Music Magazine -Thumbnail Research

I have researched thoroughly into different music magazines. to do this I have chosen 2 magazines from America, 2 from the UK and another one from Germany to get a wider range of different magazines the contrast from each other. 

This is a thumbnail layout for 'VIBE' magazine which is published in 2009 mainly in the reach of the US. I really like the image on the front cover of Jay Z because he is very famous and what the audience aspire to be like.

 Layout for 'ACCESS!' magazine which is published in 2007 mainly distributed in Germany. The double page spread is much more lively than VIBE Magazine as it has a lot more text and it is much more colourful. Also, I like how the headline goes across both pages which is more eye catching to the audience

 

 Layout for 'Q' Magazine which is published in the UK in 2010. I like how the text wraps around the image as it makes the double page spread more unique which could in turn intrigue the audience to read on. The letter 'A' is emboldened and capitalised which I think makes the article more professional, because of this I think I will also use an emboldened and capitalised letter in my article aswell.   

Layout for 'NME' Magazine published in 2010 mainly circulated in the UK. I like the use of space and how the whole page is filled in a creative way on the contents page however, I feel like there is a bit too much going on and is hard to focus on one thing. I do think it is very eye catching and the most lives contents page I have looked at.

This layout is for 'Billboard' Magazine published in 2010 distributed in America. Even though it is from a different country it still has very similar codes and conventions to all the other real media magazines I have looked at. This suggests that magazines may be different in little ways, but overall most magazines follow the same codes and conventions because it fulfils the audience's expectations.