1. Case Study NotesmixmagROCKSOUND These are the 2 magazines I willbe making notes on in thispresentation.

2. Mixmag Type/Focus of magazineMixmag is a type of magazine where they show all genres of music from rock to rap they focus on all genres because it gives them a wider range of target audience which should give them more sales as they would have more people interested in the magazine. 3. NotesPublishing Company: DMC PublishingEditors Name: Nick DecosemoDate of First Publication: 1 February 1983 as a 16-page black-and-white magazine published by Disco Mix ClubFrequency of Publication: MonthlyPrice: Free 4. DistributionYou can get the mixmag magazine on your Android or iOS phones/devices. 5. Front CoverThe front cover of the mixmag magazine is quitesimple but works well for all genres of music, itdoesnt use much colour but has some to makecertain parts of the cover stand out more thanothers. The cover lines are spread out around themain image while the main story is over the mainimage to show it is either relevant to it or moreimportant. The Masthead uses its own font to helppeople remember it but also its white and coveredup by the photo this shows that it is a popularmagazine so people will know what magazine it is.There is an added PLUS part in the bottomcorner which stands out more than some of theother bits, this could be because they want tomake sure you read it because it is important. 6. Contents PageThis contents page uses the typical codes and conventions of any other contents. Down the left hand side there is the page number with a summary of what the article is about. There is a black background this could be just to keep with the style of there magazine. There is a main image which could be the most popular or important article so they want people to notice and read it. The date of the issue is displayed at the top as in any other magazine so people know when these storys are from. The logo/font of there magazine stays white through out the magazine so people remember it if they ever come to see it again. At the bottom of the page there is an extra box which could be explaining the photo or just giving information on one of the articles. 7. Double Page SpreadThis double page spread is a very clean and plain design which uses all square shaped photos so they all go into position and so they can fit more onto the page. The title is on the left hand side of the page above the main part of the information/text on this article. They use a white background to make the text and images stand out and a black strip across the top of the page which shows what topic they are in on the magazine. 8. Aspects I want to use.I would like to keep the clean design and use a few different colours to make it stand out and it would work well with my Dubstep genre I have chosen. Also they keep the magazine very simple but make it work well and look professional which I would like to incorporate into my magazine in some way. I would like a simple logo/text that people will remember. 9. Rocksound Type/Focus of magazineRock Sound is a British magazine which champions rock music. The magazine aims atbeing more "underground" and less commercial, whilst also giving coverage to more wellknown acts. The main genres of music it shows are pop, punk, pop-punk, emo,hardcore, post-hardcore, heavy metal and extreme metal genres of rock music but notusually indie rock music. 10. NotesPublishing Company: Freeway Press IncEditors Name: Ben PatashnikDate of First Publication: The first issue waspublished in April 1999.Frequency of Publication: MonthlyPrice: 3.99 11. DistributionYou can buy the magazine online and get it delivered to you orthere is an app you can get which shows the website which youcould buy the magazine on. 12. Front CoverThe front cover of this magazine uses a lot ofcolours to attract your attention but it also goes wellwith the genre of magazine. The style is urban andnot in a formal layout which you would expect fromthis sort. Bits of the Masthead are covered upmeaning people should know what magazine it isjust by seeing parts of it. Nearly all of the font isbigger than most other magazines and the coloursthey are used are very different 13. Contents PageThe contents in this magazine has a lot of information on it as it uses up thewhole of 2 pages however it does use more images than you wouldnormally see on a contents page of a magazine. They have added a chartdown the right hand side which makes the contents page more attractive asnormally you dont spend much time looking at the contents page. The wordcontents is very small on the page because they expect you to be able toknow what it is from just a glance. The larger the image is on the page themore important it is so they want you to notice it more. It also could meanits the top article and the want you to read it because its something new thatthey must know. 14. Double Page SpreadThis double page spread contains a huge image which blends into thebackground and goes behind some of the information on the pages.This age is more clean and simple as they dont use as many colours,this could be because the article is a serious more formal tone orbecause its the style of the band it is representing. The large imagemeans they can use less text or information on the page becausethere isnt much to write about. 15. Aspects I want to use.This magazine has a black strip across the top of most pages containing eitherthe title or the topic of the article i would like to use the in my design as ithelps people looking through the magazine and it adds a bit more colour tothe magazine.I would like to use a lot of different colour on the front cover but try tokeep it simple as it is on the mixmag magazine. White PinkYellowBlackBlue