Front Covers:

The black and white colours contrast with each other to make the writing stand out. It also matches with the masthead and the overall colour scheme and main image. This is a common convention in magazine front covers as it makes

The celebrity is featured in the centre of the main image to make him stand out to the audience, which will attract audiences that like the celebrity. He is wearing a suit, which suggests his wealth and fame. Also, his suit is black and white and therefore blends into his background and matches the text around him, which overall makes the

By featuring such a big artist in the music industry, the magazine wants to promote the fact that they are doing a feature on him, this is why they have highlighted phrases such as ‘JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE’ in yellow writing, which makes it stand out as other colours that are used are neutral. By being such a well-known celebrity,

The celebrity is looking straight at the camera, which would again attract the audience and particularly, the fans of the celebrity. This common convention is seen throughout magazine front covers and allows the audience to engage with the celebrity and makes it seem

Other Conventions include: the barcode, price

This magazine uses a range of font colours to make it attractive to the audience, however this magazine takes this to the next level by alternating font colours down the

This magazine uses reversed out black and white to make the masthead stand out. Despite the celebrity being behind the main image the masthead still stands out due to the reversed out technique. By being a neutral colour it allows the ‘NEW’ icon in the top left of the masthead to stand out as not only does the yellow stand out from the neutral colours surrounding it, but

Like the previous magazine’s front cover, this magazine uses yellow font on cover lines which highlight them on the neutral background and makes it stand out from other black and white texts. They use this to highlight certain words that they consider will sell the magazine, such as the artists name ‘DRAKE’, with this in yellow text on a black background and in capitals it

A celebrity is used as the main image to attract audience and particularly the fans of the this artist. It also gives the reader a better idea about the genre of the magazine, and therefore attracts this magazine’s target audience. It also gives consumers a better understanding of what they are buying and therefore reduces the risk of people feeling disappointed. The celebrity is wearing a T-shirt that says ‘UNSTOPPABLE’ in capitals and using white on black reversed out text to make it stand out. The text may suggest something

The celebrity featured is looking at the camera, this draws in the audience and is a common feature in magazines as it creates an illusion that the person is looking at you. This has a bigger effective on the people that like the

Certain words that attract a more general audience such as ‘EXCLUSIVE’ and ‘NEW’ are in capitals and use black text on a yellow background as suppose to the other way round to make these words stand out, as both words make this magazine look different to other magazines, and gives consumers a good reason to buy this magazine. Despite being a technique to separate

Other conventions include: Barcode, Web link

Like most magazines, the celebrities that are featured in the main image are looking straight at the

Again, this magazine uses reversed out black and white as well as red on white and white on red to make cover lines stand out. Unlike other magazines most of the text has the main image as its background as most of the text is featured in the middle rather than down the sides, this may be to link the text to the images more obviously and to

Unlike other magazines, the masthead is in front of the main image and the celebrities, this shows that the magazine identity is important and it promotes the brand identity further. However as this is already a recognised brand the reason for the masthead being in front of the main image is more likely to be to attract their current audience, as they don’t want

The font of the masthead is unusual compared to other magazines; this gives the magazine a stronger brand identity and also tells the audience about the genre of the magazine, as this slightly messed up, edgy and crazy font may suggest the genre of Rock. Because of this, the magazine is attracting its target audience and gives audiences a better understanding of what the content of

Compared to other magazine front covers, this front cover could be seen as having a messy layout. Unlike previous front covers this front cover doesn’t use colours to create a clear and conventionally attract layout for a front cover by not using techniques such as alternating colour schemes, this as well as the random layout suggests a lot about the magazines focused genre of ‘rock’ and with the front cover looking like this it will be sure to attract their target audience.

Like the last magazine all the celebrities are looking straight at the camera to attract the audience and particular the celebrities fans, which is

This magazine uses reversed out white and red on the masthead to highlight the magazine name. Despite this, the magazine uses little reversed out text throughout the front cover and instead puts the text on top of the main image, this shows more of the main image in detail and focuses on the celebrities who will hopefully attract the audience and the celebrity’s fans.

The celebrity band member is on top of the masthead, which only shows some of the masthead. This makes the celebrity stand out. Despite this, it doesn’t have too much effect on the brand identity of the magazine, because the brand name is The lights in

the background suggest fame and stardom, which complements the band featured in the main image. The band is featured

Blue is used very little but affectively, as it only highlights important text such as ‘EXCLUSIVE’ and makes it stand out as it

The overall layout is neat and conventional with the main cover line under the main image which shows their linked. It has other cover lines and presents what else is featured in the magazine down each sign, with the features on the right-hand side being shown by a ‘+’ sign. The ‘+’ sign suggests to the audience that they have added more information in this particular edition of the magazine which suggest that the audience will be

Lights are reflected in Jay-Z’s glasses to suggest his fame and will also catch the audience eyes This magazine

uses a simple white background; this is used to not only make the contrast with the black text but also to highlight the red text, including the

The masthead is shown over the celebrity; this shows that the brand identity is very important in the selling of the magazine as the brand is a well-recognised brand and one of the biggest. The masthead is large on the front cover and use basic colours like red white and black to

The page is mostly taken up by the two celebrities featured. One of the celebrities is looking at the other one, this is possibly to draw the attention to the more well-known celebrity, ‘Jay-Z’ as he is

This plus sign is becoming a common feature in front covers, as it also featured in the ‘Q’ magazine above. This is a clear sign to the audience to show what this magazine features, this suggests that this magazine has extra and therefore makes it stand out from other magazines.

