Codes and Conventions

I have carried out a Meta analysis of different types of hip hop magazines. I have recognized the codes and convention that must appear for the magazine to be a hip hop/ rap magazine.  One of the things that I realized was that most hip hop/ rap magazines always use certain colours such as red, white, black, grey etc. These are all conventions of the magazine. These colours all have different association but once brought together, have a whole different meaning. Another factor that I distinguished was that each magazine consists of a large main image. This is because they prefer giving meaning through the use of images instead of text and it’s also more attractive. Another reason why they use large images is because they always have an image of a celebrity which most people look up to.

All the contents page that I have analyzed have a dependable house style that goes through the whole magazine and other magazines. They also use navigation buttons like numbers that help us glance through pages. They also provide a small amount of text to prevent the reader of tediousness.

I also analyzed double page spreads in a magazine. I found out that there is a certain amount of images that can be used which most of the time is one (but the image must be fantastic to take upmost of the page). The layout is also another attention factor that most people get drawn into. Double page spreads also uses quotes so they can hear from the subject himself.

After my completion of Meta analysis, I have conducted that codes and conventions play a big role in magazines. They provide a big image and little text so they can allow the audience to think about the different meaning the image can provide but if they are stuck, they can get help from the text that is provided.