codes & conventions of rock magazine covers
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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