The research is to find out what codes and conventions music magazines use and how they use them. What I’ve noticed in which music magazines from my research consisted were: a front page photograph of a celebrity; the magazine title on top, which is made simple; mentioning other celebrity names; a promise of something good from the magazine; and adding somewhat an advertisement about the magazine.

PROMOTION FROMTHE MAGAZINE

TITLE ON TOP AND MADE SIMPLE

ADDITIONAL PHOTO OF OTHER CELEBRITIES(NME Magazine)

PROMISE OF SOMETHING GOOD FROM THE MAGAZINE

FRONT PAGE PHOTO OF THE COVER STORY

QUOTE FROM AN ARTIST

MENTIONING OTHER ARTISTS

PRICE MADE SMALL BUT LEGIBLE

BARCODE ON BOTTOM LEFT

I made the colour scheme suit the front photo to make the front cover look more familiar and “in-flow”

The codes and conventions which I noticed in these music magazine contents pages which I’ve done research on were: contains “contents” somewhere on the top in the biggest text; photos where most have numbers on them; date added; photos about the story; numbers on the sub-headings; and limiting their colour scheme minimal.

“CONTENTS “WRITTEN IN THE BIGGEST TEXT

DATE, VOLUME AND ISSUE

PHOTOS ABOUT THE STORY

PAGE NUMBERS ON PHOTOS

SUB-HEADINGS WITH PAGE NUMBERS

PAGE NUMBER, DATE, AND MAGAZINE NAME

I made my double page spread as full-on as possible, including a lot of photos to entertain the reader and idolize the celebrities through the magazine, therefore, getting them to admire the magazine. What I've noticed the codes and conventions were for these music magazine pages were: they add quotes from the celebrity/celebrities; sometimes they add reviews; they add a lot of photos; they use the interviewer's logo instead of the magazine's logo; and they limit the colour for the pages to about three or four.

My double page spread follows as much codes and conventions as possible from my research. My photos consist of stock(from my friends’ gatherings) and some which are scripted to provide mise-en-scene of modelling. A title, adding “SHAKE LOVES,” is added to make the band seem more loved. Reviews on the right are also added, in where I’ve taken photos of different events where I’ve been in.

HYPODERMIC NEEDLE THEORY – Photos makes the reader believe that the band does this every time.

TWO STEP FLOW THEORY –Katy Perry is added as a quotation to get Katy Perry fans want to find out more about this band.

USES & GRATIFICATION THEORY - Overall, I tried combining the photos, the colour, and the story to fulfil the reader’s needs.RECEPTION THEORY - Teenagers should idolize them and thank the magazine for it, while ageist people may probably find them to be reckless. How I intended to persuade the oppositional readers is by making the ending give them a reputation which compliments the oppositionals.