This magazine features two circles that include special features in this magazine. Not only does this give the magazine a dynamic look, but it also suggests that this magazine has more to offer. Because these circles don’t feature on any other magazine, it suggests that the features in

The celebrity is looking straight at the camera to attract the audience and particularly the artist’s fans.

This magazine has a white masthead on a dark background to make the masthead stand out. The font of the masthead is unique, which makes the brand of the magazine stand out to readers.

The masthead is also in front of the celebrity featured in the main image; this may be to get its brand identity more familiar to its

The celebrity is again over lapped with the advertisement of what seems to be a festival line-up. This makes the advert stand out. This is beneficial as the magazine may make more money from festival

Pink is a main colour used to attract a strong female audience, as pink is the conventional colour for girls. The female attraction carries on with ‘Duffy’

The light of the microphone suggest fame and therefore attracts the audiences that find

This magazine contents page uses reversed out black and white on the header to clearly state it’s the

Contents Page:

This magazine has divided its contents page into three sections: ‘features’, ‘every month’ and ‘review’. This to make the layout of the magazine clear and allows the reader to be specific in their search for a suitable page/article, and benefits both regular readers and first time readers of this magazine. It also has small section devoted to its ‘special’ article. The heading is in

It again uses reversed out technique with the sub headings, as it has white text on a red background to make the sub-headings clear to the audience and therefore

A main image of celebrities dominates the contents to highlight the main to article.

The ‘Q’ logo is featured twice on the contents page to force the brand

Like other magazines, this contents page features one main image, which links into the main article. This image gives more information to

The header is in bold capital letters and use the reversed out technique to highlight the heading and brand logo, to try and force the brand

The word ‘contents’ or ‘contents page’ isn’t used, however from the layout of pages numbers, the

Reversed out is used again in the sub headings. This contents page has many sub headings to split up the pages to make the contents specific and

The logo of the magazine is featured in large letters on the top of the contents page, with a black back ground to make it stand out. This forces the brand identity on the reader. As this brand is already a well-recognised magazine the logo reminds the reader that the contents will be quality.

The heading has an obscure layout that catches the young audience’s eye and gives the magazine a dynamic and stylish image, which is important for a magazine with a

This contents page is simple, with a main image as its background, with the image relating to the main article in the

The contents split into two sections, ‘features’ and ‘fashion’ this makes it easier and clearer for the reader to scan through the contents for their chosen page. It also highlights that the magazine is trying to attract a more female audience, as fashion is conventionally a

The text uses reversed out, white text on the black background and then the black text as it fades into the white background.

The celebrity takes up a lot of the contents page. This gives the reader an idea about the genre of music that this magazine is based on as well as giving an idea

There is an outline of a ‘V’ in the background to force the brand identity of the ‘VIBE’ on the reader. A ‘V’ shape is also seen in the positioning of the celebs legs for the

This magazine uses rhetorical questions in this contents page to engage the audience, and therefore making them want to read

Unlike the last contents page, this contents page is far from simple, with plenty of text and images squashed into one page; this suggests that the magazine is full of content.

Despite the squashed and cramped layout, the magazine uses a variety of colours and font sizes to split up the text, making it

Like other contents pages the header and sub headings use the reversed out technique to make it clear to the audience, however this magazine uses a yellow and black

This magazine uses many images corresponding to different pages, to give the reader a better understanding to

The pages are split up into sections so the reader can be more specific when trying to find the right page. All the headings use a reversed out yellow on black which matches with the rest of the page making it look professional and attract as well as making the headings stand out

The writing uses reversed out black on white for the text and white on black on certain phrases to highlight

them.The main image,

header etc. all uses the colour of beige, which makes it look

professional and more attractive for

The heading is a rhetorical question which engages the

reader in this article.

Again, this double page spread has little text and is

dominated by the main image and heading.

The heading is eye-catching, it uses reversed out white on black text and uses a bold font in different sizes, to

express that this magazine is dynamic and possibly a bit crazy like the

celebrity in the main image.

This double page spread uses reversed out white on black to make text

easier and clearer for the consumer to read.

It has three main colours to make the design simple and not too complicated for the

readers. Also by using white, black and red as colours for text, it makes text highlighted

in red stand out as white and black are neutral colours.

It features many images to attract the audiences and allows

the audience to understand what the article is about without

them having to read it.

At the start of the text an initial letter is used to, firstly, make the

article look more interesting which draws the reader in and also

indicates to the reader where to start reading

In this magazine the text is to one side of the page to make the image the certain of

In the text it uses a reversed out black on white to make the text

stand out clearly for

It also has blue writing which highlights phrases that the author wants to

stand out to the

This magazine has a lot of writing which straight away

shows the audience they have detailed articles.

Like the last magazine, this magazine has an initial letter at the start of the text to draw the reader in and to indicate where

the reader should start.