Planning for music magazine conventions

By Reece Jay

Front Cover

• In my magazine the conventions I am going to take from the kerrang front cover are:

• Title – The mast head is very effective because it is bold and quite graphic and the main picture will overlay it a bit to add layering to the cover

• Picture – I would use a bold picture for the cover like a band or artist. This will take up most of the cover but the information will overlap the photo using the layering function again

• Box outs – the box outs they have used are very simple and quite colourful

Front Cover Template

Masthead

Main picture

Barcode

Box outs

Pugs

Contents

• In my magazine the conventions I am going to take from the kerrang contents page are:

• Over view – the overview of what is in the magazine is very good because it shows all the main information that you need to know but its simple and easy to understand

• Editors notes – this is an essential feature to me because it gives a realist touch

• Background image – this is vital as well because it shows the main story on a bigger scale

Contents Template

Main Picture

Main Contents

Masthead

Editors Notes

Double Page Spread

In my magazine the conventions I am going to take from the kerrang double page spread are:

Big title – adding a big title makes the illusion that it is very powerful

Quote – the quote is used as a summarising touch. This gives a mood for the whole text so you can read on happily

Picture page – this is a very effective use of framing because It will help to distinguish what band the singer or artist is from Bulk text – bulk text is used in most magazines and are very vital in my opinion

Double Page Spread

Masthead

Main Picture

Tagline

Quote Quote

Main Text

Sub Picture