Analysing Music Magazines

Masthead is a very bold and large font and takes up about a fifth of the page and appears on the left third. It features what appears to be the characteristic colour scheme of red, white and black.

Main sell line mentions an interview with pictured band and is the main article of the issue it appears in the brands characteristic colours of red and white and the recurring sans serif font.

Bar code, date, issue and price are typically in the lower right corner conforming to conventions

Header uses recurring colour scheme but breaks the red on white by using a red template with white font

Main Image shows medium two shot of members of The Last Shadow Puppets they are pictured looking indifferent, wearing black clothing in front of a almost plain white background and standing back to back symbolizing their status as a band and highlighting their visual similarity.

Cover Lines in recurring font and colours of black and red. Left third has complete majority of Cover and sell lines conforming to conventions as the left third is usually the only visible part when being displayed.

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Main Image is a mid shot of Janet Jackson in casual clothing holding a camera in an exaggerated and slightly sexual fashion.

Majority of cover lines on left third and in colourful fonts with the recurring colours of this issue: orange and blue.

Barcode, date and price are conventionally featured in bottom left corner

Masthead in characteristic font style and Large font that Takes up a quarter of the page and all of the top third. The font colour is orange and is the same colour as the cover lines on the left. Vibe is a long established brand and so a partially covered masthead is Still useable.

Cover lines are also featured on the right side in a different font style and colour to those on the right.

Header in recurring colour of blue and the same font as the cover lines.

The target audience of this magazine is likely very broad and could be both male and female from the ages of 15-30.

Masthead in characteristic font and colour of light and dark pink. The overall colour scheme and aesthetic of the magazine tells me it is aimed at a teenage girl audience.

Header is in a yellow colour to make it stand out against the pink . It features extra content and possible giveaways.

Left third is unconventionally lacking of cover lines but features two main stories.

Main image is mid shot of man in black shirt and hat. This image and the pink colour scheme could insinuate the magazine is aimed at a young female audience.

Barcode, date and price is unconventionally nearer to the bottom centre rather then the bottom corner.

Overall the magazine has a very informal look compared to other more professional magazines. This also makes me think the magazine is aimed at a younger audience. Moreover, a wide range of font styles and colours are used compared to more professional magazines. This creates a casual aesthetic and a somewhat juvenile cover most likely aimed at those from 11-16 years of age.

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Headings in characteristic font style and white colour. The damaged look of the font has connotations of rock which goes well with the magazines sub genres.

Conventionally there is a date line on the contents page and it appears on the top left along with the issue number.

Main image is an aerial shot of a man who has seemingly fallen on stage. This goes well with the rock theme.

Overall colour scheme of yellow, black and white. The colour black ties in to rock and alternative themes.

Editors letter, sometimes only on first issues or important or special issues. Seemingly it is present in perhaps the majority of issues of this magazine.

Main image of man in suit looking mostly indifferent as well as slightly arrogant. It is a monochrome image contrasted with a woman's hand carrying a red heart. This creates an interesting artistic effect.

Characteristic logo of ‘V’ perhaps unconventionally shortened from Vibe. Is a central point of the page, drawing attention to the brand as well as the main image.

Contents title in house style font unconventionally positioned in a stack like manner which connotes a rebellious image which perhaps suits the genres represented in the magazine

Features and contents in house style font and simply black font colour.

Overall colour scheme is monochrome with slight hints of colour. This creates a professional, mature image and an interesting artistic effect. Picture credit and

date.

Main Image of The Courteeners a band of four wearing casual clothing and looking into the camera or the distance.

Features and contents of magazine in house style font and colour scheme of red, white and black.

Gold colouring and elaborate font style make this section stand out as a more elitist or ‘special’ section of the magazine.

Brand logo and contents title in house style font

Date and issue number in house font

Secondary picture of Nick Cave in suit leaning on a column in a seemingly exotic location.

Pull Quote rom article praises album

By line

Main Image of the four members of Panic at the Disco. They are dressed in casual clothes and are looking casually into the camera

Date

Stand first

Drop caps, very conventional for an article.

House style font is used but the colour yellow is used instead of the associated colour of red

Drop cap

By Line

Picture CreditA fairly minimalistic look , one page of titles and text and another filled by a picture.

Main image of Pete Doherty in casual clothing looking somewhat tired with his eyes closed pulling an unconventional facial expression. This picture is unconventional as artists and models are usually shown looking at the camera or to the side.

Stand first summarises Doherty's rock and roll lifestyle.

Title is distorted and distressed to emulate Doherty's possible metal state and drug habit.

Drop Cap

Date

Caption

Logo and slogan in house style font.

Overall colour scheme of pink and white and the large amount of pictures create a casual feel and suggests the magazine is aimed at preteen and teenage girls.

Pull Quote

Stand first

Racing motifs also feature on the magazine to relate to the story of racing.

The layout is very image heavy with very little text.