Inspiration…
Musicians
• 50 Cent• Snoop Dogg• Chris Brown• Mz Bratt• Akon• Nicki Minaj
Camera Shots
Cover- • Close-up • Mid shot• Long shot
Inside magazine-• Close-up • Mid shot• Long shot• Wide shot• Two shot
Images showing magazines with conventional cover images.
Mid shot
Close up
Images showing double page spreads with conventional shots
Close up
Mid shot
Conventions of magazine titles
• Short• Bold• Simple• Commonly abbreviations (RWD - Rewind
Magazine)
Examples of music magazine names
demonstrating the conventions
Colour Schemes
• 3 or 4 colours (usually)• Commonly black and white (and one/two
other colour)
Examples of music
magazine covers that show the
conventions of colour schemes 4 colours –
• Black• White• Red• Gold
3 colours – • Black• White• Red
Sell Lines
• Simple • Short • Bold • Attractive
This cover of Vibe shows all of the 4 conventions
of sell lines
Common urban connotations (that I could use in my magazine)
• Money • Gangs• Crime• Cars
I am going to use as many of these conventions as I can in my music magazine, so that it is as conventional as possible, and will therefore
attract my target audience.
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