Rollingstone Magazine Rollingstone Magazine House StyleHouse Style

House StyleHouse Style

The House style of a magazine is how the magazine is presented and The House style of a magazine is how the magazine is presented and how they do it the same. They do this by the using the similar how they do it the same. They do this by the using the similar masthead, colours and layout to make there magazine more masthead, colours and layout to make there magazine more professional and easily recognized. professional and easily recognized.

Most magazines use house style now as they don’t want to confuse Most magazines use house style now as they don’t want to confuse there readers by changing there front cover every week.there readers by changing there front cover every week.

Comparison of Rollingstone Comparison of Rollingstone magazinesmagazines

Rollingstone magazine uses house style by having a medium close-up for every magazine, they do this because it keeps the magazine professional and make the magazine stand out. Even though the colours of the masthead for Rollingstone magazine aren't the same, they use the same bold font and always keep it in the same place. On the four magazines shown they also have the celebrity on the front in front of the text showing that they are important.

Background ColourBackground Colour

As Rollingstone magazine being a huge music magazine it can get away with having different colour backgrounds for there cover as it is that well known. But if it wasn't as big of a magazine it may put the readers off as they may not know whether they are reading the same magazine. As you can see the usual background for Rollingstone is white but for special issues they add more of a picture background to give the impression that it is a bigger celebrity.

Masthead and PhotosMasthead and Photos

Rollingstone changes its house style for the title by either having the masthead in front of the celebrity or behind the celebrity this again could link into to how important the celebrity is. Rollingstone also have mainly medium close-up for the celebrity o n the front cover but also use close-ups of the celebrities face to make there magazine more versatile and not the same every week.