Conventions Of A Music Magazine

To fit the genre of a music magazine the front cover must show what genre of music the magazine focuses on by having photographs of certain popstars/bands or revealing particular information that is going to attract readers. The front cover must attract the set target audience as well as the heading and colour making it obvious that it is a music magazine, this will create a certain style and attract either males or females, and a particular age range. Magazines use direct address when speaking to the audience and making the relationship with the readers is very important and knowing how the gender and age of the readers are most likely wanted to be addressed as. Music magazines use certain stars and celebrities to advertise their magazine and appeal to fans and are often used on the front page, for example a young girl may look up and admire a certain singer, seeing them on the front of a magazine would influence them to buy it. The front cover is what sells the magazine therefore it must be purposely designed to attract the audience, therefor it must use bright colours and large text so that it appears interesting and eye catching. Most magazines have a website which will usually be on the front cover to advertise reader to visit and the website which will be full of more information, gossip and pictures etc. The date and barcode will also be included on the front cover to identify whether the magazine is sole weekly or monthly, usually the magazine is cheaper if it is released weekly.
The conetents again should be bright and colourful, to be eye catching which should immediately persuade the reader to want toread more. Next to the column of what features in the magazine there are usually large and small images of celebrites featured in the magazine or clips from reallife stories etc. What features in the magazine are usually listed in paticular sections such as, gossip, or celeb updates.
My feature article that i hope to create will have a headline and subheading that will sum up the story immediately to grab the readers interest. Images will surround the article, one main one and a few smaller images that will reflect what the story is about. My article willbe spoken directly to the audience and will follow clearly, and depending on the genre of the aticle sland or swear words could possibly be used. Paticularly to get the audiences attention using quotes in bigger and bolder texts will make them want to read more if they see some interesting or important.