1. How my rock music
magazine represents
people.
By Josh Davey

3. Fonts-
The use of fonts in my magazine help to
build up conventional representations of
the artists featured. For example all of
the fonts featured in the magazine are
bold and in capital letters, apart from
the standfirst and body copy, it’s
conventional not to do so.
By including bold and large fonts in
capital letters, it represents the artists as
strong and tough, which are correct
representations of aritsts within the
rock genre.
Also I’ve used mainly sans serif fonts as
it shows their slight immaturity and also
helps aim my magazine at the target
audience.
The reason I used some serif fonts is
because it’s in the rock genre style as it
looks more aggressive than typical serif
fonts.

5. Colours-
The use of colours in my magazine help
to build up conventional representations
of the artists featured.
The main colours I have used are red,
black, white and yellow.
The reason I chose red and black is
because they’re conventional rock
colours as they connote violence and
aggression and will therefore represent
the artists in this way.
The reason I chose yellow and white is
because they help contrast with either
background or text, and therefore make
the text stand out, making it look bolder
and more outgoing, which helps
represent the featured artists in this
way.

7. Images-
My use of images helps build up conventional
representations of the artists in many ways.
For example, my use of low angle shots helps
create a dominant and powerful
representation of the artists, as does the use
of certain facial expressions, such as in this
image.
In one of my other images the facial
expression represent the artist as depressed
and deep in thought, which is also
conventional.
Also though the use of mise-en-scene the
representations are created, such as being in
the studio and using instruments creates a
productive representation which is what
bands are known as, and also the use of dark
clothing helps represent the dark, aggressive
and evil side of the rock genre.

8. Language-
Through the use of language it represents the artists as slightly immature, which they
are, and also which the target audience are so it will appeal greatly to them.
Examples of this include using exclamations marks, to which exaggerates the points
and creates the immature representation, and also this represents the artists as loud
and energetic which are conventional representations.
Also the use of swearing and slang, such as “Fucking hard as hell”, which can be found
in my body copy; this represents the artists as reckless and rebellious which are also
conventional, and this can give
the representation of energetic and
lively.

9. Content
Also the use of topics in my magazines represent
the artists as lively, as the cover story shows the
featured bands’ enthusiasm to be back in the
studio. Also the use of a pull quote represents the
artist as reckless and un-careful, as he is “lucky to
be alive!”, this also gains sympathy and acts as a
hook for the reader.
The use of social networking
integration represents the artists as
connected as they’re included in the
use of twitter in this case through the
competition. This appeals to the
target audience as they’re sociable
and it’s one of their main interests.