Post on 18-Aug-2015
Billboard ConventionsSeductive pose, suits the
album and makes her sexually attractive to men by how her posture and
facial expression is in the feature article photo, also
one eye is covered
Her face is covering the masthead which allows you to concentrate on
her more and as a popular magazine, it
would be easily recognised
House style of white red and yellow are the only colours
used, helps draw you in with the theme of her hair as it is
the same colour
Plug of ‘reinvention of Rihanna’ and a quote she uses in
the article about her fans not knowing who she really is,
draws you in to want to find out who she
really isHer name is the other thing you are drawn to as it is over the feature article photo so you know it is
herBarcode on the
front
‘REinvention’, links to her nickname ‘RiRi’ which fans would
notice
Pink posing as the ‘I’ in her name
Font colour scheme blends in with her hair and selected
clothing – black and pink which would
have been planned to fit the name of
her and what she is wearing.
Collar up so it is almost as if she is hiding, but going to
reveal it to you in this article
Barcode on the front
House style again: yellow, black, blue, pink,
white
Eye contact is not given head on, it is from the side: less intimidating,
less intimate
Target audience: pop artist fans. Teens/young
adults
Second photo, despite not being on the front cover almost shows her coming out of her shell to tell you
her story
What she’s wearing shows she knows the music ‘business’,
shows her confidence in what she does, but as it is a new her,
she’s nervous???
Negative space is taken up with her name and does not include other main articles to show her importance in the magazine
NME ConventionsLady Gaga
‘unzipped’ plug links to what she is wearing: she has zips covering her
intimate area
There is a pull out quote of what is featured in the article
you read about her
House style is the same with typography
but changes colour scheme to suit the
artist
There are also other pull out quotes from other articles that are
includedShe is very exposed, so she exposes all to NME?
Questions whoever sees the article by Lady Gaga’s
questions
Direct eye contact
Basic colour scheme
Feature article photo makes Billie look like he has a lot of things as he seems stressed with holding his head and a shocked facial expression to show
what he is about to tell you is real
Barcode on the front page
Again, using a pull out quote as to why Green Day’s music is the way
it is
Regular house style of
typography colours and font
Other artists included are in bold typography
Green day exclusive is covering the feature
article photo at the top which shows that it is not solely about Billie, despite being the lead singer and songwriter for the band.
Target audience: working class teens-35.
Q Conventions
relatively wordy
Typography is the main house style and the ‘Q’ in
the corner
Photo is a mid shot
House style of the same colours and
typography- there are similar colours
used, blue, red, black and white on the
majority of their front covers
Target: 20-40 middle-lower class
Capital font when it tries to draw you in with a
puff or a plug.
Pull out quotes used- The Killers
article
Plug of ‘Unmasked’ draws you in as you only tend to see daft punk with their
masks on and it also allows you to know that
they are telling a story you would not have
necessarily heard before
Negative space colour changes depending on the
person