NME Contents Page

Title- 'This Week' because it is a weekly magazine it says this week, so it shows the reader what is in this weeks magazine.

Date- the publication date.

Section Title- Title of the section of the magazine.

Heading- title of a story inside.

Sub-Heading- a brief description of the story.

Page Number- the page number of the story inside.

Institution- the institutions logo.

Images- images of the stories inside.

Introduction Story- begining of an exciting piece of news to draw the reader in.

Offer- subscription offer.

Kerrang Contents Page

Title- showing the reader that it is the contents page.
Issue Number- the issue number of the magazine.
Date- the cover date of the publication.
Quote from an Artist- a quote from a musical artist.
Section Title- the title of a section of a magazine.
Story Title- title of a story inside.
Page Number- page number of a story inside.
Magazine Offer- a subscription offer.
Magazine Cover- thumbnail of the magazine cover.
Message from the Editor- an introduction to the issue from the editor.
Small Image- of some of the stories.
Sub-Heading- a brief description of the story.
Heading- Story title.

Mixmag Contents Page

Date- the date of the publicatpion.

Title- showing that it is the contents page.

Small image- of magazine front cover.

Section Title- the title of the group of pages.

Section sub-title- a little more information about the section.

Page number- the page number which the story is on.

Story heading- the heading of the story inside.

Sub-heading- a small piece of information about the inside story.

Date- date of the publication.

Large Image- large image from an inside story.

Smaller Images- smaller images from inside stories.

Caption- saying what the picture is of.

Website- the institutions website.

Conventions of a Music Magzine Double Page Spread

-Large Image taking up around half of the double page spread.

-Text easy to read, basic font.

-Important bits highlighted, by graphics.

-Page number.

-Institution in bottom corner.

-Title stands out, large and easy to read.

-Text arranged in paragraphs usually with a title for each paragraph.

NME Double Page Spread

Section of the magazine is just a graphic to show the reader what section of the magazine they are reading.

Main quote the main quote is the main quote from the band.

The page number is just the number of the page in order of page side.

The institution logo is in the bottom corner of the page.

The text is in a formal, simple, black and white font which makes it easy to read.

The caption is just telling us what the picture is of.

The image takes up just over 1/2 of the double page spread and is of the band.

The band name takes up a large section of the left side of the double page spread. It stands out from the image behind.

RWD Double Page Spread

The Quote from the artist is what is believed to be an exciting quote, this is why it stands out from the rest of the page, this quote is white text on a black background, where as the rest of the text is black on a white background.

The text on this page is in a basic formal font, this makes the text easily readable.

The page number is just the page number of the page done in order of the pages.

The image is powerful and take up about 2/3's of the double page spread.

Page Title is the title of the story on the page again this is large and stands out.

The sub-heading is a small description to support the heading.

Conventions of a Music Magazine Cover

Main Image- usually a musical artist which takes up about 2/3's of the magazine cover. Their is usually something original about the main image such as the way the band are standing, sitting or what they are doing.

Masthead- depends on the genre of the magazine but is usually located on the top left of the magazine cover and is often integrated into the main image.

Coverlines- there are usually many coverlines on a magazine cover dotted around to tell us what stories are inside the magazine.

Main Cover line- is usually supported by a subtitle to describe the main feature, these are usually in different font size and colour.

Graphics- graphics are used to emphasise features on the magazine cover and also to make the magazine cover look a lot more interesting.

Colour- on most music magazine covers there is a colour scheme usually consisting of 3 or 4 colours, the most common colour scheme is red, black and white.

Selling Line- music magazines often have a selling line usually giving us a little more information than the masthead does, it often says something which will make the audience want to buy the magazine.

Website- the website of the institution which publishes the magazine is usually displayed on the magazine cover.

Price- the price is usually

Dateline- month or week which the magazine is published for.

Barcode- a standard barcode so the magazine can be sold by retailers.