Conventions table

Conventions: Masthead	Genre conventions: The types of mastheads under my genre are Vibe, RNB, Scratch, fresh, Blender, vice, XXL, Flavour. Beats and Source. These were made to stand out, to seem as if the magazines very up to date, trendy and cool	How will this inform your own planning? I may use the mast Head ‘Miracle’. As it sound new flashy and trendy, and fits in with the conventions of my media magazine, which is R&B
Colours	Most of these magazines have colours that are black or Red, with usually silver or white backgrounds.	I may use the colours black, maroon with a lighter background, to fit in with conventions of the colouring for music magazines under my genre.
Fonts	They are big, bold and catchy in the masthead. The writing on the sides tends to be smaller, with more information.	I am following the conventions for the fonts as I want my Masthead to stand out, so that my audiences can identify my magazine and also that the information on the sides are smaller but also stand out making it easier for audiences to see it.
Images Shot type Mise en scene Lighting	The Images are usually famous celebrity singers. Usually of those who do R&B music. The shot usually covers the whole of the magazine, either being a mid shot, or a whole body shot. The lighting is mainly focalized at the celebrity’s to add emphasis to the artist, so that audiences may connect with them.	My image will be of model acting like a celebrity, looking like an R&B singer himself. The shot types I will consider to take will be a shot facing up to make my model look big and important. That his audiences look up to him. The body language and posture would be upright, making him look very dominant and cool.
Sell lines	’10 big secrets the films won’t tell’. ‘All that is cool crazy and crass’. ‘The race issue: exploring America’s fear of a black planet’. ‘Dipset wants your beats’.	My sells lines will associate with new music releases, or promotional stuff that will engage my audiences. I’m not sure of examples at the moment as I am still considering.
Model	TI, Trey songs, Kanye west, Eminem, Chris brown, Kid Ink, Drake and Jay-z.	My model will be a friend of mine, possibly out of Farhan, Nasim, Rashid, Yaaseen or someone else.
Clothing	Black t-shits, vests, No clothing, bright Red t-shirts, jackets, jeans, hoodies, jogging bottoms, and denim jackets. Chains, Hats, snapbacks, Studs, boots, high-tops, trainers.	The clothing my characters will wear would be urban, cool and trendy. Fitting under the convention of R&B clothing styles. So people can easily identify that this is a music magazine under the genre of R&B.
Content of the magazine	Features Music song promotions, famous singers mainly R&B. Promotion of the later headphones. Special features, top tracks and lists.	The contents of my magazine will relate to those out in the market.
Design and Layout	Masthead is usually located to the top third of the magazine, positioned horizontally. The main image holds up the majority of the magazine, very enlarged, and usually shown as dominant over the masthead. The information and anchoring text usually is near the left third and right third surrounding the main image. Also you find that the sell lines are usually placed at the top of the magazine. The barcodes sit at the bottoms of the left third and the right third of the magazine.	The design of my magazine will fit in with the regular music magazine layouts. And will have colour.
Contents page structure	The main image is more towards the left side. The title ‘contents’ is positioned to the right third. And the information about what’s onwards is below it with bullet points.	I will have this to show what’s inside the rest of my magazine, as the main image wears different clothes in this page of the magazine I will too do the same. I will have him shifted to the left, with all the contents on the right.
How many articles are there?	There are usually six to eight articles in the magazines. Mostly about the artists, fashion updates and music.	There are usually about 6-8 eight articles, so I will probably have about the same amount.
Feature story	Serve and volley, Wrath of the math, Passion of Chris, cover: rookie of the year, death of a salesman, twin killing, they got balls, young forever and fashion: a splash of masculinity.	I will have celebrity features, and other things that are new, catchy and trendy in my features.