Front page and spread

In each of the front covers the conventional features are evident from just looking at it without having to read anything. In each cover there is the logo in the top left corner, in the same colour, this maintains consistency throughout the magazines and makes it noticeable to each reader as that is the thing they will look for when looking for this magazine. They all have the main image in the middle, with the main headline around the picture somewhere. The colour scheme stays the same throughout each edition, for example in my first example, there is a blue background on the cover, and on the page spread the colour is maintained, and the reference is kept in each edition. On the Green Day one, the colour green is used a lot because of their name. Also the writing is kept within a number of colours. Another selling point is at the top of a few it says ‘the UK’s biggest music magazine’ which makes you think it must be a good magazine to be the biggest seller. Also you can tell what kind of Person/band is on the cover because the colour and how they’re portrayed is evident. For example in the lily Allen one, she is a sexy woman so they have played huge emphasis on that to attract the male gender, whereas on the noel Gallagher one he is portrayed as a kind of hard man so men will aspire to be like him, especially if they are a fan of his music. The main headlines are also the biggest writing on the page, to attract a lot of attention, But it says the band or singers name so if a fan of them notices their name then they are more likely to want to take a look at it.