Conventions of alternative magazines
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This document summarizes some common conventions and design elements found in alternative music magazines. It discusses features of the front cover such as bold mastheads, overlapping images and text, and direct eye contact from cover images. The contents section is described as busy with multiple pictures, colors, and page numbers aligned with titles. Article pages typically use a large main image, columns of text, pull quotes, and follow the overall color scheme with elements like drop caps.
Conventions of alternative magazines
- 1. Conventions -Alternative music magazine Emma Collins Year 12
- 2. Alternative music magazines were originally from the Rock genre, but today most include the indie/acoustic genre as well. Alternative magazines: • Q magazines • NME • Rolling Stone • Kerrang!
- 3. Conventions:
- 4. Front cover • Mastheads are bold, often in artistic fonts • Cover pages are ‘busy’ and feature a lot • A lot of colour is used across the magazine (Red, white, black and grey) • Skylines are used • Cover lines overlap the cover image • The cover image overlaps the masthead • Very bold text • Anchorage text • Issue information on the cover • Cover images have a direct mode of address (lady Gaga stares straight forwards)
- 5. Contents • The title is in the form of the masthead • Very busy layout including several pictures • A lot of colour is included • Captions and page numbers on all additional images • Split into “regular” and “feature” sections • Page numbers for every article, aligned with the title • Main image relates to the main article • Additional images relate to articles • A page number for the contents page • Follow the colour scheme created on the cover page (Red, white, black) • Smaller fonts used for article information than for the article titles • Column layout (Two columns) Q uses two pages for a contents page.
- 6. Double page spread • A clear article title (often the name of the act featured- Lady Gaga) • Page numbers • A single main image covering the most of one side of the page • 2-3 columns of text • Pull quotes • Follows the colour scheme used for cover and contents (Black,white,red) • Drop cap