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MEDIA STUDIES- MUSIC MAGAZINE
Broadway and pop/rock
Mast Head is simplistic and bold, which will attract theatre audiences
Image from main story. Normally of a single main character. Rather than all the cast.
Left Third- this is the most important area of the front cover as it is what is seen on a magazine shelf. It also contains the main articles.
Extra information about magazine content.
Colour scheme is simplistic using shades of green
IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE TO COVER
The background of the image is dark and the
clothing the image is wearing is also dark. This
would make the image hard to edit on Photoshop.
In the bottom right the text is covering the image
which is traditional of a magazine. However, the part
of the image covered is green and the text is also
green, therefore the text is hard to read.
MAST-HEAD
The Mast- Head on this magazine cover “Broadway” uses a green
colour pallet which stands out against the dark background. This
magazine is unusual as the text is in front of the main image.
Stereotypically of the music genre the text would go behind the
main image. Through this we can see how Broadway have broke
the conventions and created a mast-head which in all is still
extremely eye-catching and effective. It is necessary for the mast
head to stand out as this acts as a logo, which is to compete
against other magazines in this genre.
SELLING LINE
This magazine doesn’t have a selling line, which is
stereotypical of a music magazine. But for my
magazine I could incorporate one. It often contains
information that is also on the contents page to
attract audiences to want to read more.
MAIN IMAGE
The main image is of the main character from
Wicked, Elphaba, and not of the full cast to show her
importance. The shot is a medium shot which is
typical of this magazine genre and is also low angled
to emphasise her power, and also the
expression on her face.
COLOUR SCHEME
The colour scheme for this magazine is black and
shades of green. They only use two colour instead of
the traditional three, to make the magazine more
simplistic as views will be attracted to text that is
easy to read. The colours are used because of the
main image being black and green, to create a flow
between the text and image.
FONT
There is only one font used on the cover of
Broadway. This keeps the magazine simple and look
more professional. The font sizes are varied to show
order of importance.
THEATRE WORLD- 1956
Mast-Head- simplistic and bold
Left third is empty instead information is in the top right
Colour scheme is black and white , with some grey.
Main image in black and white.
MASTHEAD
The mast head on “Theatre World” is on a grey banner which
makes the white writing stand out more. The mast head is in front
of the main image. Which now would be seen as unusual and out-
dated as most music magazines have the image in front of the
masthead. Two different fonts are also used for the masthead
which is again dated and wouldn’t be done today. This is because
a masthead is almost like a logo for the magazine, therefore it has
to be simple, eye catching
and memorable.
SELLING LINES AND BUTTONS
There is no selling line and button on this magazine
this may be due to when it was created. As
conventions of magazines have changed through out
the years. A selling line is usual above the mast head
and contains relevant information from the contents
page. A button emphasises competitions or
something that the readers will be interested in or
benefit from.
MAIN IMAGE
The main image is of Shirley Conway and Richard Derr who
played the leading man and lady in plain and fancy. The
image is a mid-shot of both of them. Neither is brought
forward to show there importance, which would be unusual
in a music magazine today.
The image is in black and white which is to do with
technology of the time and not choice. However the
image is still affective and these sorts of techniques of
colour and image are still used today to represent the
1950’s time period.
COLOUR SCHEME
The colour scheme for Theatre World is black, white
and grey. However this 3 colour scheme is still a
tradition that is still conventional today. The black
and white colours harmonise to attract the audiences
attention. In fact none of the Theatre
World covers contained colour till 1963 and
even then it was only for the mast head.
LEFT THIRD
The left third is the most important part of the cover
as it gives quotes from stories inside the magazine.
However on this magazine the quotes are in the top
right next to the mast head it is unusual as the top of
the cover is cluttered and at the bottom of the cover
there is barely any information.