Conventions of Magazines pt.2

Like every magazine, this also has a masthead. However, unlike the previous two magazines analysed, this one does not have a tag line. The masthead also has no ascenders and descenders as all the characters are the same height, but this is just due to the capitalization of all the characters in the masthead. The masthead also only takes up the top left corner instead of the top of the cover.
This magazine cover is bland compared to the previous two due to the dark colour scheme that makes it less visually appealing than the previous two analysed.
The whole cover is overall unsaturated and could not be considered eye catching.

A notable difference between this magazine and the previous two is that this one does not offer a free consumable. I mentioned in the previous entry that usually the notice of a free consumable would be placed in the top left corner of the front cover. There are still some exceptions to this rule.








These two magazines provide the CD case on the front, and once again the "free CD" is on the top left. There is also a colour trend going on between these three magazines of black/gray, white, red, and yellow. 
The free consumable is also different in that it's on the front cover and in a case.
The consumable is also provided in the same style in the magazine below.

This magazine is different from the previous ones. It is another edition of Mixmag and the colour scheme, while it is still dark, incorporates more colours into the cover. This could be due to the genre of music this magazine focuses on which is dance and electronic music.
It could be that the colour scheme is based on the magazine's main genre of music, but also perhaps based on time setting. Classic Pop is retro and so this could explain why the colours are more monochrome.

In all of these magazines is also a barcode, and a masthead. So barcodes and magazines are a convention in the magazine industry. The masthead is always at the top, and the barcode is always at the bottom in one of the corners.

This cover of Kerrang is the most eye catching of all the magazines due to the amount of content on the cover and bright colour schemes. All of these makes it difficult to ignore, especially compared to all the other magazines reviewed so far.
Unlike the other magazines which give out free CDs, this one gives out free posters, and is still located in the top left corner. This is appropriate especially considering when looking at the fanbase for this type of genre, they are more connected to the artists/bands, so posters would be better consumables than CDs for this type of audience. The types of colours used are also really similar to the other magazine, as there is use of red, white, and yellow. Much less emphasis on black compared to the others though, but the genre is also considered rebellious so it would make sense for the norms of the magazines to be inverted.