1. 1. The magazine hasn't used the left hand side rule, instead they have placed the majority of the information on the right hand side. This may put off readers because they may not buy the magazine because the information isn't clear enough with what else is in the magazine. The mass head is in the top left hand side of the magazine it has a tagline underneath it too. But the mass head is behind the models which gives it an unprofessional look. But this has been done because theyve already established their brand and can get away with layering their mass head. In this magazine there are some plugs giving away details about what else is in the magazine. There is only three, meaning the page doesnt overcrowd the page. But it does mean that there isn't a lot of information about other articles in the magazine.
2. 2. This magazine cover encourages readers to buy it too as at the bottom of the page there is extra information about certain features in the magazine. This magazine cover does has a cover line it has Mumford & Sons in bold, this is too encourage people to buy the magazine because theyre very famous. Also because this is layered on top of a clear background it stands out more. This articles follows the three colour rule as it uses; red, grey and white. This means that page doesn't look to dull nor too loud. The shot type used is a long shot, the image is central causing the models to take up most of the page. This draws more attention to them. There is some eye contact which will still draws in readers but maybe not as much. The photo also links to the main article in the magazine. The barcode is in the bottom right hand corner because they dont to draw attention to it. This is because they often place the price on it and they dont want attention to be drawn to the price as often music magazines are expensive and if attention is drawn to the high price people are more likely to not purchase it.
3. 3. A magazines typical convention is layering, I have developed this by layering a number of things on top of each other, for example I layered my main cover artist with a paint splatter and then layered text onto the paint splatter. I chose to do this so that my music magazine would stand out much more than others. However the conventions I did challenge were; having a logo and placing the cover artist in the middle third of the page. I decided to challenge these conventions because when I included a logo it looked really out of the place, and the type of logo I wanted clashed with the colour scheme of my magazine. This would have meant that my magazine would look unprofessional and therefore wouldnt be accepted by my target audience. I also chose to place my cover artist across the middle and last third of my front page this was because my image was quite large and would have looked out of place just in the middle third. I placed the majority of my text on the left hand side, although this isn't a generic convention of all music magazines now most did many years ago. I chose to do this so that all the information was in one place and it made articles easier to fond for my audience.
4. 4. The subheadings of other major articles are underlined in a thick bright red line, this draws attention to them as soon as you look at the contents page. Meaning that readers are attracted to it meaning they want to read the articles and hopefully purchase the magazine. They have only placed a few articles from the magazine in the contents page, this causes readers to believe that thee articles are much more important than others and that theyre the main ones. However it doesnt inform the reader very much as to what is in the magazine because it only gives details about a specific amount.On the contents page two different shot types have been used for each image. The larger image is a long shot, although the image isn't central there is still eye contact which draws the reader into wanting to read that specific article. Where as the smaller image is a medium long shot, this shows that this article is important but not as important as the one that is much larger and has the page number on it. A bold boxed off mass head, this makes the mass head look even bigger wh9ich gives the impression to the reader that the mass head is really important. Also even if you were to take away the mass head readers would still know which magazine it is. This is because they use the same font and style throughout their magazines meaning people get to know the magazine without the mass head even being on it. Unlike the cover the main article isnt the main one in the contents page. We see this because they havent advertised the page number that the main article is on in the contents page. Instead they have used two different articles and placed one on the front and one on the contents. This isn't a very good idea because if readers cant find the page that the main article is on, they may not purchase the magazine. In the contents they have continued the three colour rule, this means that the page doesn't look too busy but nor does it look too empty because a variety of colours is still used.
5. 5. I chose to not challenge the convention of placing the majority of information on my contents page on the left hand side. I decided not to challenge this so that when my target audience turned to it, it looked a familiar layout. . Also with how my contents page is layed out it looks quite neat, this enables my audience to find articles quickly because its easy to read due to the page not seeming messy. On the contents I have chosen two artists to be on it, this is so that the page doesnt look empty with just one artist also it gives the reader other artists to read about in the magazine. Some magazine chose to place at least 3-4 different artists on the contents. I challenged this because both my artists are from the same genre of music which goes well with the type my magazine is. Also too many images on the page cause the page to look overcrowded, this makes the page look messy and means that readers may not be able to find the article they want.
6. 6. The enlargement of text, draws readers into reading these sections of the article. This suggests to the readers that this part of the article is important to read. The picture of Lady Gaga has a black and white effect on it, this makes the picture stand out much more because the colour contrasts the colour L on the opposite page. Also due the size of the image it intrigues readers into wanting to know more about whats in the article. The page number in the bottom right hand side is really important because it links to the contents page. The enlarged L has been placed in the centre of the page this is typical of Q magazine because it is used to represent Lady Gagas alias. This article has 3 columns, which is a generic convention for the majority of magazines. It is done to spread out the text a lot more, making the page look less crowded. Also it is easier to read and follow when its in columns. This is a medium shot. This shows that they want the readers to see her eye contact which draws them in.
7. 7. Black and white effect on the image, means it contracts with the text on the opposite page, as well as keeping in with the colour scheme of my whole magazine. I chose to place a large letter in the centre of the page, this contrasted against the rest of the text on the page. Although this is a generic convention some magazines choose not to do this. The page number in the bottom right hand side is really important because it links to the contents page. I chose to only use one because it meant the picture looked more effective and stood out more, this wouldve therefore caught the readers eye. However some magazines choose to layer the image on the double page spread with text/quotes from the artist on the page. I chose to challenge this and not do it because it wouldve made the image look messy which would therefore causing the double page spread to look unprofessional. I chose to challenge the convention of using an extreme long shot this is because a medium shot (which is commonly used in music magazine double page spread) wouldnt have worked in my magazine an also the extreme long shot as mystery to the artist.