List of music magazine conventions

Front Page:

Masthead
Coverlines
Coverstories
Pictures and captions
Route of the eye
Principle of thirds
Pull quotes
Hotspots
Sans serif fonts
ISBN
Mostly black and white colours (Fonts)

Contents:

The title “Contents”

Route of the eye
Principle of thirds
Hotspots
Eye catching colours
Pictures and captions
Mostly sans serif fonts
Pages numbers and what’s on them pages

Double page spread:

Headline
Big picture taking up 1 page
Kicker- article starts with a big first letter
Route of the eye
Principle of thirds
Hotspots
Captions
A important question
Pull quote from another article
An important notice
What a music magazine includes:

Music reviews
Album reviews
Information on upcoming albums
Reviews of live gigs
Interviews with live bands
Tour dates
Questions
Competitions
Upcoming tours
Advertisements
What’s in next issue

What would be used in my genre of music magazine:

Black, red and white colours

Reviews on metal bands
Sans serif fonts
Metal bands e.g. Lamb Of God, Machinehead
Upcoming band tours
Big pictures (Gory, sexual, band members)
Quite a bit of swearing
Advertising

Adam Gill