1. MUSIC
MAGAZINE
RESEARCH
TASKS 8-11

2. Mast head is bold, as
usual, and significant as The head line is in a
it is what draws the contrasting metallic
attention of the reader. silver colour. The only
different coloured font
Cover lines are like a on the cover.
newspaper, red and
black, and are The main fonts are sans
consistent. This is the serif for the main features.
house style of Q. Very The other articles featured
eye-catching and are on the cover are in serif
the main two colours font. The strapline quote is
of the magazine. in serif to be formal.
Different sized fonts The house style is
to create an impact consistent and the
magazine follows the
usual conventions for a
Columns are featured cover.
like a contents page
for consistency
Q MAGAZINE
FRONT COVER

3. Contents page is
a double page
spread
Red is the spot
colour. Red,
black and
white works
well together
This is my
favourite
contents page
because it works
really well: red,
white and black
with a little bit of
grey is good. I
will base my
contents around
Q’s contents.
Cover story gets its own headlining Body copy is the same font, but with Captions under the articles are
box the headlines standing out in capitals in a flushed style, not justified
letters & serif
Pagination is consistent, same colour as
the article headlines, and house style is
still showing in the contents page
Q magazine contents page

4. Right page is a
simple
photography with
one pull quote of
WOB (white on
black REVERSED-
TYPE, striking
compared to the
usual convention [
i.e. on the other
page])
Pull quote is in
capitals and a
flushed style with
a red comment
underneath in a
serif font.
Drop cap, bold. The fact that there is a
‘gutter’ underneath, the drop-cap is a lot
more striking.
An interesting double page spread. I like the
white space and how the columns do not form
to the whole page.
Q magazine double page spread

5. Red mast head, which is a The banner above the mast
very common colour on head is leaded, spaced a little
music magazine mast heads. wider than the other type on
the cover.
This cover doesn’t follow
NME’s usual conventions and The fonts are a mixture of
I think that this cover is sans-serif and serif.
messy and unattractive.
Pull quotes are used once.
The artwork is like a
magazine/newspaper collage This is my least favourite front
with cut outs and cardboard. cover because it looks like a
I think that the cover is not child has done it. Magazines
as strong as the other should be neat on the cover
magazine covers out there in
the music magazine market.
Again there are black and red
are the main font colours
with the headlines being
black on white.
NME MAGAZINE FRONT COVER

6. The problem with this Each headline has a
contents page is that it corresponding
bares little resemblance picture. Pagination is
and similarity with the used.
front cover, although the
contents page does The page is in
actually follow the usual columns that are
conventions of the easily to follow and
magazine. work well
Its house style of the Best thing about this
contents is good. contents is the
Body copy is bold. columns and the use
of the pictures. I like
Red and black is used this more than
frequently again by this Kerrang!’s one.
magazine.
Headlines (from the
cover) have bold sans-serif
fonts whereas the other
articles have are in serif
fonts.
The body copy is flushed.
NME
MAGAZINE
CONTENTS
PAGE

7. Double page
spread is
interesting because
it doesn’t typically
use the colours
from the rest of the
magazine. The
house style is
different here.
Spot colours are
blue and grey and
are skewed around
the artwork. The
columns are in
unconventional
shapes which
makes the double
page spread a bit
more interesting.
Bold fonts.
Flushed style. Despite being interesting this is my Sidebar of visuals, graphs –
least favourite double page spread. breaks the conventions of
The use of white space is The blue and grey isn’t that bold and I the page.
good because it is used in a think that it is kind of bland for a
way where there isn’t too double page spread
much space and it is not too
busy.
NME MAGAZINE DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

8. Kerrang! Front cover
Complimentary colours of yellow,
blue, red and white on black. Despite
the busy cover the colours work well
KERRANG! Magazine Front cover
together.
The mast head is behind the artist(s)
featured. The mast head is white,
bold and distorted in a metal/rock
music type of font.
There is a banner above the mast
head for freebies, enticing the reader
to buy the magazine.
Cover lines are in black, yellow, white
and red.
The whole cover’s type face is in
capital letters, emphasizes the genre
of the music magazine, rock/metal.
There are mainly headlines but no
pull quotes and there are two
subheadings.
Weight is heavy on the cover and the
fonts are unjustified.
By far my least favourite front cover.
It is too busy and it yells at you with
all capital letters. I don’t like it

9. This is my least Right hand side
favourite contents column features are
page of the three highlighted with black
magazines. It does boxes that are
work, because of the justified.
KERRANG! MAGAZINE CONTENTS PAGE
column on the right
hand side, but I don’t
think it is as good as Headlines are in
Q magazine or NME’s capital again
contents page’s.
Body copy main font is
bold.
Some features/news
have subsidiary
headlines, information
about the article itself

10. Image is in the middle of the
pages
Doesn’t follow the house style
or conventions of the rock-y
style of Kerrang! but is a good
addition to the magazine
Font is justified but indented
to allow the reader to read
and find the next paragraph
easier.
Black white and red are
highlighted here throughout
Box panels are used
A nice contrast compared to the
cover, classy like Q magazine.
This double page spread is joint
favourite with Q’s double page
spread
This double page spread works Captions in italic handwritten
well and I think that this is my font
favourite double page spread
out of the three. Sidebox is in vivid red with
black and white font. This
Drop caps are in red and are eye works really well
catching
Serif headline of black and red
4 different fonts, 2 sans, 2 serif
Body copy is serif KERRANG! MAGAZINE
again
DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD