This is my presentation to support my A level work in media

1. Conventions of a music
magazine
By William Lawton

2. Comparing magazines

3. Mastheads
This is a masthead of a front cover of a music magazine, these are vital because it
shows of the name of the company making the magazine and this is what gets them
well known and sometimes the colour of the masthead shows an insight to the
magazine like kerrang is a rock magazine and it uses black on its masthead and
Nme is a indie music mag and uses vibrant red to stand out. You also notice that on
both of the mastheads that are covered by some sort of image but you know that the
name is what it is because it is so well known you can
Notice it strait away.

4. House Style
The house style of a magazine is the
think that the magazine always has to
make it individual, the magazine will
have the same things every week like
the same label and the same masthead
and the same base set out every week.

5. Barcode
A barcode on a magazine it for sale
purposes it has to be on every copy
because it meeds to be scanned into the
buisness. It also shows the price of the
magazine.

6. The Lead
The lead text is the main headline of
the front cover and the lead will usually
be in bold and on this occasion capitals
“Machine Head” this will show you what
the weekly magazine will be based on.

7. Pull Quote
A pull quote is a quote form the band or the thong that is headlining
the magazine and it also is a banner witch makes it stand out to the
audience and will sometimes give you an insight to the story inside.

8. Cover Photos
Cover photos are pictures of the cover of
the magazine that links to the text above
it for example on this cover it says
“Guitar hero poster special” then below it
has the images of the poster that links to
the text it is linked to.

9. Banners
Banners these are used to stand
out to the on the cover it will on
some occasions they will be bold
and be a different color to stand
out the most.

10. Direct gaze
Direct gaze is when the artist or band
in the photo is looking strait into the
camera lens to make out like they are
staring strait at the audience to make
them feel involved.