from existing magazines like Kerrang through its layout, design elements, and stylistic choices. Key aspects that were inspired by or similar to Kerrang include the bold colors used, the contents page layout featuring many pictures and annotations, and the short descriptive writing style. The creator gained inspiration from Kerrang's house style and replicated similarities in the front page and contents page layout while developing their own unique masthead and title design. Photoshop was used to enhance images and create professional-looking effects to match the quality of magazines like Kerrang.

1. QUESTION 1
In what way does your magazine
use, develop and challenge forms
and conventions of existing
magazines?

3. The colours used for the
logo ‘Broadcast’ were
creative, bold and
unique. I used the 'rule of
three' to ensure my
magazine did not look
too cramped or messy.
(Blue, Red and Orange)
Apart from the masthead,
the page is similar to
Kerrang as the colours
are also bold, dark and
stand out. I gained a lot
of inspiration from
‘Kerrang!’ as the house
style of my magazine is
similar to theirs. Against
the black background,
the bold colours stand
out a lot more. On both
I used drop shadow magazines, the red’s and
and the outer glow effects on white’s stand out the
Photoshop to enhance the most. This is why I put
my main artist of this
colour and clarity of the title week in white.
and subheadings.

4. ‘Contents’
in the
I used some of the ideas from other same area
contents pages and interpreted
List in the
them into my work, these things
included the layout and style. same
layout
My contents page is similar to these
two ‘Kerrang!’ contents pages Lots of
because I wanted to find a style I pictures,
liked and one that I thought some with
customers would like also. annotations
underneath
I chose these because I thought
they had a good layout and font. I
used inspirations from the two to
make my final contents page.
The layout of the writing is short,
snappy and informative. It gets
straight to the point and is easy to
read.

5. Similarities – Front Page
‘Kerrang!’ ‘Broadcast’

6. Similarities – Contents Page
‘Kerrang!’ ‘Broadcast’

7. My magazine will be released every fortnight and at the
price of £1.99. My product is mass produced as it is sold
worldwide. My magazines masthead – ‘Broadcast’s’ name
was found when thinking of a mass producing magazine
name. ‘Broadcast’ was a relevant name as it represents
‘sound waves’ being broadcasted over the entire world
(news should be know all around the world). Unlike
Kerrang, Broadcast was first produced in 2012 by Miss
Rachael Barstow.
Kerrang is ‘the worlds biggest selling rock magazine’ which
shows that they are mass produced like my magazine. It
was first published on 6 June 1981 as a one-off supplement
in the Sounds newspaper. Kerrang was named after
the word that derives from the sound made when laying
a power chord on an electric guitar – ‘Kerrang!’

8. For the main image on my
front cover I took it in our
Contents page. local pub’s skittle alley.
Seeing as Kerrang use When it came round to
specific hardware (such editing it, I used a lot of
as high quality effects on Photoshop to
cameras), their pictures create the glow and
are of much higher lighting effects. I used
resolution. They also gradient to ‘fade out’ the
have employees who background and the edges
are qualified in using of the photo. I used ‘levels’
Photoshop, editing to adjust the correct
devices and lighting settings so my
constructing a photo image would look
shoot, so their pictures professional. I also used
are much better than airbrush to create the ‘skin
mine glow’ effect.

10. The title or ‘masthead’ is a combination
of text and an overlay which makes it
look unique to my style and magazine.
I decided to use drop shadow to give it
a third dimensional effect.
I then wanted to add a variety of colours
as an underlay, so I used Google and
found the image I wanted to use. Then I
added it in and made the writing an
overlay to the colourful image.
I then played around with adjustments
until it was a style I liked. This included
adding adjustments like contrast and
levels and turning the opacity down.
I thought the overall look of this title
would look great against a black
background. The title matches the
overall outcome of the magazine (by
being bold and catchy).

11. I stuck to using three main fonts for my magazine. I did this to ensure that
it would not look messy or unprofessional.
Urban Jungle- I downloaded and used this font because I liked the style of
the block writing and the ‘housing’ effect underneath it. I thought this would
correspond with my magazine because it takes the form of a city which
suits my title name 'Broadcast‘(around the world).
Punk Rock Show- I used this font because it’s bold and unique. I liked the
way the size of the text is petite compared to the outline.
Arial- I used Arial because its similar to the font they use on Kerrang. I
wanted to use a font in which I could write my main information with. I
needed a font that was easy to read compared to Urban Jungle or Punk
Rock Show.
Kerrang use

12.  Photoshop CS5
Indesign CS3