1. Music magazine cover
conventions
Andrew Houghton

3. Q magazine
Masthead- They have put a red block In the corner
of the magazine and put there white “Q” on top of it
to create more of an effect. They have place half the
masthead behind Dave Grohls because its such a
well known magazine people will know what it is
just from that.
Main coverline- The main coverline has a larger
font to the rest of the text on the cover of the
magazine. It is the only text on the cover to run
all the way the cross the page. The coverline is
in white writing on dark background, they have
done this to make the coverline stand out and
give a better effect.

4. Coverline- “143 NEW ALBUMS
RATED” the “143” is in a large
black font and is the only numbers
on the front of the magazine so it
stands out that bit more. “NEW
ALBUMS RATED” is in a red font to
go with the rest of the magazine.
Barcode- The barcode has the
price and the date of issue “may
2011 £3.99
The main image takes up part of
the masthead

5. Masthead- The font looks like cut
pains of black glass, and some of
the edges it looks like its been
chipped down.
Main coverline- The main
coverline has the largest font on
this front cover. Instead of using
the font the magazine would like
they have used the band logo so
people will be able to recognize it
much easier.
Coverline- On most of the
coverlines they talk about very
well known bands that will appeal
to there audiences.

6. Cover picture- All the cover images
link in with the coverlines.
White boards separating each image.
Pull quote- Its in a black font and it
looks like it has been hand written
with a marker, this gives it an effect
that makes it stand out more.
Barcode- The barcode has the price
and the date of issue on it.
They have put a competition to win a bottle of
motor head red wine, they have put “win” in a
yellow jazzy font.