To start to of main task which is the music magazine, I began by researching existing music magazines.
Firstly, I have looked and tried to identify the conventions of a typical music magazine and these were : masthead, cover lines & stories, pictures, focal point - usually an artist , captions and pull quotes, ISSN.
BILLBOARD MAGAZINEThe target audience for this magazine would be mostly teenagers or young adults, both male and female, who are interested in pop, R'n'B and hip-hop music. This is because of the of colours used - grey and black for male and purple for females.
The use of language is formal but friendly and easy to understand as it is addressed to teenagers. The magazine has used humorous language e.g ' LADY GAGA................ Why She Doesn't Wear Pants' to attract people to buy it. This magazine used a strong image of Lady Gaga which overlays the text and makes her the focal point, as her face is at the centre of the front cover and her hair is purple.
The masthead is at the top of the page, the inside of letters 'b' 'o' 'a' 'd' are filled in with three different colours. The main cover line has the biggest font as it is about Lady Gaga and the rest are slightly smaller so that the readers know which story is equivalent to her. The other captions are also slightly smaller compare to the cover story.
Moreover, every magazine includes an ISSN ( international standard serial number ) which is used to identify periodical publications such as magazines. This number is displayed in the bar code area.
The use of language is formal but friendly and easy to understand as it is addressed to teenagers. The magazine has used humorous language e.g ' LADY GAGA................ Why She Doesn't Wear Pants' to attract people to buy it. This magazine used a strong image of Lady Gaga which overlays the text and makes her the focal point, as her face is at the centre of the front cover and her hair is purple.
The masthead is at the top of the page, the inside of letters 'b' 'o' 'a' 'd' are filled in with three different colours. The main cover line has the biggest font as it is about Lady Gaga and the rest are slightly smaller so that the readers know which story is equivalent to her. The other captions are also slightly smaller compare to the cover story.
Moreover, every magazine includes an ISSN ( international standard serial number ) which is used to identify periodical publications such as magazines. This number is displayed in the bar code area.
KERRANG MAGAZINE
This magazine made me spot another convention of a music magazine which is small captions or cover lines above the title of the magazine. The magazine used a picture of a band called the Blackout, which is an alternative rock band. The viewers know this by the way they are dressed - modern and smart which indicated their music is soft but their hair styles tells us they are into rock. The cover story in the centre of the page is another convention as it is suppose to inform the readers about the band displayed on the front cover.
Furthermore, this magazine is also including smaller pictures with captions, such as '5 free posters' to give some viewer more reasons to buy the magazine.
Another convention is that which ever artist is on the front cover is also used as the top story in the magazine.
This magazine made me spot another convention of a music magazine which is small captions or cover lines above the title of the magazine. The magazine used a picture of a band called the Blackout, which is an alternative rock band. The viewers know this by the way they are dressed - modern and smart which indicated their music is soft but their hair styles tells us they are into rock. The cover story in the centre of the page is another convention as it is suppose to inform the readers about the band displayed on the front cover.
Furthermore, this magazine is also including smaller pictures with captions, such as '5 free posters' to give some viewer more reasons to buy the magazine.
Another convention is that which ever artist is on the front cover is also used as the top story in the magazine.
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