Sub-Genre: Codes and Conventions

Front Page:

• One main image featuring the main artist appealing readers to this magazine.
• The image of the artist will be shown in front of a mainly dark background featuring the colour of black.
• The artist will be shown in bright colours, however they're colour palette will match the dark secondary colours situated on the page.
• The masthead at the top of the page will be big and bold, with either a red or white font to allow it to stand out in front of the dark background. 
• The colour scheme for the fonts on this page will be mainly colours of white, red and maybe a light green colour.
• There will be a mixture of different sized fonts and use of capital and lower-case letters to present the masthead and various cover lines. 
• I will stick to the same style of font, which will most likely be a sans-serif style of font.
• The barcode will be situated at the bottom of the page with the date, issue number and price shown sideways on the barcode. 
• The content will include trending and popular artists; trending songs from the charts and celebrity stories e.g Celebrity Q&A?

Contents Page:

• There will be a total of four images on the contents page relating to the artists and content available in this magazine. 
• The sizes of the images will vary depending where they are placed on the page. 
• There will be short descriptions next to the image explaining about what this article is about. 
• Page numbers will be shown on the images to show what pages these articles are on.
• The background of this page will stick the front pages colour scheme of using dark colours. 
• The font colour will also follow the front pages colour palette of whites and reds to keep a professional feel to this magazine.  
• The font on the contents page will be significantly smaller as it follows the common conventions of magazine contents pages. 

Double Page Spread:

• This page will also feature a dark background, following the conventions of this magazine.
• The artist shown on the front page will be shown on this page, signifying to the reader that this is the main artist being highlighted in this magazine. 
• The image of the artist will be fairly large and will be featured on the left hand side of the DPS.
• There will be a glow around the image of the artist to allow them to stand-out more clearly for the reader. 
• The headline of this page will be featured on the right-side of this magazine, most likely in a white font.
• The size of the headline will be quite large because I want the title to stand-out to the reader, allowing them to be 'pulled-in' to this page. 
• The subheading will be a lot smaller than the headline.
• The colour of the subheading will match a colour shown on the artists clothing, creating a professional effect to this pages colour palette. 
• The text will be significantly smaller compared to the headline and subheading. This also follows typical conventions of magazines' double page spreads. 
• I will also show the text in the colour of white which allows me to stick to my magazines typical codes and conventions. It will also keep the pages looking professional by using the same colour palette throughout.