Q and NME, have both similar Codes & Conventions. Each are represented as a Music Magazine which focuses on a particular genre of music, in this case its the Indie Rock genre.
Both of them have a very distinctive logo, which is almost iconic and easily recognisable among consumers. The covers both have their logos in the top left corner.
NME is in comparison to Q, very brightly coloured, and bold, with the use of: fonts, colours and photos. These sort of codes and conventions would appeal to teenagers, because of the use of a bold and brash layout, that is catching to the eye. NME trys to distance itself from the usual types of sensible music magazines, and has a more flamboyant approach.
For my coursework I will take the idea of a brightly coloured layout, and incorporate it into my magazine cover.
Q on the other hand, seems much more sensible, and the placement of images and text is laid out in a way that's much easier to distinguish and understand. All the text and fonts are sensible, there is a very limited use of colours, where in contrast to the NME which has a wide range, and finally, Q has a cover that seems to focus on one band/artist, where as the NME has a cover dedicated to many different bands and stories.
Q's use of a sensible layout, and limited colour scheme works very well, and I will use this concept on my front cover.
However in some ways, both magazines are similar:
- Both have distinctive Logo's.
- They have a pictures dedicated to one artists/band.
- Their covers seem to have small stories spread over the cover in order to almost convince the consumer to buy it.
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