Question 1 Front Page

My magazine does follow the rules of convention by the way it is layed out. My magazine has a very similar layout to the tradional magazine covers because the mast head is on top of the page and is the first text that will catch the readers eye not only because it is bigger than any other text on the page but because its text is more unique because i only use it once to show that it is the mast head and to seperate it from any other text on the page.

Under my mast head is the website for the magazine which is also found in other magazines for example. Empire magazine. Magazines usually do this so their readers can become familiar with the website if they read the magazine often because it is right under the mast head.
I decided to do the same because not only is it a good way to keep your readers interested with other information your magazine has to offer but its a good way to keep the reader interested in the magazine until the next issue is realised.

The coverlines are spread evenly though out the magazine and i made sure not to use to much or to little because with some magazines it makes it look to crowded if there are to many coverlines. The colour of the coverlines are very consistent with the colour of the main image and other text and images on the page because I didn't want to use to much other colours incase the magazine started to look tacky.
Having only a few colour changes with in a magazine is common but affective because it makes the magazine look professional and sometimes its to build a theme for the magazine or to make the colour that is repeated for that magazine more recognziable for the reader the next time they pick it up.

Not alot of magazines decide to make one coverline a completely different colour than the rest. Where it says 'Silver Foxes' the coverline is a silver grey to show that the band im featuring in the magazine is more unique than the bands under the word 'Starring'. Most magazines would have it the same colour as all the other coverlines unless the band that they were featuring was part of the masthead. I decided to make 'Silver foxes' coverline a different colour to give it a more unique look because I wanted the audience to think that there are two articles in my magazine that are of more importance than the rest of the articles because of main coverlines the reader just goes straight to it because its linked to the main image and it has a bigger text and catches the readers eye but with another coverline a different colour but not as big as the main coverline (so it doesnt confuse the audience) will still catch the readers eye because its different and looks important makes my audience more interested in other articles in my magazine. By doing this I made my  magazine more appealing because it makes my magazine look like it has more interesting articles.

The main coverline is the biggest piece of text on the page and it catches the readers eye. I used a technique other magazines use alot with their coverlines, main coverlines and mast head of having the masthead go behind the models head and the coverlines over their body. For example Kerrang! have done the same thing and this gives the magazine a 3 dimensional feel to it and makes the coverline stand out more because you can see the whole text. Even though the mast head is important the audience are picking up the magazine to read it not to look at the mast heads name if the bands that are featured in it not displayed probably the reader will not pay much attention and put the magazine back down.

My main image is a medium close up of a teenage male with long hair, this kind of close up is used alot in magazines of just the torso and up to the head because it lets to see how the model is dressed and any particular brands they may be wearing but also lets you clearly see any face expressions. The models hair was originally shorter than his hair in this magazine but I made his hair longer useing photoshop because a large portion of my audience have long hair and style it to suit the genre of music they listen to. The readers im trying to target of those of Kerrang! and readers of kerrang usually have fringes and or long hair which can sometimes be dyed.

I have also broke conventions by using the orignal background not much magazines use the orginal background for there photos they usually take out the background and put a pattern or a blank background. I decided to keep my original background because it should appeal to some of my readers because the location is the skating park at southbank. Alot of my target audience should be familar with the place which is why I picked it to take my photos

Other aspects of my magazine such the barcode and price are located where other magazines barcode and prices are located.