2. Front Cover
My front cover uses many conventions of
a music magazine.
3. Selling line
I followed the conventions of a music
magazine by using a selling line, I used
the superlative “best” to attract
customers that want a top quality
magazine and by saying it’s the best it
persuades people to buy it.
4. Main Image
I have followed the
convention of having artist
eye contact with the
camera. I also followed the
convention for dance
magazines by using
headphones as a prop for
the photograph.
5. Cover lines
I have followed convention's of using
cover lines on my front page and I
haven't cluttered them or put them over
the artists face, I have went with some
conventions by using a larger font and
making artists names stand out.
6. Headline
I followed the convention of having a
headline and sub line.
Many magazines use a splash, I decided to
follow this convention and add a
competition inside to attract readers to buy
the magazine.
7. Masthead
I have used a masthead in the top left of
the page like most other magazines, I
have used a different font for the
masthead to differentiate it from the rest
of the text.
Strapline
I put the strap line at the bottom of the
page.
8. Contents page
I have created a
conventional contents page.
I have the issue date and
website link at the bottom of
the page.
9. layout
I have a similar design to mixmags
contents page with the text on the left
with a big image on the right side of the
page. I have also included my magazine
name in the top right
10. Forms of the contents page
I have used a title in the top left
which is a conventional location in
music magazines.
I have used one column and used
4 headings which covers
everything in the magazine.
I have used a subscription
advertisement as well.
I have made the page numbers
stand out from the text by using a
bright colour with an black stroke
and by making the numbers larger
than the rest of the text.
12. Main image
I used DJ Faxity as the main
image, The article is about him so
it is a good idea to have a photo of
them. As he makes his music
electronically many people don’t
see what he looks like, so having
a photograph would reveal this to
the readers.
13. On the top of page 75 I used a quote that
the artist has said.
This makes the page look better as it isn’t
pure small text which would be off-putting
to the reader. I used a box graphic around
it to make it stand out.
I have used a pull quote in the centre of the
text to break up the text so it looks better
and also to intrigue the reader.
I used an index tab so the artists can flick
to this page if they cant remember the
page number.
14. The Article
I have included a short
introduction about the
artist but as he is so
popular and well known
there is no need to write
a long paragraph, just a
few shocking facts to
engage the reader.
I have used a colour
scheme in my house
style, I have used black
and yellow for the title.
15. Forms
The colour scheme of my magazine is
black, blue, white, and yellow. These are
bright and contrasting and suit the
audience of the edm genre.
I have used images all taken by me
I have used the futura font for most of
the small text and used ecliptic and
electora for larger text such as headlins
or titles.
