Research

I have researched into what avaliable magazines look like, I have looked at NME, KERRANG and VIBE magazines. These are three of the leading magazines in the market at moment. I have taken certain aspects of each of the magazines layouts.

I have noticed that all magazines use the Main Masthead at the top with a large background image. Some of the magazines overlap the image onto the title, this may block out a letter of the title but it will give a better effect. I would look to use it in my final product. Also i want to put the Cover Lines of the magazine around the image with one maximum placed upon the person/people in the image. For example this Vibe Magazine has the Anchoring Image of 'Diddy, Rick Ross and Janelle monae' overlaps the title of VIBE. I really like this Magazine because this is the type of music that i listen to and i would enjoy making a magazine about something that i enjoy.

Since VIBE magazine is aimed at 12 - 24 year olds my target audience fits in that bracket so therefore this is within the conventions of Music Magazines.