For Plectrum the front cover of it shows the main band 'Sushi' stood against a wall all with quite strong poses this relates to the other magazine of Kerrang of the sleeping with sirens band stood will strong poses and having the main guy looking into the camera to show he is the main one of the band. I also followed conventions similar to the Kerrang magazine as I had similar house colours using yellow, red, black and white as these colours relate to an Indie rock band. I used the same masthead colour of red which connotes danger to the music of Plectrum and also Kerrang have chosen a red masthead colour. Also the use of having banners at the top and bottom of my magazine front cover relates to the codes and conventions of a real magazine, in Kerrang they also use banners at the top and bottom. however have different shapes which also connote the demographic of target audience. The main cover lines on my magazine relates to similar conventions of Kerrang as they are both in bold sans serif font which stand out from the rest of the magazine page, however on Kerrang they also use banners underneath the writing which stands out for their page however it would look too blocky if I did it too mine, therefore I just used bold white writing and continuing with the yellow house theme colours. My models are dressed in quite dark colours with a stern face, which is often used in indie artists. The layout of my magazine is similar to Kerrang with a masthead, cover lines and graphics however these conventions are used in all magazines. The photograph taken for my front page is a medium shot so the audience can all see the band clearly and could be seen as idol self or an ideal partner. This is similar to Kerrang as they use a medium shot of their models and a medium close up of the main band member which also relates to ideal self/ ideal partner
Contents Page
The photograph I have taken for my contents page consists of a medium close up ion my band Sushi stood on a a bench, my models are all dressed like an indie girl band would wear with hoodies on and skateboarding shoes this signifies to the audience that look stylish to an indie rock band and relate to an ideal self or ideal partner to the audience, by doing this it is making the reader want to read more about them. I took the photograph at abit of a low angle to make Sushi look more powerful. This photograph is similar to the one on Kerrang as it shows the band Metallica at a low angle which also shows they are superior which connotes there same meaning. The whole layout of my contents page is very similar to the one of Kerrangs as the photograph is in a similar place to my photograph, the banners are also the same colour and same place in the page which shows similarities between both indie magazines having the same conventions. The house colours I used are similar throughout my whole magazine this creates a brand and shows consistency. I also have added an author bio at the bottom of my page so the audience know what to look ready for in the upcoming magazines of Plectrum, this is a similar convention of an indie rock magazine as Kerrang have done the same thing in this issue of magazine having the audience excited for whats coming up and a photograph of the author. I used bold text throughout my contents page to make it stand out and catch the readers attention also catching the readers attention was the red banners at each main cover lines, this is used across a range of different genres of magazines . Next to my masthead I also included an issue number as it shows that this is going to be along lasting magazine and is following similar codes and conventions like the Kerrang one in a similar place to mine.
Double Page Spread
The photograph I have taken for my double page spread was similar to other conventions of a typical indie rock magazine as I had a photograph of the band at a medium shot as the models have already been seen on the other pages. I had my models against their band equipment this related to conventions of other music magazines in front of theirs to show that there are a indie rock band, however in the Kerrang magazine it doesn't feature their instruments as they are a well known band, however when introducing a new band it is good to show what type of instruments they typically use. The layout of my double page spread is also quite similar to the Kerrang one as I featured a big main photograph to show the whole band and interview questions surrounding the photograph, this is used in a wide range of music magazines not only indie rock. The use of having a pull quote was to get the reader to want to read the interview before even glancing at it this is why it is a main cover line positioned on top of the photograph of Sushi, this is also a similar convention of when Indie music magazines use pull quotes to also give the reader a sense of who the band are from a small quote. The house colours are also similar to the Kerrang magazine double page spread using black and red, this is shown to be very popular within Indie magazines for example Kerrang, NME, Q which all tend to use red and black to give a sense of boldness to the articles.
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