Magaine Front Covers

This magazine coverv follows the codes and conventions of many music magazine covers; it has the main image of the band and the band name, the title of the magazine is at the top and other magzine stories are around the sides, this give the band a lot of attention and it is the first thing that someone will see when they look at the magazine, for our magazine front cover we will do something similar to this, and follow the codes and conventions by having the image of the band in the middle. This magazine cover will be similar to the one we will produce as the 'Kings of Leon' have 4 people and so does 'Pulled apart by Horses' however the way in which the band is portrayed may be slightly different as both bands make slightly different genre music; Kings of Leon's genre is Alternative Rock and Pulled Apart by Horses is mainly post-hardcore indie rock and experimental rock.

This magazine advert is also good and the bands personalities are portrayed; we like this idea as Pulled Apart by Horses do have a very strong personality which is shown in many of their songs, we also like the idea of the band name being at the top but we feel that it being over the picture it will be more effective and noticable. The other stories in the magazine are still around the sides which is a good technique that we will definately use.  The background of Take Thats image is white; this may be because Take That are a pop band which aren't really shown to be wild and controversial. For this reason we will use a darker background which will reinforce the controversial personalital portrayal of Pulled Apart by Horses

We found this cover very good as the effects used look like the man is smashing the sign; this man is linked with one of the smaller stories which goes against the codes and conventions as the main image is usually linked with the main story which seems to be Muse. The background of the image is dark, rather than white which makes it representative of the bands usually shown in 'Q' magazine, it also makes the bands seem more associated with the genre of music as it is sometimes dark.

This magazine front cover is very good, I especially like the use of the panthers as it creates and edgy effect, it gives the idea that Lily Allen is very cool and not scared of anything. Something like this would be very good in our frot cover, however it wouldn't be feasible to get panthers! This advert has the title in the middle which we will use; and the other stories that are included at the top bullet pointed, this looks good however I feel like it will make our magazine seem and look better as we will be following the codes and conventions and many people will immediately realise our magazine is a music magazine as they will be used to seeing a similar layout.

This magazine is 'Kerrang' magazine which focuses more on rock bands, this follows the codes and conventions by having a main image of the band but has different images at the bottom which would usually take attention away from the main story but the effective typography and the fact that they are pulling faces attracts the audiences attention to the image.

The photo used in this magazine cover is very effective; the fact that the band have their legs crossing around eachother could connote that they are very close, also the stance is effective as it makes them seem 'ready for anything'. The red typography used to write 'AAARRRGH!' is effective is it is eye catching, also the colour red connotes danger which is good as suggests that the albums will be dangerously 'loud' which the demographic in which the magazine is aimed at will find interesting.

We have also been looking at front covers on album packs, similarly to album adverts these often have similar structures, they have the picture of the band in the middle, the band name in the middle and other stories included in the magazine around the edges, this gives the band the main attention. It is important that the image of the band is good and represents them well because this could be the first time that a new audience sees the band and they should make a good impression; in terms of what they want to portray themselves as.

We have found that the genre of the music is very important when making the magazine cover and album pack, the ideas portrayed in the songs will have to link with the ideas on the front covers.