Magazine Front Cover Draft 2

This is the first draft of my first idea. I decided against this idea because it seemed that it would consist of too much work in order to make it to the standard that I planned.
I thought it would be a good idea because it would represent the views of all the different 'cliques' that are within the college. However, this would be difficult to represent everyone and all the different stereotypes.
The main story would have been 'Stereotypes: an accurate representation or not?'.
I didn't have a title for my magazine.

Magazine Front Cover Draft 1

This advert draft was my second draft of my first idea my magazine front cover. I decided to focus it around the art department because I am able to relate to this because I would describe myself as an 'arty' person.
The picture in the background is of an art classroom, with a painting in front of it, which a friend of mine has painted. I am going to change the title of the headline from 'Local Student Wins Painting Competition' to 'Art Student Wins Art in Gallery.' This is because the idea of the painting competition may be a bit too general and not really worthy of the front cover of a magazine, whereas if the headline is that a student has done something big like having their painting in a gallery seems much more worthy.
I have deleted the 'Sports News' sections because i felt that this would look better with the masthead across the top.

Conventions of a magazine cover

The media language that is used within the magazine conveys the idea that the College Lifestyle Magazine. The pose of the model is a casual which shows that the lifestyle at college is easygoing and might not be as stressful that everyone makes it out to be. The language that is used within the cover is relevant to the college atmosphere by putting on articles that will appeal to the college community.

The ideology of this college magazine is to show the positive aspects of the college environment. It shows the upcoming events that are coming up within that college and keeps everyone up to date with the information and news that happens within the college. The audience that this magazine appeals to is the students and staff of that college.

Conventions of a Magazine

The media language that is used within the magazine cover conveys the idea Kerrang is trying to get across. The pose of the model helps portray the meaning of the subtitle 'Jared Leto's Dark Side Exposed' This is because the pose looks like he is being violent which could be seen as his 'Dark Side', this makes us want to read the magazine because we want to know what they mean by his dark side. The colour scheme of the magazine conveys with the stereotype of Gothic, alternative bands who choose dark colours for their image.

The ideology of the magazine could be described as sharing the news that is occurring within the rock/heavy metal music industry. It gives us an insight of the information about the latest bands, including news, tour dates, merchandise etc. It also gives us information on new bands that are hitting the music scene and who are becoming popular.

The audience that this magazine is aimed at is a multi aged audience that have an interest in rock/heavy metal music.

The Institution that publishes Kerrang Magazine is Bauer Media. This institution is part of the Bauer Media Group, who offers 300 magazines in 15 countries. Bauer Media mainly focuses on magazines and radio stations. I feel that this represents the alternative scene accurately as its articles are based on alternative music and it includes pictures of the artists that have the articles about them which gives us an idea of who to expect within the magazine.

Conventions of Magazine Layout

Masthead - The magazine's title. Usually displayed in the top left corner
Price - Magazine Cost
Date - Weekly: usually from Saturday to Friday. Monthly: a month ahead
Issue Number - A tally of magazines
Barcode - Read electronically and decoded into usable information
Teaser - One word/phrase acts as an attention grabber
Main Feature: Headline - A phase that may summarise the main point of the main feature. in large print, different style, bold colours in order to catch the attention of the reader.
Subtitle - Smaller headline that may summarise the feature.
Smaller Feature - Features included in the magazine.
Images - Size: CU to med CU. Ranges from one main image to x amount featuring one main image and smaller images. helps make the page look more interesting. it can add understanding of a story and/or entice someone to read the magazine.
Font - Style and size of type face.
Colour  - Specific/stylistic/thematic types,
Graphics - Graphical shapes to highlight feature(s)
Offers/adverts Blurb - Banner-style shape featuring free products/promotions.
Left Third - The main story title
Sell Line - The tag line or brand identity
Splash - A graphic which looks like the image has been splashed onto the page.
Credit - Credit to the photographer
Kicker - A title which draws the reader in
Teller - A phrase which explains the kicker
Skyline - A headline above the masthead
Flash - A graphic which makes the image look like it is flashing onto the page
Graphology - The art of using graphics/font/positioning
Anchorage - Explains the pictures
Vocabulary - The writing on the page that needs to be relevant
Screamers - Headlines that would be shouted if spoken out loud