Magazine

Genre Colour Scheme

Overall Style Conventions Target Audience

Kerrang!Rock / Indie

White, Black and either

green or yellow.

Kerrang!’s overall style is very rebellious and care free as this

represents rock/indie well.

Low Contrast, dark lighting,

rebellious,

Mid teens into rock/indie, rebellious,

typically boys.

NME Mix

White, Black, pale blue and

red.

NME’s overall style is simple but with a slight rebellious touch to it as it’s image used tends to be

serious looking.

High contrast, bright, simple,

casual misenscene, no

set style.

People who are into different genres of music, young-older

teens.

Classic Rock

RockBlack, White and orange/a colour that

represents the artist.

Classic Rock looks very rebellious as it is dark and very simplistic when using colour.

Low contrast, dark lighting, serious poses, rough looking.

Older people (20’s +) who like their older

rock artists and music.

Q MixWhite, Black

and red.Q is very simplistic in looks but

is made up with the type of image.

High contrast, bright, non genre specific colours,

simple.

People who like a mixture of music,

young teens to older.

Rolling Stone Mix

White, Black, grey and red.

Rolling Stone can be rebellious looking and minimalistic,

however this depends on the artist on the front cover.

Low contrast, dark contrast,

black (depending on issue),

serious poses.

People who like all kinds of music, older

teens.

Smash Hits

Mainly Pop

White, grey, red, green,

yellow, purple and pink.

Smash Hits looks simplistic in terms of the image used, but the colours used give it some

dynamicity.

Colourful, natural contrast, simple,

People who like pop, young – mid teens,

mix gender.

Classic POP Pop

White, Black, red and yellow.

Classic POP is similar looking to Q as in its simple and uses very

little colour, tends to contain older ‘vintage pop’.

Natural contrast, simplistic, eye line same as

camera.

Young-Older teens who like pop music

and are into different artists.

Magazine Genre What I like What I don’t like What I’ll possibly use

Kerrang!Rock / Indie

I like how Kerrang! Instantly shows you the genre of the

magazine through the masthead style.

I don’t like that Kerrang! Crams so much on the front page so that there is so much to focus

on and grabs your eyes.

I will try to use a similar effect the

masthead has on the audience.

NME Mix

I like how NME has no set genre thus keeping to a set

colour scheme of white, black red and pale blue.

I don’t like the composition of NME’s masthead, I feel its been ‘shoved’ in the corner and isn't

important.

I will use a similar range of colours that are non gender bias

in order to attracted a wider audience.

Classic Rock

RockI like how classic rock has

kept a rebellious look to the artist on the front through

contrast and shadows.

I’m not to sure about Classic Rock’s masthead as I feel it is

too simple and not eye catching enough.

Q MixI like how simplistic Q is and they style of images it tends

to use which are eye catching.

I don’t like that Q magazine only has a Q for the masthead/logo as I feel its too plain for me.

I will use a similar style of image for my

magazine.

Rolling Stone Mix

I like Rolling Stone’s composition throughout the cover page, feel it is eye catching and is appealing.

I don't like how Rolling Stone uses a plain white background as this emphasises the dead

space.

I will possibly use a similar layout and composition of this

magazine.

Smash Hits Mainly Pop

I like how it uses colour to capture the readers eye and

the image used are very bold.

I don’t like that every issue has a different layout and different

colour scheme.

I might possibly use the composition of the image and the

close up image shot type.

Classic POPPop

I like the composition of the cover lines as it goes around with the shape of the image.

I don’t like how bulky and bold the masthead is as I feel that it takes away from the image and

is out of balance.

I might try to incorporate the way that the coverlines

bend with the image.