Clear title- relates clearly with the genre of music that the magazine is based on, and the target audience that the magazine is targeting.

Colour of the writing- the use of a lighter/ less eye catching colour (grey) may be hinting that this part is not as important for the audience to see straight away, compared to the ‘ROCK’ title for example.Links with the main image

Constant colour scheme; Red, Black, White, Grey.

The different sizes used for the writing can be suggesting the importance of it, e.g. the bigger font writing may be more important then the smaller font writing.

Thought has been put into the outfits that the artists are wearing. The colour of the clothes are the same as the writing colours used (consistency) and black and red is often associated with Rock music.

Bold title- The bold colour makes the title eye catching even though it is being blocked by the main image.

Layout & the bright orange colour suggests that this part is important and would possible attract the target audience/ catch the audience's attention.

Orange is used again- consistency

There may be a link with the writing that use the same colour. E.g. ‘rival songs’ in red may be linked to the red writing in the top right hand corner.

The black box behind the white writing makes the writing more bold and helps it stand out better.

BarcodeLong-shot is not the expected convention but the editor made it work.

Black and white theme fits well with the rock genre.

Consistency- The thunder shape is used here as well as on the front cover.

The artists used on this page may be hinting the target audience they are aiming at, perhaps the same age.

Orange thunder highlight- this may be to show this writing is important for the audience to notice & read to attract them.

Eye catching image shows the importance of the artists.

Other issues from the same magazine.

The colour of the writing has been kept the constant; red, black, white.

The size of the writing could be showing the importance of the writing.

Ordered page numbers.

Not started with page number 1, instead it has used the important page numbers.

There is a mixture of serif and san serif fonts- a mixture of modern and traditional writing.

Red- importance & eye catching.

Website in fine writing.

Long-shot

Different colour used, so that it catches the audiences attention.

Pull- quote

Different artist is featured on the front cover, contents page and double page spread, however the layout, style and theme is kept constant. Although the use of different artists on different page doesn’t exactly stick to the expected conventions, the black & white image effect helps link the pages together.

Mixture of sand serif, and serif text- shows a mixture of traditional looking fonts (perhaps for the elder age group) as well as more modern fonts (for the younger target audience group).

Some bolder fonts are used to show the more important writing, making it more eye catching.

Mid- close- up two shot.

The image of the artists takes up a large proportion of the double page spread.

The spaces used makes the writing layout look a lot more neater and cleaner.

Consistency with colour scheme; mainly black, red, white writing, and black and white image effect.