Conventions analysis front cover and Main Brief

Brief:
To design a front cover, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and text used must be original, a minimum of four images must be used.


Conventions analysis of a front cover:

Language: The main focal point for the front cover magazine is the medium shot image of Lana Del Rey. It shows the reader that it is a music magazine as the artist Lana is the main image and it also has featured stories about other interesting artists. The magazine shows quite clearly the different stories, prizes, what the magazine includes and the title and if this wasn't shown clearly at the top then no one would really know anything about the magazine.

Ideology: They have used a plain background with the different color schemes as a mixture of strong and quite pale colors, this shows the reader that the colors connect with the artist Lana as she is very delicet and quite a plain, simple artist. The magazine has very clear text shown and explains to the reader about the music industry and the different stories that are going around at that time that is big in the media and are interesting to read, also to find out a little more information.

Institution: This magazine is a music magazine and is shown very clearly by the image and the featured story lines of the many different artists and it gives an update on the new releases. The company for the magazine is called 'Q', this magazine is a very popular music magazine which is published monthly in the United Kingdom.  The founders of the magazine are called Mark Ellen and David Hepworth who were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CD's. 'Q' was first published by the EMAP media group in October 1986, setting itself apart from much of the other music press with monthly production and higher standards of photography and printing. In the early years the magazine was sub-titled 'The Modern Guide To Music And More'. Originally it was to be called 'Cue' (as in the sense of cueing a record, ready to play) but the names was changed so that it wouldn't be mistaken for a snooker magazine. Another reason, cited in 'Qs' 200th edition is that a single-letter title would be more prominent on newsstands.

Audience: The audience for this music magazine is aimed at people aged 20 upwards , however it can be read by younger people and this is because it gives the variety of different music/artists for different ages and for the different people who are interested in a variety of music and just in general the people who like music. The first thing the audience will notice is the medium shot image of Lana Del Rey who is a artist and will draw people who are interested in music to the magazine.

Representation: The main idea representation for the magazine is all about music and is clearly shown by the image on the front cover or the singer Lana Del Rey and the different featured stories shown on the front of the magazine.