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Analysing Music Magazine Analysing Music Magazine Front CoversFront Covers
Rebecca HallisseyRebecca Hallissey
Flash:- draws the audience’s attention to an important point. The background of the flash is red and the writing is white and black. This follows the NME colour scheme and contrast to each other.
Header:- describes a main feature of the magazine
Barcode:- price and date information Footer:- information about
other bands featured in the magazine
Main coverline and main image:- the main story of the magazine and represents the genre of the magazine. Dizzee Rascal is featured on the front of this magazine in a mid shot and he is smiling and posing with his arms outstretched. This promotes a happy image and ties in with the coverline “I’m spreading joy around the world, man!” the background has graffiti which represents the hip hop genre (Dizzee Rascal’s musical genre)
Coverline:- advertises other articles within the magazine
Masthead:- house style of NME- easily recognisable. The magazine uses the same red, black and white colour scheme throughout
List of other bands featured:- bold and in contrasting colours to stand out from plain white background
Front cover- NMEFront cover- NME
NME TARGET AUDIENCENME TARGET AUDIENCE
Gender: both but mostly male
Age: 17-30
Music taste: Indie/ rock music
Social class: ABC1 (reasonable amount of disposable income)
Magazine cost: £2.20
Example of target audience
Headline of contents:- very large and bold writing. “THIS WEEK” gives the impression that the magazine is very current and up to date
Flash:- colour fluctuates from the usual colour scheme of the rest of the magazine which draws a lot of attention towards it because it is a major feature in the magazine
NME logo:- used throughout the magazine to remind the reader of the magazine they are reading and reinforces the house style
List of contents:- gives info about and page numbers of articles and features
Band index:- the reader can easily find articles featuring the band they want to look at
Flash:- advertises an offer to subscribe to the magazine and the background of the flash is grey which is different to the usual NME colour scheme. This makes it stand out
Flash:- advertising a main feature
Main image:- A picture of Carl Barat ill and holding a card sent in by readers. This is an appealing image to the readers because they feel that they can interact with the celebrity they admire.
Contents- NMEContents- NME
Main image:- A picture of Dizzee Rascal spray painting a wall and looking round shiftily. This portrays an air of rebellion and is a “cool” image to young people.
Main headline:- Large bold and messy letters compliment the image because they are similar to graffiti
Secondary image:- A picture of empty alcohol bottles and a stereo. This also portrays an air of rebellion and is a “cool” image to young people and an image they can possibly relate to.
Double page spread- NMEDouble page spread- NME
Main coverline and image:- Main coverline is bold and stands out from the red shirt Dave Grohl is wearing because it is the main article and is important.
Masthead:- House style of Kerrang and is easily recognisable even though some letters are covered by the image
Footer:- Lists other bands that will be featured in the magazine
Barcode:- price and date information
Header:- Lists main bands (other than the ones mentioned in the coverlines) that will be featured
Left third:- used to advertise content
Rule of Thirds:- Right two thirds are image dominated and contain information about only the main feature
Front cover- Kerrang!Front cover- Kerrang!
KERRANG TARGET AUDIENCEKERRANG TARGET AUDIENCE
Gender: both but mostly male
Age: 14-20
Music taste: Rock/ metal music
Social class: BC1C2 (reasonable amount of disposable income)
Magazine cost: £2.20
Example of target audience
Main image:- usually advertising a main article within the magazine
Other images:- other features and bands included throughout the magazine but usually not major articles
Flash:- (Offer on delivery of Kerrang) attracts audience’s attention by standing out from the main image
Contents listing:- lists features and articles within the magazine and gives page numbers so the audience can easily find the page that they want. The contents is also categorized to help find the article wanted quickly
Editor’s message:- Editor of the magazine’s message to the reader about what’s coming up in the magazine and his views on it
Contents- Kerrang!Contents- Kerrang!
Double page spread- Kerrang!Double page spread- Kerrang!
Main image:- A picture of the band (Enter Shikari). Each member is labelled by name to make the reader feel like they know the band better
Main headline:- Large bold and messy letters are because they are similar to graffiti which promotes a sense of rebellion and not fitting in.
Drop quote- quote from the article chosen for it’s importance/ controversy
Masthead:- House style of Mojo and is easily recognisable even though some letters are covered by the image
Flash:- “Free CD, two to collect encourages the reader to buy more than one copy of the magazine to get both
Main coverline and image:- Main coverline is bold and stands out from the plain white background and the main cover image. “World Exclusive” indicates that the story has not been covered before and the reader is getting an exclusive
Barcode:- price and date information
Front cover- MojoFront cover- Mojo
Other coverlines:- other articles and features in the magazine
MOJO TARGET AUDIENCEMOJO TARGET AUDIENCE
Gender: both but mostly male
Age: 30-50
Music taste: Classic Rock
Social class: AB (higher class people because the magazine is fairly expensive
Magazine cost: £3.95
Example of target audience
Main headline and image:- Main coverline is bold white and stands out from the plain grey background. The main image is in greyscale which indicates that it is an old photo from the past. He is holding a beer which indicates a sense of “rock-star” rebellion.
Date and issue number
Pull quote:- red colour makes it stand out from the rest of the article
Contents- MojoContents- Mojo
Main image:- takes up a whole page and is Pete Doherty with pursed lips and his eyes closed. This represents the issue of drug use.
Main headline:- very big and bold white letters. Messy font to represent Pete Doherty’s messy life and represents his drug use
Double page spread- MojoDouble page spread- Mojo
Main article:- takes up less than a page showing the article is more image led. The article is about Pete Doherty and his drug use.