Conventions of music magazines

 

This front cover is taken from the magazine NME. This is the type of front cover that i would like for my music magazine. This is set out in a conventional manner to other magazines.
Firstly the magazine has a large bold title to show clearly what the name of that magazine is for the customers. The title is usually catchy so people will remember it.
Then like every magazine is has a main feature picture which takes up a large amount of the page. This picture is showing direct address to the customers, this is something that i will include in my magazine. To follow on from the feature picture is a title stating the name of the band/musician. Underneath the title their will be a teaser strap line giving information about the feature article. This should have a positive response from audiences as they will know what the interview is about.
around the front page will be little boxes containing different information. Some of them will be about prizes and others about sections within the magazine to invite you in.

The double page feature has to look attractive and appealing enough so that you will read it. It will contain 1 or 2 pictures a main heading, a teaser title and the main article.
They will have the main large image taking up a large amount of the page to get your attention straight away and make you want to read on. They may have another smaller picture around the page to keep your attention and to make it look attractive. The main title should also grab your attention and give you a brief idea of what the article is about. The second title will give a short quote usually from the article to make it seem more interesting for the audience. And then the actual article will be set out in straight collums depending on the target audience and easy for the audience to understand.

The contents page will contain a lot of information so it is important that it looks attractive and well aet out.

It will contain a main picture that shows the main article or something interesting in the magazine. underneath the picture they will contain a brief write up about what this picture is about in the magazine.
They will then have bold titiles showing what will be including within the magazine to make you read on.
They may also include phone numbers for the company so that you can subscribe to and also prizes or free give aways at the bottom of the page.