The document discusses conventions for magazine design based on research of music magazines. It notes that covers typically use bright colors and photos to draw readers in, and contents pages list articles alongside photos for easy navigation. Double page spreads center a large photo that bleeds between pages and include text elements like headings, quotes, and drop caps to maintain reader focus. The document concludes that following typical conventions while adding individual flair can help successfully launch a new music magazine.

1. Research into music
magazines!
By Jamie Clarke

2. Covers
The content on the inside of
the magazine is anchored by
the previews on the front
Focuses on a three colour cover. As seen here the
scheme with bright author has used alliteration
contrasting colours eg blue in Mid-summer Mischief to
yellow and pink. The colours draw the reader in. The
are vibrant which targets the teasing element Is a
audience as dance music and common convention in any
club culture is typically magazine not just music
regarded as lively. I think to magazines. Incorporating
maintain my readers interest it content teasers on the
is important to make note of outside will be vital in my
the colour choice. Contrasting magazine!
colours and vibrant tones are
going to be essential in my
magazine. How many is still to
be determined.

3. The picture dominates the
whole front cover as the
midshot of Calvin Harris is
evidently the main attraction in
The Masthead of the the magazine. He is wearing a
magazine is dominant, clear white suit with blends in with
and contrasts to the colour of the background but a
the photo of David Guetta. contrasting vibrant yellow t-
This is useful as it makes it shirt and red aviators which
stand out. The Font of the rebel against the rest of his
title is a Sans-Serif which attire. It is important in my
resembles the modern type magazine to think about my
of music the content model and there dress code
represents. In my magazine carefully as I want to represent
this will be useful as I am also my magazine to be relaxed and
covering modern music so it modern as of course Calvin
important to choose the right looks in the photo shown.
font and contrasting colours.

4. Tilllate music magazine I think the magazine covers
here have done a feature presented are typically for
cover. As deadmau5 are a younger age range of 18-
the main feature of the 25 due to the vibrant
magazine they have went colours and content!
against the norm and
decided to incorporate
typical dark contrasting
deadmau5 colours. My
content evidently should
reflect onto the main
cover.
Barcode/Pug is a typical
convention of a music
magazine. It is generically
in the bottom left hand
corner of the cover page.
This includes the date price
and of course barcode. It is
informative to the reader
so it is helpful

5. Contents
Feature articles and main articles
are typically represented using
photos as these are the two bits
of content your reader should be
most interested in. In my
magazine contents page I am
Page listing is typically on going to try and use the most
one side of the magazine important story's and headlines
however in this image it and get photos for them. The
is in the middle. It relates photos are action shots and on
to the photos on the right this example it is a image
hand side as the numbers dominant contents page as the
of page for each section image basically covers the full A4
of content is shown in the side. I have not yet decided
pictures with the whether to also make my
corresponding number magazine contents page image
written on it. The content dominated however it seems to
is typically split into be popular in Mixmag which is
sections. It will be indeed a style model for my
important to list my dance magazine so I will seriously
content carefully and consider it.
make sure not to confuse
the reader.

6. The contents page does
exactly what it says. It is a
page for content. The
contents page has the content
The text on the contents page listed with more important
is particularly important. It articles taking more
includes in the heading area dominance on the page. Fonts
the name of the magazine, the for small titles are usually
date and contents in the top bold. I will most definitely
right this typically follows the follow this convention as I feel
conventions and makes the it makes your work look
magazine reader friendly. To professional.
establish my magazine as
reader friendly I will also aim
to create my contents page like
this.

7. Double page spread
One large picture which takes up to a whole
page and sometimes bleeds between pages.
(link the two pages together). It is normally
an action shot of an artist with an
interesting scenery or pose. I will definitely
use this in my magazine as it looks
professional and makes the photo the main
focus point of the page.
Text is important within the contents page all
of the following techinques I will utilise. For
example the heading in bold, a quote across
the picture and a Drop capital to show the
reader where to start reading. All of these
seem to be quite typical conventions of a
double page spread used to maintain
concentration of the reader and of course look
proffessional.

8. The content is important as it has to be
something directed at my audience. As you
can see here the magazine is covering
different types of partys. This is appropriate
for the Tilllate dance magazine audience. As I
am also doing a dance magazine I will also
have to consider an older and lively audience
when it comes to content.
I evaluated a different type of magazine
for one of my research to test out an
important convention and just as I thought
the double page spread typically follows
the colour scheme that runs throughout
the magazine. Neutralising this will be
particularly important to gain a level of
consistency with my readers and maintain
proffessionalism.

9. Conclusion
‘ To maintain professionalism and in turn follow the conventions of typical dance music
magazines I will use the G.A.S.P concept in order to do so. This is the idea of making
sure my Front Cover, Contents and Double page spread consider my Genre, Audience,
Subject and Purpose. Doing this along with using individualism to utilise the gap in the
market will make me successful in the creation of my magazine’