Research: De-Constructing Magazines (pt 2)

The second magazine that I'm going to de-construct is the Billboard magazine. The Billboard magazine is a music magazine which consists of music news, articles, reviews and information. The Billboards was originally a source of information about music charts and they have a website which lists the most recent music charts. 

The contents page for the Billboard magazine is very unique, in the sense that there is a lot on the page, and it also contains the chart list. The contents also has pictures which have the page numbers of where the articles are set. The contents page also has a large cut out picture, maybe of the person who was featured on the front of the magazine. They have included sections in the contents such as 'In Every Issue', 'Music', and 'Features'. I do like the contents page, however I think that there is too much going on on one page, which is something that I would try to avoid when I create my magazine. 

Most double page spreads in magazines generally have the same common conventions. They all have the writing in neat collums so that it's easier to read. This is very common in interviews too.

Research; Double Page Spreads

In this double page spread the writing is in collumns. There is also a drop capital at the beginning of the article making it look neat and proffessional. This article isn't written in a question and answer type of way, which is the way I want to write out my article.

This is another double page spread which shows an article written in the style that I want to write mty article in. The article also has one main ppicture, which is the same as the article above. Both articles also have quotes written in bold, which is a common convention in all types of magazines as well as music magazines.
I would like to base my magazine on the second image above, because its simple and easy to read and it has the questions that the interviewee asks as well as the answers. However I wouldnt write the name of the interviewee and ther interviewer - Instead I would change the colours of the questions and the answers so that the reader can establish who whether the interviewer is talking or not.