LESSON 4

MUSIC MAGAZINE ANALYSIS

Front cover; 1

Masthead- This is coloured in bright blue to maybe give the hint that this magazine is targeted for boys. It is also bold to be able to stand out a lot more compared to other magazine titles.

Web address- This allows people to be able to look on their website and any new information they have or different articles or exclusive face to face interviews.

The main story- This is what the main article is based on in the magazine. Also the colour opposes the colour of the masthead so therefore the pink and the blue colour used across the front cover can show that the magazine is for both male and female.

Secondary story-This is the story that is also going to be featured in the magazine but it isn't going to be as big as the main story.

Strapline- this is like a secondary story of the magazine. Its an extra bit of ‘gossip’ in the magazine that makes people want to buy it more.

A list of other artists which are also going to be shown in this magazine, allows the reader to know what they will be reading about in this issue before buying. A way of hinting the secondary stories.

FRONT COVER; 2

Synonym- They have used the Christmas magazine to be able to refer Cowell’s personality to the Grinch.

Masthead-They have used a red title which could infer that this magazine is aimed at both genders because this is quite a mutual colour.

Snow on the title which shows its Christmas.

Give away- This bribes people to buy the magazine because they are getting something out of it.

Showing that because its Christmas they are adding more into the magazine because this is an event

Date, time and issue number

Main story – This is why it is bold so it stands out more and they can see what most pages of the magazine are going to be about.

Barcode- This means this is a product in a shop because it means you have to buy it

Masthead- Red to show that it is for both genders because red is a unisex colour so it is targeted for both male and females. It’s also big and bold so that the title stands out compared to everything else on the front cover.

Give away- Gives each customer a NME Euro festival guide and also the chance for them to win tickets. This encourages customers to buy this magazine because they would want to go to a festival if they bought a magazine about music because it shows they are interested in it.

He is wearing a lot of ‘bling’ which shows he is very wealthy. He also wearing a crown on his head and around his neck and also has a bouquet of flowers on his wrist, which infers he is going to a wedding.

They use a different colour font to advertise that this bit of information is important, such as his opinion.

Date, price and issue number, so then people know how old this issue is.

The barcode shows that this magazine is a product and needs to be bought in a shop, it is not given away for free. This magazine is made to create a profit.

Straplines- These are used as headings or captions and tells us a little more of the magazine

Front cover; 3

The main image is of Kanye West and this normally shows us what the main story is going to be about. Also the black and white gives it a dramatic effect as someone is holding a red love heart against his chest. This could suggest that the mains story is him talking about something he loves or is passionate about or something that touches his heart.

The contents page is written in bold so that people can see that it is clearly the contents page and cannot skip past it easily.

It gives two different headings so people know what section to look at if they are looking for a specific story.

Page numbers- This lets the reader know exactly where to go I the magazine to find the story instead of flicking through the pages. The stories in the contents page are usually the most important stories as in some magazines not all stories are shown in the contents.

Contents page; 1

Contents page; 2

The main image/ focus point on this contents page, this is probably because this will also be the main story of this magazine!Index- This

means that if a reader was looking for a specific band in the magazine they can just look here to see if they feature in this magazine. It also shows readers where to look for specific bands and can be a lot of help as this means they don’t have to go through of all the pages.

Adverts- so that customers are able to sign up to the magazine and how they are able to do this! Free advertisement as it is in there own magazine.

Splits the contents into separate sections to divide the different stories so it is easier for the readers to find what they are looking for example some of the categories are; news, live and reviews.

Contents page; 3

The title of the actual magazine is also presented in the contents page so that it is clear of the magazine!

The main focal image, this shows us that this will be the main story as it is the main focus on the contents page. It also comes with the page number and a little bit on the story itself in the bottom left hand corner.

Pictures, these usually link to secondary stories in the magazine which also shows people what else is in the magazine.

Stories and page numbers which we can see have been split into two different categories as they differ from each other. They also come with page numbers and a little bit of writing to say what the story is.

The date of the magazine release, so that people can see how recent the information in this magazine is. For example this magazine was brought out in 2008, therefore the information inside is very outdated and is more than likely incorrect now!

Artist name- In big and bold writing which stands out and shows the reader who its about.

Double page; 1

The main image is the artist there self! As we can infer from the image is that Minaj lives a very high up and expensive life, we can infer this from the giant ring she has which covers all 4 fingers and also from her big necklace to match the ring.

You can clearly tell the difference between the headings and the parts Minaj is saying. We can see this from bold writing to non-bold writing. This helps the reader know what she is responding to i.e. the heading.

The background is a bright colour therefore really stands out and also helps the main image to stand out a lot more. Also the main colour for this double page spread is pink which could suggest that this article is mainly for girls to read.

Floating quote- This stands out more than any of the other text. This is usually a key point she has mentioned or is something big and something people need to remember.Page number-

this would be found in the contents page to show to the reader where to find this article.

Article introduction- this gives the reader a short insight in what they will be reading. It describes the interview and what it is going to be about.

Double page; 2

Main image is Davey Havok himself. He is one half of the double page spread which makes him stand out a lot compared to the text on the second half of the spread.

This tells us what part of the contents page it is, as we know contents [ages are split into sections and from this we can see that we would have found this interview under the ‘news’ section.

Floating quote and main heading of the article. The floating quote and writing underneath explains and gives us a rough idea of what would be in this article.

Artists name- it isn’t big and bold and doesn’t stand out from the heading, however it is a bright colour and stands compared to the rest of the text.

Here we can see the difference from the interviewer and the interviewee. We can see this as the interviewer parts are highlighted in white compared to the ones which are not highlighted.

The main colour of this double page spread is grey which does not really stand out that much, however they have added a boarder which they have made look like headlights all the way round the page which makes the page stand out a lot.

Double page; 3The main image on this double page spread has been put on one half of the double page spread which has made it perfectly clear who this article is about. Also the artists name has been written in capitals and stands out compared to the rest of the text.

Caption- This gives us a little bit of information about the photograph and what the photograph is.

Tells us about the article, what its about, in this case people have demanded to ask question Rihanna and she has responded to some of the questions. Here the text has

been divided into 3 different sections. The black bold writing has been split into the question someone has asked her, the mauve colour is the person who has asked this question, their age and where they are from. Finally, the plain black text is Rihanna responding to this question. They have done so this so that it is easy for people to know the questions from the response.

Introduction to the interview which puts more information to what this interview is about compared to the heading. This is so that the readers will know exactly what they are reading about. It is an extra bit of information for the reader.

The article is about Rihanna having a lot of money, too much infact. To portray this in the image they have given her a megaphone which has been made from crystals which is their to portray her wealth and links on to the article as well about her and her wealth.