Mood board of genre specific front cover, content and article pages.

Front Cover: This mood board represents the different layouts that would be seen on a rock magazine front cover. Conventions that are consistent within each front cover are the colour scheme, central image, title, anchorage text and the skyline.

This is two examples of front covers from different magazines.

Title Blocks

Anchorage text

Sky line

Cover mount

Central image

Although these front covers belong to different magazine’s they use the same conventions to attract and sell their magazines. These include the conventions such as a cover mount, sky line, title, anchorage text and a central image.

This is four different examples of front covers from the same magazine.

Title Blocks

Anchorage text

Sky line

Cover mount

Central image Barcode and price

These front covers have a consistency of the same conventions. This is so that their magazine is different to others and easily recognised on the shelves by their readers.

Contents Page: This mood board represents the typical layout of a rock magazine contents page. Conventions that are consistent are the colour scheme, layout, and font. All the magazine contents pages also include the issue number and the date of the magazine as well as a author’s note or a review.

The name of the Magazine and the title of the page are in online with the title larger than the name of the magazine.

Category headings are in white bold with a red rectangle outline this allows the reader to locate what they are searching for in particular.

The page numbers are located on the left hand side of each title. They are in a different colour to the title so that they stand out more and are easy to read.

The main image is on the right hand side with the image of the highlight article of the magazine alongside a quote from the article. The quote is usually used to grab the readers attention and get them to read the article. As well as that the page number is in red next to the quote and is much larger compared to the other page numbers. This also hints importance to the article.

The issue number and magazine release date is in the top right hand corner opposite the title of the page.

This is two different examples of contents pages from the same magazine.

The layout of both contents pages differ from one another. While the contents page on the left has one central image the other has numerous secondary images. Although there are differences there are also similarities such as the name of the magazine is in the top right hand corner and the colour scheme are consistent. Both magazines use the colour schemes of black, white and red.

Both content pages locate the numbers on the left hand side of the title

Both content pages include a bold heading to help the reader locate the pages they want.

This is four different examples of contents pages from the same magazine.

Overall the title of the page is written in a bold yellow font with the issue number and date bellow it.

The headings are located on the right hand side, which is another common aspect between the pages.

The secondary images have captions to show the reader what they would aspect from that article. This is where the writer captures the readers eyes, so the choice of wording is very important.

The contents pages also have an authors note somewhere on the page. This is to introduce the magazine and themselves so that the audience can have a more personal relationship with the writer.

The layout of all the contents pages are similar to one another. All four content pages consist of one large central image accompanied by a number of secondary images. The colour scheme is simple and consistent with the use of the colours black, yellow and white.

Articles:

This mood board represents the different layouts that would be seen on a rock magazine article. Conventions that are consistent within each article are the colour scheme, layout, and font. All the magazine article pages also include images of the band the article is featured on as well as quotes to attract the reader and real them in, making them want to read the article.

This double page article is a question and answer base article with one central image and 1 heading in large bold fonts. The artist featured ‘Davey Havok’ is on one page while the article is on the opposite page. The title of the article – “Do I ever have as Casual Friday? Absolutely!” has been placed above the article next to the artists head but slightly behind. This brings the elusion that he is actually there in the article suggesting to the audience that what is in the article is 100% accurate. The title has also been split up into different sections although it is one quote. “Do I ever” is positioned at the top in a normal white title font size while “a casual Friday?” has been placed below, a bit more to the right compared to the first part. The answer to the question “Absolutely!” is placed below that in a large bold font. This layout is successful as it gives off a calming atmosphere as well as grab the readers attention.

This is two different examples of articles from the same magazine.

The layout of both articles are different depending on the rock band the article is featured on, although both articles consist font size.

On the other hand this double page article has one central image on the left hand side with a few secondary images across the bottom of the page. The article is centred on one of the band members Gerard Way. The title of the article – “ We’re being the best MCR we can be!” has been placed in a similar position to the article above. Presenting the same connotation as the first. The article is a pull quote article, which is much shorter in length compared to the Q&A article but at the same time as more to offer. On the second page of the article there is a column were the magazine presents some of the bands tracks with a description of what the song is about. This allows the reader/fan to get a deeper insight on how the band came to create their latest album. Although both articles are from the same magazine they are represented in different ways. This is because the article is created so that it reflects the mood of the article or the artists, making the layout and the article adaptable to the reader.