2. Understanding conventions
The page layout I have used was inspired by normal magazine conventions. As my title is
in the expected position and arranged to the left, like that of NME and Kerrang
magazine. My main feature article is in the middle of the page, located at an angle
and the barcode is at the bottom right all of which are standard conventions like
Kerrang’s. However my image is not a mid shot image, this therefore does not follow
standard conventions as in my research and planning all of the magazines used a mid
shot image. I didn’t, instead I used a long shot this because I wanted to show the
subjects body language. I have also placed supporting images around the cover and
not anywhere else, such as in the middle, this is following the standard conventions
of a magazine layout.
The style of my magazine is more pop. This is also the opinion I got from my feedback.
My desired genre is pop – rock however from visual perception of my magazine it
would appear to be more aimed at teenage pop audience. The style/font of my title is
like those of standard magazines but with a with a different style such as the
background blur, however my main feature article has an italic scripted style to it,
making it more pop than rock. Therefore my front cover fills the needs of a pop genre
not a rock one. So I decided to change my initial idea of a pop-rock magazine to a pop
one to fit the needs and style of my magazine and genre.
3. My magazine has similar conventions to that of Kerrang’s.
Therefore I took a lot of inspiration from this due to my research
and planning.
4. Awareness of need for variety
in fonts
• Style; I used a variety of font styles for my front cover to make it unique and to
create diversity. The different font styles I used include, Trajan Pro, Ancestory SF,
Budoken SF and Basic sans SF. I chose to used these different fonts because they
were similar is some ways however the flicks on the ends were different making
each bit of writing different. For example my main feature style looks acrylic or
script fitting in with the pop style. The idea for my title font, Trajan Pro, came from
inspiration from other magazines during the research and planning process as it
was slightly different but still a standard convention.
• Size: My title is a large font of 200. This was a good size as it fitted the top of the
page and looked like the magazine titles in my research and planning. My main
article is slightly smaller at 150, this is because it needed to be smaller that the title
and not to big so it overcrowds the page. The other little articles are smaller as the
aren't as important as the rest however they still needed to stand out so the sizes
range from 30-60. The sizes of my texts was inspired by magazines such as Kerrang,
as their page is laid out in an effective way and the writing was evenly laid out and
the sizes worked so I tried to incorporate that in my work.
5. • Colour; For my fonts I used standards colours but made the
uniquely stand out. The two main colours are white and red with
the featuring articles being blue and yellow. I made them stand out
by using a Gaussian blur behind it e.g. Behind the title I used a red
blur and the main feature article white. I used the white blur
because it was suggested to me when I carried out my feedback.
Also I used a black blur behind some of the small articles to make
them stand out from the main picture. This is a unique effect as non
of the magazines in my research and planning used this technique.
Black Gaussian Blur
Red Gaussian
Blur
White Gaussian Blur
6. Accurate use of language
• During the construction and development phase I considered
appropriate questions to ask and inappropriate ones. This
gave me guidance when creating my front cover, as I could
think about what articles could be appropriate for my music
magazine. When including writing on my front cover I used
spell check as much as possible to prevent spelling mistakes
however naturally there will be smelling mistakes, this could
be due to typing errors as keeping to the time restriction on
my Gantt chart needed to be monitored and taken into
consideration. Also to ensure appropriate language is used I
carried out multiple amounts of feedback, asking people to
view my work and report whether they understood the
content.
7. Appropriate integration of
illustration and text
• I have combined the
information of my articles to
the pictures on my front cover.
This makes the articles more
clear and interesting by This article is relevant to These album covers relates the
supporting them with a the album cover and the bands split and “Brooke Montez”
picture. One of my idea was main picture and main going solo.
article.
inspired by Kerrang magazine
which involves the poster
special. Therefore I used my
own creative ideas when
taking the pictures and
including articles but also used
an existing technique form a I took inspiration from the kerrang magazine
magazine. and used their existing technique. Also this
image is a poster therefore there is a
supporting article to make it clear to readers.
