Research classical front cover 9

This front cover is a mix of conventional and unconventional, the arrow to the right is an unusual pug and there is a large R in the bottom right corner. It is conventional as the magazine uses very simple and clear font (san serif).

  The masthead is in a bright yellow which is very helpful to pull readers in as it is bright and contrasting to everything else on the page, it is also bold and san serif. This isn't very conventional though to older classic magazines are targeted at a older audience but this is using more colours and more classical fonts. I find the audience for this hard to define as they have used an image of a younger player yet i know the established audience is generally older. This makes me wonder if the institution is actually looking to widen the TA and therefore my  magazine does have a place in the real media market place.

The barcode is also quite unconventional as it isn't usually found on it s side along the right hand side, unlike the conventional way which is to have it horizontal and along the top of bottom of the front cover, or even they are found on the back of the magazine. 

The barcode is also located next to the publisher 'Rhinegold Publishing' which has been again used unconventionally as it is presented on the front cover and its the companies logo not the usual just name of the publisher. 

The front cover uses a space found at the bottom right to present the various/ main features found inside which will draw in readers, this has been also used as a small contents page which helps to explain simply what is found within this magazine. 

The photo of the front cover is very conventional as it shows a performer in a location, using a instrument, this image has also been used as the front cover of the magazine as it shows the readers that the magazine applies to young people as well; it also shows the way the magazine is going as it is using more young and different ways of presenting the magazine. 

What I would include in my magazine from this:

- the fact that it is a location shot

-the use of an instrument being played