Cover lines- they all relate on rock artists whose musical careers s are being discussed with rumours which is a typical convention in rock magazines as plenty of rock fans would want to know if they are going on tour.

The masthead - bold and white which shows its importance. The audience can tell this is a masthead as it has the biggest font size then the rest of the text on the front cover the audience can tell this is a rock heavy metal magazine as it has signifiers of the masthead being cracked which is associated with genre as it is known for rock artist to break their guitars during performances

Banner – the background of the banner is black whereas the writing is white and yellow we know that this is an banner as it is on the top with a message to readers the banner tells the audience that this is an rock magazine as the band all time low is an rock group also the word roadie is associated with the rock genre as they are always on the road

The overall colour scheme consists of many warm dark colours which brings signifiers of anger and danger the colours consist of white black red and dark yellow these are signifiers of the rock genre as the colours are very dark and the genre produces dark music.

Splash- says the UK’s biggest gig guide as the rock genre is mainly associated on gigs and performing.

Barcode- this is used so magazine retailers know who bought the magazine

Headline – its white and bold which tells the audience that this is the content that’s going to be in the magazine the audience can tell the headline is associated with the rock genre as we can see it’s an open question “is Andy six the new god of rock?” Which means it’s a debate on the genre as Andy six is an rising rock artist which is an typical convention in rock magazines as they would want to know who is the best of their genre.

The main image is of a rock artist Andy six looking at the camera with a sort of dark look as he’s lips are towards the other side of his face we know this is the main image as he is centrally framed which shows the audience he is the main person to look at. The main image has signifiers which are associated with the rock genre for example Andy six has plenty of dark make up on his face which is mainly associated with emos who mainly listen to the rock genre also Andy six has long hair which shows the rock genre as mainly rock artist have long hair which is a signifier which they wanted to show on the front cover to show it is a rock magazine.

The masthead - bold and white with black-purple coloured writing with a purple-pink border which shows its importance. The audience can tell this is a masthead as it has the biggest font size then the rest of the text on the front cover the masthead is situated on the left corner of the cover. The audience can tell this is a pop magazine as it has signifiers of an love heart which people associate with teeny fan girls who are in love with celebrities which shows it’s a pop magazine

The overall colour scheme consists of many bright colours more happy colours which brings a sense of girls such as Bright pink light blue and white these are signifiers of the pop genre as its more targeted towards kids by the colours which are more teeny

slogan – the slogan is under the masthead with the slogan message “Don’t Bore us Get to the chorus” this is more associated with the pop genre as pop magazines consist of gossip tales which would want people to buy the magazine as the target audience are teen girls they would want to know all about what’s going on with their idol so the slogan is saying they have all the gossip

Headline – its white and bold which tells the audience that this is the content that’s going to be in the magazine the audience can tell the headline is associated with the pop genre as we can see it’s an exclusive interview which means it has all the gossip which is a key theme in pop magazines also the artist they are interviewing is an pop artist TULISA so we know the two elements we have both contribute to this magazine being a pop magazine.

Cover lines- they all relate on pop artists whose personal lives are being discussed with rumours and gossips popping up which is a typical convention in pop magazines