Research-Music Magazine-Analysis of Front Page-Codes and Conventions

Through analysing three front covers I have tried to discover the common codes and conventions of a front cover of a magazine. I have done this research so that I can apply these codes and conventions to the product that I will be producing (Music Magazine). Although i had already done research about the codes and conventions of a front cover I decided to re-do this task again as I thought this would broaden my knowledge about codes and conventions of a front cover magazine. Armed With this research that I have currently just completed, along with the research that I had conducted during the prelim task, I feel as though now I fully understand the codes and conventions of a front cover of a magazine and will be able to apply them to magazine I will be producing. Below are print screens of the three researches that I conducted recently:

                                                                               Analysis 1

Analysis 2

Anlaysis 3

After conducting this research I have released there some key elements to following codes and conventions of a front cover for a magazine. These are things such as; keeping to a strict margin line, using key images as a centre object and use this to create your work around, use a key image where the character is looking at the audience, use a variety of colours and fonts, avoid dead space, the use a big bold and san serif masthead and the use of cover lines/lures.  All of these code and conventions are ones that I will be trying to apply when creating my first drafts.