When making a music magazine it is important to understand the rules, regulations and technical connotations. Analyzing this magazine cover has helped me to understand the importance of including all of the main design features. The key conventions I will need to include are:

• Masthead- another term for the title at the top of the page, or in this case the name of the magazine (Billboard)
• Main cover star- the main picture that covers the magazine, often a celebrity
• Coverlines- these talk about what might be inside of the magazine
• Main cover line- this is the name of the celebrity on the front cover
• Pug- a headline advertising a story inside
• Plug- similar to a coverline and used to communicate what information might be inside with words overlaid on a graphic shape or box to make them stand out

Focusing forward, learning about these conventions will help me to design the perfect front cover for my music magazine because now I know to be sure to include them. I will need to use all of these features when creating my music magazine, other wise my music magazine won’t look like a real magazine, and in order to attract an audience and be successful I need to draw attention to the cover.