My media product uses the conventions in the following

ways:

Layout of the Cover Page (Masthead, Date, Price, Main Image, Bar Code)

Layout of the Contents Page (Heading, Subheadings, Text, Image/Images)

Layout of the Double Page Spread (Heading, Image, Text, Pull Quote)

Colour

The layout of my music magazine is similar to other rock magazines, like Kerrang! & Classic RocK. I used the usual conventions of a magazine such as, the masthead and features however. The layout of my magazine (The Symphony) is different from other existing magazines whereas, the main conventions of the magazine such as, masthead, date, etc; are not changed, they are in the standard format.

While creating a magazine, there are some things to be

kept in mind such as, appearance and format.

A magazine should look representable, as audience is

mostly attracted through appearance rather than the

articles in it. Each type of magazine has its own theme,

depends upon the genre. Appearance also makes the

brand of the magazine recognizable to the audience.

Colours are necessary for a magazine, in order to make it

more attractive. Whereas, a colour scheme should be set

for the magazine, to make it more consistent.

I have used number of generic forms and conventions related to the genre, Rock and was inspired by two of the existing rock magazines, Classic Rock and Kerrang!.

Masthead

Features

Price

Bar Code

Date

Feature

Features

Direct Mode of Access

Color Scheme

Main Image

If we compare my magazine’s masthead with any other

existing magazine, then it is quite different. Most of the

rock music magazines uses simple fonts but I have used

a different font as compared to the other magazines, as

shown below:

My Music Magazine’s Masthead KERRANG!’s Masthead

The main artist in my magazine’s cover page is looking straight so a reader could see the artist’s attention towards him/her. When a reader would hold it, he/she could feel that the artist is looking at him/her.

There is no such comparison between the features of my magazine with any other, as most of the rock magazines have similar features.

FeaturesOf Classic Rock

FeaturesOfMy Magazine

The main image of the magazine’s cover page plays an important role. It is necessary in order to enhance the appearance of a magazine and to enhance the attraction of a magazine towards the audience.

The main image should be a close-up or a mid-shot.

If we talk about my magazine’s main image, I decided to take a mid-shot and keep the background pure and crude, as shown below:

In most of the magazines, the placement of the bar code

is towards the left bottom and I have used the same placement in

my magazine as well.

Issue number/date of the magazine is mostly placed below or near the masthead.

Only in few magazines it is placed somewhere

else on the cover page.

There are also some editions of the magazines on which the issue date has not mentioned.

The color scheme of my music magazine’s cover page is Black, Blue, Green, Off-White, Red and Orange.

Heading

Page Numbers

Sub-headings

Main Image

Image

Color Scheme

I have kept the heading of my music magazine’s contents page on the top left because very less magazines follow this placement and I wanted to show a rare look.

The sub-headings given on my magazine’s contents page are way too simple as I made them easy to read for the audience and less complicated.

I have used a dark, main and second image, in order to create a dull look as dull colors are used to represent Hard Rock and Metal music.

Main Image

Second Image

Page numbers are given next to the sub-headings, in order to make it easy to read for the reader and they are kept so simple. No modern fonts are used in them, in order to make it classic and readable.

Main Image

Page Numbers

Text

Pull Quote

Images

I have placed the main image of double page spread’s page on the left page and the image is of a solo artist.

Black & white effects are used in order to make it historic.

I wrote the text in such a style that is used in some issues of the Billboard Music Magazine. The writing style is way too simple and it is easy to read for the reader.

The pull quote has written in a standard way and it is one of the most attractive material in the whole magazine. Mostly readers are used to read the pull quotes, especially, when it is the matter of music.

“FOR ME, AUDIENCE IS MY FAMILY”

Page numbers are positioned in a standard way, as they are positioned in most of the magazines. The double page spread has a two page layout and it is necessary to mention the page numbers as double page spread is placed in the center of the magazine.

Rock/ Hard Rock is such type of music, which is heard mostly by the teenagers and young adults. My media product, which is a music magazine covers young or upcoming artists because there are very less magazines in which young artists are covered. What I think is that, mostly teenagers and young adults have interest in such type of magazines as their age group is mostly covered in them.

My music magazine contains content like posters, download links, musical techniques apart from the main features, which I think represents the targeted social group/groups, which are teenagers and young adults.

The chosen genre of my music magazine is

Metal. This genre is only heard by the hard

music lovers, the true Metal heads. Metal

was introduced in late 1960’s and was

heard mostly in United Kingdom and the

United States of America. The first heavy

metal bands such as Led Zeppelin, Deep

Purple and Black Sabbath attracted large

audiences, though they were often derided

by critics, a status common throughout the

history of the genre.

The target audience for my music magazine are teenagers and young adults, as mostly at this age an individual is used to hear metal and hard rock music.

The main images used in the magazine shows about the target audience of the magazine. If we talk about the cover page, the artist is posing while holding a guitar and he is standing in such type of attitude through which teenagers would attract. If we talk about contents page, It is quite dull and dark, which would attract the mature teenagers and young adults, according to their personalities.

If we talk about double page spread, the images used in it are of a live concert and if we talk about concerts, there is no need to know that who the audience is because mostly teenagers and young adults like to attend concerts and gigs. So, this is how the images themselves represent the audience.