In this post, I will be looking at the conventions of a typical music magazine and discussing how I will apply them to my product. The magazine example I am using is 'Vibe'.
Masthead: The name of the magazine stretches across the width of the page. My masthead will be in the top centre, but will not stretch across the entire page. It will however be in capitals like this example. I will also follow the concept of covering some of the masthead with my image.
Colour: It is conventional for covers to use a scheme of three colours. I will use three colours on my magazine cover: blue, green and brown. The guitar I use will be brown and there will be different shades of blue and green.
Composition: The sell lines are on the left and right side of the page, but there are also sell lines across the top which fill in gaps to make the magazine more appealing. I will do this in my magazine but with the headline and strapline to the right side of the page.
Sell Lines: The sell lines differ in size and font. I am going to do this myself and use puffs to further involve the reader. 'Vibe' uses a puff in the bottom right hand corner which is small but acts as a unique selling point of the issue.
Image: There is only one image on this cover which connotes it is mature and does not need to add more to sell copies. In the image on this cover, Drake's body language is not basic which is how my cover image will look as I will be turned slightly to the side, holding the guitar.
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