Codes and Conventions

Analysis 
Music Magazine Covers 
 Very simplistic and easy to remember.
Billboard – suggests its big and important 
Simple black font with colors in the letters suggesting there's more to see
inside   

Big bold blocky letters that stand out 

Smash hits – suggests quality also has a fun nature to it  
Alternating colors are eye catching 

Big and bold, interesting font and bold red color 

Rolling stone – presents an aspect of coolness as with the saying
"like a rolling stone" and with association to the band 
 Sell Lines…Headline/Feature-line (Teaser Line)

Large block capitals, Fun fonts

Names the artist usually without explicitly saying their name but with something they're known
for e.g. "fresh prince" for will smith 
Has a few teasers for other articles but not too much as the image is the main focus 

Large simple fonts – a more serious tone

Uses white text to stand out against the muted usually black background and contrast the red
masthead 
Artists name is the most prominent thing 
Teaser lines are intriguing but not gossipy or as flashy as other brands 

Large block capitals very simple and easy to read 

Page dominated by text but avoids the image to keep focus on the artists face 
Teaser lines are very intriguing "I want to be an icon" and "the new face of hip-hop"
The masthead takes a back seat to the photo being in
toned down colors, pushed to the side sometimes
even behind the celebrity 

Bright vibrant colors used to

catch customers eyes 

Photos of the
Small sections of text artist usually
showing the contents of from the
the magazine usually shoulders up or
highlighting celebrity full body they
names to draw interest  are the
main focus of
the cover usually
making eye
contact with the
camera 

Catchy and intriguing phrases on

the cover 

Viva La Diva! the new pioneers 

Masthead color usually contrasts
cover background to stand out
more  Big, obvious mastheads 

Has the celebrities in
the forefront making
Fun Poses  them very clear and
apparent 
Goes against more
serious brands
showing a more
friendly and comical
side 

Vibrant and in your face 

Bright colors 
 Masthead always overlays Contains a more
everything but isn't too in muted color palette
your face  no bright vibrant
colors 

Celebrities name
very obvious on the Headshots of
cover usually celebrity usually
followed by an staring into the
intriguing tagline  camera 

"Heartbreak
Superstar"

"The greatest
rapper alive" Has a fairly serious tone 
Has gripping titles for other articles on the
side to draw readers in 
My attempt a Magazine cover 
 Analysis of my magazine cover 

Masthead – inspired by the Billboard masthead being a simple big blocky font with the color in the letters making it a
bit more unique and the composition being at the top on display but also out of the way not covering anything. The
magazine name "Movement" was chosen as its one big word like most magazines the word movement can be linked to
music and dancing and also have a double meaning with the word movement suggesting something big and important 

The cover was inspired by some billboard magazines and some rolling stones magazines have a simple close up of the
main artist being featured being the only focus of the cover having a photo of Donald Glover or Childish Gambino a
pop/hip hop artist being the only focus 

I was inspired by a specific billboard cover featuring Chance The Rapper where it was a simple close up of him in front
of a simple yellow/orange gradient background 
                  
                                    The tagline "A name everybodies gonna know" was inspired  by taglines from 
Billboards Drake cover having the tagline "The new face of hip hop" and 
The rolling stones Kendrick Lamar cover having the tagline
"The greatest rapper alive" being very cocky and giving the artists very 
Prestigious titles I also used gonna instead of going to in order to make it more 
colloquial so the customer may relate or feel more drawn to it, potentially 
Helping with the youth audience. 

The text on the cover talking about other things featured in the issue I made
intentionally baiting and eye-catching by using big celebrity names and intriguing
articles like gossip or 'industry secrets'.

The barcode is just there to make it look more real and professional.