Cover lines:

The cover lines on a magazine have to be related to the genre of the magazine, and to the paticular issue. The cover lines are all about music and are specifically chosen to appeal to the paticular target audience. The coverlines have to be of interest to the reader and have to be something they want to read. The paticular audience of NME is young teenagers upwards, so the stories have to be about bands or singers that they like and listen to. One of the stories is about Muse laying in Wembley, this is appropriate because it is suitable for the magazine, you couldn't have a cover line talking about new school subjects as it wouldn't be suitable for the genre of the magazine, and it wouldn't appeal to the target audience.

Music magazines: Main images

The images on the cover of the magazine are related to the type of magazine and they appeal to the target audience. The images consist of a band and a singer, this shows that it has a wide range of audience and that the magazine appeals to both men and women. The audience of Q magazine is from late teens onwards as it features popular young artists and it also has older artists on the cover e.g Madonna. The main image usually takes up most of the front cover as that draws people to the magazine. Also the image sometimes covers up the name of themagazine, this reflects how recognisable the magazine is as readers can recognise what magazine it is and what it is about. The main images have to be suitable for the target audience.

Conventions of Mojo magazine:

Mojo magazine is a music magazine, specifically rock music. The main images on the front cover ususally have a rock band on it, a lot of the time the image is a very famous band that is well known and has been around for a while. The images on the cover of these two magazines are Led Zeppelin and Sex Pistols, these bands are very famous and well known and have been around for many years. Also underneathe the image there is a line saying the bands are reunited. This shows that Mojo also reunites bands and publicises there reunion. The name of the magazine is at the top and in bold, bright letters. This immediately draws your attention to the cover so you look at the rest of the things on the front cover. The main image also covers up part of the name of the magazine. This suggests that the magazine is very well known, and that even though part of the name is covered up people still instantly recognise what magazine it is and therefore know what the magazine is going to be about. The cover lines on the front covers of the magazines are all related to the type of magazine it is and what the issue is based on. The cover lines are what persuade people to buy the magazine and read it, so the cover lines have to be interesting and eye catching to entice the reader. The barcode and date are always at the bootom of the magazine to help the reader and to show them how much the magazine is. The price is also there to represent what type of target audience the magazine is aiming at.

Music Magazines

Image: Music magazines usually have an image of a singer or a band. Some music magazines have an up and coming band or singer on the front cover to help publicise them and to introduce them to their audience. However some music magazine have old bands on, or very famous singers and bands on to appeal to their audience. NME magazine usually has bands or singers on which appeal to their target audience of young people.

Title/Name: The name of a magazine is usually at the top or in a place were it can be seen easily by the reader. Each music magazine has their own design for their name which makes the magazine instantly recognizable. The name is usually in bright colours to attract the audience and to draw theuir attention to the cover.

Cover lines: Each music magazine has cover lines on the front cover to attract the audience and to persuade them to buy the magazine. The cover lines have to be interesting and relevant to the magazine as they are what encourage the reader to buy the magazine as the stories are what interest the reader. The cover lines have to be relevant to the magazine so they are appropriate for the target audience, e.g on the front cover of NME you can't have a cover line talking about chemistry as it wouldn't be suitable for the type of magazine it is.

Selling line: Each music magazine has a selling line to attract their audience. The selling line relates to the specific target audience and it is chosen to describe the type of magazine. The selling line shows the reader what the magazine is about and therefore the reader can decide if the magazine interests them and if they want to buy it.

Date, Price and issue number: These are put on the front cover to help the readers of the magazine. The date and issue number are put on the cover so if the reader needs to refer back to a past issue of the magazine it is easy for them to do so. The price is on their obviously to show how much the magzine is, but also the price represents the target audience. If it is free or quite cheap it is most probably aimed at young people and students as they don't usually have much money. If the magazine is expensive and good quality it is probably aimed at people in good careers.

Conventions of a music magazine


On a magazine cover there is always an image of a singer or a band. This is so it appeals to the paticular target audience of the magazine, which I believe to be teenagers to young adults, around the age of 16-25. The image also relates to the type of magazine it is. There is always young bands or singers on it as it is appropriate for the audience and it is the type of music the audience listen to. The image also takes up around three quaters of the front page as the image is one of the most important things that encourage people to buy the magazine. They also have the name in the top left corner in bright red letters. This is so the audience can recognise what the magazine is called, and so they know if they want to buy it or not. The name is at the top as it draws your attention to it. On each issue they usually have a story at the top of the magazine, this is usually the most interesting and eye catching story so it is placed at the top. The magazine has cover lines on the front cover in bright colours as the cover lines are one of the key factors of attracting the audience, as the cover lines interest people and if they think the stories are interesting they will buy it. They also have the date and issue number at the bottom so people can refer back to a past issue if they need to.

LIIAR

Language: Media language is everything you see on the cover of a magazine. It is the Image, the masthead, selling line, cover lines , date , issue number, barcode. All these are used to attract people to the magazine and to encourage them to buy the magazine. Media language is a very important feature of attracting people to the magazine.

Ideology: This means ideas. It is the values and beliefs that guide our lives. Heat magazine has an ideology were celebrity lives and gossip is considered important. If people think keeping up to date with celeb gossip is important, then their ideology is celeb lives.

Institution: Institutions create Media texts. They control language, representation and ideology of text. An example of an institution is Warner Bros. They control the films and all the media language used to attract the audience.

Audience: This is what everything in a magazine is aimed at, the target audience. Everything in a magazine is designed to appeal to a specific target audience. The media language is aimed at the target audience they would like to buy the magazine. Vogue magazine has a specific target audience in mind, they are appealing to women from the age of 25+, who are in a good career and have money to buy the magazine and the clothes they advertise.

Representation: This is how groups, issues, individuals are portrayed. Representation is similiar to connotation, how something is conveyed, but it is not exactly the same as connotation as it is how it is put across.

Main Task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and text used must be original, produced by you - minimum of four images.