Final Magazine

The following are my final pieces of my Indie music magazine called AUTONOMY. I may do a few more tweaks, but nothing too major so this is practically the beginning of the end of my coursework. :D My front cover has a large masthead, barcode, price, graphics, a slogan, a central image, an issue number and text of articles and features that can be found inside. Overall all of these are regular conventions of current music magazines. I decided to not insert the text of the 'CONTENTS' as three separate sections and instead followed traditional conventions of having the contents across the banner at the top of the page. I also added an image of Jordan from 'RizzleKicks' at the top right hand corner which makes the page have a more 3D feel and makes Jordan seem like he is popping out from the page.
I added an issue number and the date of the months the magazine is issued for (feb - March), this also convey that my magazine is a monthly magazine. I changed the layout of the page and put the column to the right hand side because people naturally read from left to right. I also have information that tells readers to visit the magazine website. I followed further conventions by giving freebies such as a poster which is usually a regular feature in music magazines such as 'NME'. As you can see I incorporated the flash effect onto the image in my interview (top right hand corner). I have a standfirst which follows current conventions in other music magazines. I have two pull quotes in the middle of the interview with text wrapped around it. I used graphics around the text. I embedded quotes instead of having the usual boring question and answer format, I chose to be unconventional because AUTONOMY has a more vintage, unique and sophisticate feel and the older TA will be able to follow the interview format without needing it to be too simplistic.