Magazine Pre-Plan

Conventions of Q, Billboard and NME

Billboard ConventionsSeductive pose, suits the

album and makes her sexually attractive to men by how her posture and

facial expression is in the feature article photo, also

one eye is covered

Her face is covering the masthead which allows you to concentrate on

her more and as a popular magazine, it

would be easily recognised

House style of white red and yellow are the only colours

used, helps draw you in with the theme of her hair as it is

the same colour

Plug of ‘reinvention of Rihanna’ and a quote she uses in

the article about her fans not knowing who she really is,

draws you in to want to find out who she

really isHer name is the other thing you are drawn to as it is over the feature article photo so you know it is

herBarcode on the

front

‘REinvention’, links to her nickname ‘RiRi’ which fans would

notice

Pink posing as the ‘I’ in her name

Font colour scheme blends in with her hair and selected

clothing – black and pink which would

have been planned to fit the name of

her and what she is wearing.

Collar up so it is almost as if she is hiding, but going to

reveal it to you in this article

Barcode on the front

House style again: yellow, black, blue, pink,

white

Eye contact is not given head on, it is from the side: less intimidating,

less intimate

Target audience: pop artist fans. Teens/young

adults

Second photo, despite not being on the front cover almost shows her coming out of her shell to tell you

her story

What she’s wearing shows she knows the music ‘business’,

shows her confidence in what she does, but as it is a new her,

she’s nervous???

Negative space is taken up with her name and does not include other main articles to show her importance in the magazine

NME ConventionsLady Gaga

‘unzipped’ plug links to what she is wearing: she has zips covering her

intimate area

There is a pull out quote of what is featured in the article

you read about her

House style is the same with typography

but changes colour scheme to suit the

artist

There are also other pull out quotes from other articles that are

includedShe is very exposed, so she exposes all to NME?

Questions whoever sees the article by Lady Gaga’s

questions

Direct eye contact

Basic colour scheme

Feature article photo makes Billie look like he has a lot of things as he seems stressed with holding his head and a shocked facial expression to show

what he is about to tell you is real

Barcode on the front page

Again, using a pull out quote as to why Green Day’s music is the way

it is

Regular house style of

typography colours and font

Other artists included are in bold typography

Green day exclusive is covering the feature

article photo at the top which shows that it is not solely about Billie, despite being the lead singer and songwriter for the band.

Target audience: working class teens-35.

Q Conventions

relatively wordy

Typography is the main house style and the ‘Q’ in

the corner

Photo is a mid shot

House style of the same colours and

typography- there are similar colours

used, blue, red, black and white on the

majority of their front covers

Target: 20-40 middle-lower class

Capital font when it tries to draw you in with a

puff or a plug.

Pull out quotes used- The Killers

article

Plug of ‘Unmasked’ draws you in as you only tend to see daft punk with their

masks on and it also allows you to know that

they are telling a story you would not have

necessarily heard before

Negative space colour changes depending on the

person