Magazine Analysis

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Front cover of Kerrang!

The colour scheme of Kerrang! is mainly black white and red but with yellow on this issue. These are dark colours except for the yellow . These colours show what kind of music genre the magazine is aiming at which is rock. The band normally wear black which is true in this front cover. These sort of colours are what the audience for the magazine like as they are normally wear that sort of colours on their clothes. The mastheads colour suits the colour scheme of the magazine.

Front cover of RWDRWD magazine is a ABC certified magazine which is the higher end of the magazine market, it is released monthly, distributing 36,040 copies. This particular issues front page is based on Example’s album “Blinded by the lights”. That is why the colour scheme fits the slogan at the bottom which says “blinded by the lights”. The colour on this front cover is a blue wash half blinded out by white which represents the light, also with black and orange. These are the only four colours on the front of the magazine, the editors keep it to only a couple other wise it would be difficult to read with so many colours on the front.

Front cover of Q magazine

Q magazine is a ABC market range magazine which is one of the most popular music magazines. This magazine has a alternative genre going for lots of styles like indie, pop, RnB and lots more. The main colour scheme for this issue is red, white, black and brown. Mainly the red colour goes to the names of the artists and bands but also because they are nouns, which is probably because of the name of the magazine is in red. The writing in black is used for descriptive writing after or before the name of the artists. The gold colour looks like it is for the important things on this issue as it is used for the banner on the top of the magazine and for the name of Jay-Z as he is the focus of this front cover.

Contents pageThe contents page of Kerrang! is quite plain with most of the pages background in white. The mast head is Yellow and black like those danger signs and this is used for the headers of the subjects they are covering in this magazine. There are seven photos in this contents page, some which are taken live in a gig and some in a studio. Most of the photos have black in which is the colour of most of the bands shirts. The overall look of this contents page is plain and easy to read, the writing is not in a confusing font making it easier to read. The pictures dominate this contents page as about 70 % is just picture and the rest is writing or just white space.

Contents pageRWD’s contents page is dominated by pictures as just one side of the page is just one big picture advertising puma. The other side of the page is half pictures and half writing so the ratio is 75 % pictures 25% writing. The writing is brief because there will be full pages of the subjects brought up on the contents page. All of the photos have been set up with a plan as they are models in the photos. The colour scheme of RWD’s magazine contents page is white, black and green. This keeps it looking neat but lacks colour on one side. Having less colours makes it look smart like a suit (white and black) as there isn’t colours every where confusing the reader where to look when they open the magazine.

Contents pageQ magazines contents page has 3 main colours, red , black and white which are very rocky colours. The photography of this contents page has been staged and planned to get the photo they want. The photos in this page take up about 60 % of the whole page. The overall image of the page is that it all fits together and the colours work together, making the page stand out. This pages font are use for the same thing, if there is a subheading then it is in one font, if it is the thing being described it is another font and are the same colour which is the shade black. There are no massive paragraphs on this page so the writing style was to write snappy and short but get to the point quick. It uses proper English grammar as it is trying to describe things and it cant do that if the writers use slang.

Double page spreadThis double page spread is about teen spirit, the title stands out, it does so through a white and red background. Since these colours contrasts it draws the readers attention to that point as it overlaps the image on the left so you want to read the article.The text in the subheading has “Rolo Tomassi” highlighted as this is one of the artists name, so it is advertisement. It also has different colours to the main title so they contrast as well but make it easier to read. The main sections of writing are divided to show the different subjects. The picture to text ratio is 50/50 this makes it more interesting to the readers eye and easier to read along with the picture which draws the reader in. The main colours in this magazine are red white and black which all compliment each other but contrast as well as they are bold colours.

Double page spreadThis double page spread on the black eyed peas has roughly 70 percent took up by the photo leaving only 30 percent for writing. This superimposed image is cleverly designed on a set. The reason three of them are superimposed is because Will I Am is thinking of leaving and going solo that's why he is the only one fully in focus. He is wearing gold and the heading says “will he, Wont he?” in gold which is the colour of his suit showing a connection between the two. The writing style is neat with only one main column of writing in black font so it stands out between the white background. The overall look of the double page spread is neat .

Double page spreadQ magazines double page spread is 50:50 picture to writing ratio. The big picture draws the readers attention along with the massive “A” on the right hand side of the page. This is so you will read the article. The main colour themes in this are red, white, black and blue. These colours fit well together as they contrast so they stand out. The overall look of the double page spread is neat in two long columns so it looks like a easy read but there is a lot. Because the “A” is in the background it is like a message to read it as it has something to do with the article so it would interest the reader.