codes & conventions of rock magazine covers

CODES & CONVENTIONS

OF ROCK MAGAZINE

COVERS

KERRANG! Puff

Barcode

Issue date & Price

Masthead

Cover star

Incentives

Skyline

Name of artist/band – Green Day

Main article/heading & quote

Colour scheme used to represent the rock genre – Yellow, black, red, purple, green, blue & white.

Edgy, faded & bold font

Web address

Graffiti styled font

Other rock artists/bands

Buzzword – ‘Plus’

Medium long shot

Direct mode of address

Quote relating to article

Banner

Cover line

QMasthead

Cover star

Main article

Barcode, issue date, price & web address

Feature articles

Puff

Colour scheme used to represent the rock genre – Red, white & black.

Skyline

Buzzword – ‘Plus’

Cover line

Bold, block capital styled font

Close up shot

Direct mode of address

Name of artist – Michael Jackson

Tagline

Main heading

Subheading

Different shaped banner

Other artists included in the magazine

Other main articles

ROCKSOUND

Masthead Cover star

Barcode

Web address, price and issue date

TaglineOther featured rock artists/bands featured in the magazine

Incentives

Puff

Colour scheme used to represent the rock genre – Pink, white, yellow and black

Skyline Buzzword – ‘Win’

Buzzword – ‘Exclusive’

Buzzword – ‘Revealed’

Indicating competition inside

Artists/bands shown performing live

Direct mode of address

Medium long shot

Logo of masthead

Coloured, bright block capital font

Name of band – ‘The Blackout’

CLASSIC ROCK

Masthead

Cover star

Barcode

Puff

IncentiveSkyline

Price and issue date

Main article

Other featured artists/bands featured in the magazine

Colour scheme used to represent the rock genre – Red, black and white

Publisher of magazine

Buzzword – ‘Plus’

Cover line

Web address

Tag line

Direct mode of address

Faded, written signature styled font

Medium long shotMain

heading and subheading Brand

Name of artist – Led Zeppelin

NME

Masthead

Cover star Barcode

Puff

Web address, issue date and price

Main article

Colour scheme used to represent the rock genre – Red, white, black & pink.

Different shaped puff

Direct mode of address

Buzzword – ‘Plus’ Cover line

Name of artist/band - Paramore

Main heading and subheading both relating to the main article inside

Other artists/bands featured in the magazine

Medium long shot

Different coloured block capital font

ROLLING STONE

Name of artist – ‘Billie Joe’

Colour scheme used to represent the rock genre – Red, white, Black, Yellow and Blue

Masthead

Artist own web address

Issue date, price and web address of magazine

Other bands/artist featured in the magazine

Main article

Buzzword – ‘Exclusive’

Other main article of magazine

Subheading

Medium close up shot

Puff

Direct mode of address

Bold, coloured and formal font

Cover star

MOJO

Name of band – ‘Kings Of Leon’

Colour scheme used to represent the rock genre – Green, black, white, grey

Puff

Incentive

Buzzword – ‘Exclusive’

Buzzword – ‘Plus’

Issue date, web address, bar code and price

Tag line

Masthead

Cover star

Main article

Medium long shot

Quotes

Other bands/artists featured in the magazine

Subheading

Captions relating to each article inside

Direct mode of address

Capital, coloured, computer typed styled font

REVOLVER

Colour scheme used to represent the rock genre – Grey, red, black, white, purple

Masthead

Barcode, web address, price and issue date

Publisher of magazine

Long shot

Puff

Incentive

Main article

Other artists/bands featured in the magazine

Direct mode of address

Capital, coloured simple font

Cover star

Name of cover star – Taylor Momsen

Tag line

Props of cover star

METAL HAMMER

Masthead

Barcode

Cover star

Colour scheme used to represent the rock genre – Mostly purples and blue

Skyline

Web address, issue date and price

Main article

Name of band – ‘Black Sabbath’

Direct mode of address

Publisher’s of magazine

Other bands/artists featured in the magazine

Dark, gothic, sharp bold font

Quote

Puff

Skyline of different articles inside

Some pictures not direct mode of address unlike others

Puff