Main Task: Research

Music Magazine Conventions

Cover

• Small pictures usually feature artists performing


• Serious expressions


• List of bands


• Features musical instruments/equipment


• Very small number of colours


• Photography is creative
  

Contents

• Follow most normal conventions


• Photography is creative
  

Double Page Spread

• Brief introduction about the article - Standfirst


• Usually one page is an image and one is writing/ Picture = half of article


• Large first letter at the start of first paragraph - Drop capital


• Writing in columns


• Title for the article - Headline


• Writing on pictures/Quotes


• Artists name is made clear in standfirst - Different colour


• Usually a smaller image in the article


• Writer of the article and photographer featured - Byline


• Images often bleed across from one page to the other


• Strapline or border used
  
• Bold text in first paragraph


• More than one image - Smaller images are used to break up the text and make it more inviting


• Standfirst always by headline and before start of article - introduces the article. Works with headline to tell the reader what the article is about. Larger font than article.


• Headlines- creative, eye catching.


• Limited use of colour


• Creative Photography


• Informal Style of Writing - Personality of artist comes through in article
  

Magazine Research

Title: Uncut

Price: £4.50

Frequency of publication: Monthly

Issue Size: 154 pages

Regular content: Reviews (Albums,Singles and Gigs), Editorial, Feedback (Readers letter section), First Cut (Monthly news section), Crossword

Feature articles: Cover story about main image, Articles about coverlines that appear on the cover.

Title: NME

Price: £2.20

Frequency of publication: Weekly

Issue size: 76 pages

Regular content: Reviews (Albums,Singles and Gigs), New band section, Editorial, Weekly news section, Crosswords

Feature content: Cover story about main image, Articles about coverlines that appear on the magazine cover.

Title: Mojo

Price: £4.10

Frequency of publication: Monthly

Issue size: 150

Regular content: Monthly news section, Reviews (Albums,singles and gigs), Editorial, Crosswords

Feature content: Article about main image, Articles about coverlines that appear on cover.