1. Analysing music magazines

2. The masthead is always
the biggest piece of text
on the magazine and
is so that people
recognised there
preferred magazine.
The picture overlaps the
masthead slightly but
because it is such a well
established magazine
we still know it is clearly
VIBE. It is in bright
yellow, bold font to
emphasise the name of
the magazine
This header gives further information about
stories in the magazine
The main photo in the middle
of the cover is a conventional
device on magazines with the
persons eyes central and in
the top third. This is so it looks
as though they are looking at
you, to draw you to the
magazine
Main cover line indicates the
main feature of the magazine
and is one of the main selling
points. After seeing the
name in this case “Janet
Jackson” you are supposed
to be drawn to the name and
want to read more about the
particular person.
The cover lines which are the
main features of the
magazine are down the left
third so that they can be seen
the way they are stacked in
shops. They are brightly
coloured orange and blue to
attract the eye of potential
buyers to read these cover
lines and buy the magazine.
A convention of magazines is
to have the barcode and date
on the front however some
are on the back of the
magazine to keep the cover
ascetically pleasing
The house style of blue and orange
really makes the text stand out and
grab the attention of people looking
to buy a magazine.

3. The name of the magazine is not written on this page
instead it is represented by a faint letter “v” to represent
vibe. Although it is the biggest text, the word “contnets”
stands out more in bold, black text as the magazine name is
not too important to have on the contents page but should
be clear what page you are on
The hand reaching over with a
bright red heart, contrasting
with the grey background and a
black and white Kanye West
really stands out. This is done to
bring the main focus onto
Kanye who is clearly the main
feature of the magazine.
Having someone as famous as
Kanye West shows the
popularity of the magazine and
they are exploiting this as much
as possible by bringing all the
attention to the main photo of
him. The heart however could
be in reference to Kanye’s
album “808’s and
Heartbreak”
where a similar
picture is on the
front of his album
getting his that more
advertisement
The word contents has been
unconventionally split into three to
given a unique twist.
Like most magazines the
contents page has a column of
writhing to inform the reader
what is in the magazine and on
what page.
As this is a music magazine the
“Fashion” pages have there own
sub heading in bold to highlight
other features the magazine has
to offer other than just music .

5. The text “contents” is very conventional to
magazines as it is just one word at the top of the
page.
The main image on the
page is a close up and is
much bigger than the
other images. This
would suggest that the
photo graph is linked to
one of the main articles.
The name of the bands have
bee written in bold text and
in block capitals to make the
band name stand out clearly
so that the reader can easily
identify the artists which
interest them and the ones
they will want to read more
on.
The word contents and the
sub-titles down the right hand
side indicates it is a Kerrang
magazine with their
recognisable yellow and black
text which is a consistent
house style through out the
Kerrang magazines.
The conventional date
line on the contents
page is also displayed
The contents has been split
into different sections. They
are sub-headed down the
right hand side so they are
easily visible. There are also
separate photos for other
articles in the magazine
which would be major
features being highlighted for
the reader

6. The “free cd” pug is on the
magazine to further promote
their magazine with the
opportunity to get free CD’s and
is on the left hand side of the
magazine
The main cover line “world
exclusive! Springsteen” is
much bigger text than all of
the regular cover lines. This is
to make the main story stand
out more so that the
magazine is more easily sold
because of their headline
article being such a popular
artist.
Cover lines are spread out in
this instance and there are
quite a lot down the right
hand side however most cover
lines are usually placed down
the left hand side so that they
can be seen whilst they are
stacked in shops.
The masthead “mojo” is partially covered up by the main image.
However in this instance it is fine because they are an extremely
well known brand and even with it being partially covered we can
easily recognise the name of the brand. The masthead is much
bigger than any other text to emphasise the magazine but
covering it slightly with the main image to first bring your eyes to
the main article.
The main image is a conventional mid
shot, gazing into the camera with his
eyes in the top third of the page. The
purpose of this is so that it looks as
though they are looking at you,
drawing you to the magazine. This
also suggests that this photo on the
front will be linked to the main article
in the magazine as it is the main
image.
This header gives further
information on other features in
the magazine and is likely to give
more information inside the
contents about this
There is a clear house style of red
throughout the front page of the
magazine and the only colours
used other than red is black and
white. Red is a very bright colour
and grabs the attention of the
audience to see what articles they
have inside.
The convention of having the
barcode on the front page of the
magazine is again being followed
here as do many other
magazines.

7. Mojo have displayed their name again, it is central
and at the top of the page. The text is far bigger than
any other text on the page to emphasise the name
of the magazine once again. It is unconventional as it
does not say anywhere on the page “contents” when
most do.
The front cover of this magazine is
dominated by one dominant image
and there are not many features
included on the contents page
apart from the main features. This
is very unconventional however it
appears that they have this house
style in all of there contents pages
and the lay out is very similar in all
of their contents’. As you can see
from my other contents page
image, the main images are both
very dominant, medium shots and
the features are both wrote in one
column down the left hand side
The convention of the date line
and the issue of the magazine is
included.