Comparison between two contrasting music magazines and a List of conventions to include in my music magazine

-Picture of musician in the center of the magazine cover 

-Magazine title behind the artist's head or on top

-A close up photograph of Kanye West has been taken for the magazine cover 

-The font color of the magazine correlates with the artist's clothing (his light blue baseball jacket collar is the same color as the title of the magazine.)

-Bold text is used in the entire magazine cover to make every piece of writing legible 

-The writers use bright text to draw the reader's attention to the information they want them to be most informed about. The color scheme is also eye catching and easy on the eye

-Genre of the music magazine can be identified on the cover 



-The word 'contents' is written using a large font size notifying the reader what this page revolves around

-Kanye West is clearly the main focus of the entire article. The photograph of him posing covers most of the contents page

-Dull colors have been used in this section of the magsine which contrasts with the publication's cover. This may reflect the writer's attitude in the sense that, they have already captured the audience attention so therefore, not much effort must be put into the presentation of the contents page. On the other hand the colors utilized do go well together but they are not easy upon the of the reader



In comparison to the Vibe magazine above starring hip-hop artist Kanye West, the dominant colour in this 'Top of the Pops' publication is yellow accompanied by turquoise. These colours are vibrant and delightful which reflects the nature of the audience of this issue who would most likely be teenagers and young adults. This front cover is also very picture based in contrast to the Vibe magazine above which shows that the publishers of the periodical are aware that their publication has been made for a more matured audience and the readers are expected to actually read the articles instead of skimming through them and looking at arguably 'interesting' photos of celebrities which some of the audience of the Top of the Pops magazine may do.

As opposed to the Vibe magazine's contents page, the Top of the Pops magazine's content page is more informative and engaging. As visible in the far left of this page, we discover that the multiple pictures printed on the cover weren't just for effect. The pictures are a intuitive way of informing the audience about what they will be reading in the various articles. In addition, the magazine doesn't neglect the wonderful design it used for the front cover unlike the Vibe magazine. It appears this publication continually captures its audience's attention.