Masterhead for GUNGE magazine (mine)

Music magazine front cover draft

Q magazine is a lot more "Crowded" than the others, the Cover is full of informative text, unlike other magazines the Masterhead is in one corner, this is because it is only one letter, the oicture covers the master head showing that it takes priority over the it. the selling line "Britain's biggest music magazine" is fact brought to their advantage, this is confusing however as it could mean biggest in size or most purchased

Kerrang Legends - their answer to NME Originals

"KERRANG"'sSpecial Edition of their magazine acts the same as NME's, however the Master head is much larger and noticeable. taking the highlight from the topic "METALLICA" also the main picture is much smaller than most, taking up a small amount of the page, this magazine is directly targeted at fans of Metallica, preferably people older than 25 years old, who have been fans of Metallica for along period of time

There is a black and whit theme, using less bright colours to give a more serious effect. the Name "METALLICA" is in all capitals and black, it gives it a more formal look. the page has a a torn effect giving the affect that the two parts of the page should be one, despite thier diference, the top half is not very colouful using whites and blacks, but the pottom, uses yellow text and red background, this could show that the article will take a formal look at Meatallica but also a look at thier more"wild" aspect, his is shown with the words "it's been insane!" which is in bold and stands out within that part of the cover

This NME magazine is the usual layout, Big noticable Master head big picture of main article covering most of the cover. there is a big highlight at the top of the page, very notceable as it will attract fans of he Arctic Monkeys who are featuredin the highliht,the main stroy is of the Foo Fighters very well known (and liked) bandthat will provoke people to buy it. There is also competition to win studio time(this is good because usualy these competititions usualy give away the latest gadgets, but his interacts withthe music aspects)

Th Name "FOO FIGHTERS" is in all capitals and is big and bold thisattracts attention to the article

Music magazines often have "special edition" issues which have different layouts to the others, the Master head is often very discreet, like this NME speialon nirvana. the hightight instead of the Masterhead is the band name (almost acting as the new masterhead), no longer focusing on on people buying it because it is an NME magazine but because of the band it features

In the same way magazines NME highligts who and what is inside on the front cover, they all focus on different aspects on the special edition which is still fcused only on Nirvana

although the magazines focused on the Band Nirvana,it seems to thefront covermainly consists of pictures of only Kurt coban,this is because he is the most recondisable member of the bandand can be used to attract consumers.

TITLE DESCRIBING FUNCTIONS OF MAGAZINE:
eg. NME-New Musical Express- sounds like Enemy (showing that it is not for the pop culture)

Conventions of a music magazine contents page

Page numbers
Order
Headings
Images
Brief descriptions
Functional
Sponsors
Subscriptions

conventions of a music magazine

MasterHead
PictureDate & issue number
Sub Headings
Information
Define target audience
Logo
Main Story
Slogan
Email Address
Website
Original pictures

Main Task Breif

the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazin. All images and text used must be original, producd by you- minimum of four images.Presentation of your workThe presentation of the research, planning and evaluation may take form of any one, or combination of two or more, of the following:powerpoint presentationa bloga podcast