research into similar products

the picture shown above is from a rock magazine. The magazine is effective as it is all black and white except for a free CD sign and a CD. This is to grab the attention of the customer as customers will see the added content to the magazine and will buy it to get the latest "free" CD from the band featured on the cover. this magazine hasn't used the left third convention and instead they have used the left portion of the magazine to show one of the artists and a pug. the magazine has still used other conventions such as the use of cover lines and the bar code.

This is another example of of a rock magazine also featuring AC-DC. The magazine is effective because the font is very unusual and isn't the type of font you would see on every magazine. But the font is effective because it grabs you and would make you read the front of the magazine and see what you are missing out on. this is another example of a magazine not using the left third for cover lines but they have used the bottom of the magazine for the cover star credit and the left third for the main image and the bar code, they have used the conventions that are normally seen in magazines but they have placed them in a unique way as the bar code is in the middle left of the magazine.

this task will help me to layout my own rock music magazine later on during a level media.