Coventions of a music magazine

1. General music magazine conventions
Masthead:
The masthead is used as it is the
main focus of the front cover as it
is the first thing that the
audience will recognise other
than the image. It needs to be
able to stand out on the cover
but too overwhelming that it
takes over the front cover and
excludes the main story/image.
Date line and Barcode: The date line is to
show when the magazine is released as magazines
are normally weekly or monthly and the barcode is
there so the audience can actually buy and see
how much the magazine is.
Cover Lines:
These are also called ‘puffs’ they tell us
the stories which are in the magazine
itself. They are mostly in different colours
of fonts as they would need to stand out
to catch the eye of the audience. They
can be used more than once as you can
see on this particular magazine cover.
Cover lines: These are
also called ‘puffs’ they tell
us the stories which are in
the magazine itself. They
are mostly in different
colours of fonts as they
would need to stand out to
catch the eye of the
audience.
Main Cover story: the main
cover story is normally linked to
the main image as it is the main
story on which the magazine is
about. It is used to let the
audience know what this certain
issue of magazine is about and
who.
Main Image:
The image is very important
as it is used to attract the
audience in whatever they
are interested in as it would
be the first thing you would
see other than the masthead.
It needs to be able to stand
out from all other magazines
on the shelf and catch the
audiences eye so they can
purchase it.
Strapline:
The strapline is placed above the masthead on magazines, it is a
heading or caption which can show what is it the magazine or any
extras that come with it, it can also be used as an incentive.

2. Mise En Scene created by the background on
the double page spread.
Main image.
Main title like a front coverTitle of double
page spread
Story to go
with the title,
image and
cover story.
The Subtitle also stands out as it is
highlighted black and the cover story
appeals to the audience because it is
about a rap group.
The picture also takes
up most of the
double page spread
which appeals to
audience as they are
a rap group and are
known as individual
artists and people
will want to read it
and the use of image
stands out.
The main title
stands out and
appeals to the
audience
because it is big
and bold it also
stands out
because it is
black and white
and they
contrast well
together so it
appeals more to
the audience.
The use of font is also quite appealing because
there is not much of it which is good because my
audience wont really want to read much, even
though it’s a rap magazine its writing style was
quite formal and informative about the group and
tells you about the spread.

3. Contents page
Main image on the
contents page, is not
too big but is there to
give an insight of the
contents of the
magazine.
Pull quote
from the
magazine
which links to
the main
image of the
contents.
Masthead of
magazine/content page
Banner – shows what
the content page is
about/what’s in it. Magazine
Logo/Brand
Content of the contents page/Magazine
Date Issued