Looking at all of these popular music magazine covers I can evediently see that red is the prominant colour used, the colour red is a vibrant and powerful colour. It also has many connotations which consist of Active, invigorating, exciting, powerful, strong, energetic, attractive, dominating, these are the postive aspects of the colour red and is the reason why red is used to attract the audience.
Another similarity is the direction of gaze. All the models are looking directly into the camera. This helps the reader to engage with the model and attracts the reader to buying the magazine.
The cover lines are all bold and postioned in a slightly un tidy fashion. This is a common convention of a music magazine, the rough, un tidy look appeals to the target audience for music magzines, unlike beauty magazine that are much more tidy and structured. I also think that the untidyness makes the page more exciting to look at.
There are also small insert images used to show that the inside is just as interesting as the front. These images are quite small which makes the reader want to see the large sized image. There is also the use of stickers, this design is quite quirky and adds interest to the page. Also, each magazine has a bar code and a price on it.
I shall interpret these design features into my magazine.
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