Music Magazines Conventions by Mrs Downie on Scribd

Magazine Codes and Conventions

Task: Deconstruct this magazine front cover, labelling as many of the codes and conventions as possible. Look up all of the artists featured on the front and consider appeal. Who listens to these musicians now? Look at the key image and explain who would Paul McCartney appeal to enough to inspire them to buy this magazine? How might the choice of magazine title, font and colour choices appeal to the target audience? What about the free CD. Who would this appeal to?

Task 2: Deconstruct this magazine front cover, labelling as many of the codes and conventions and explaining the appeal to a target audience.