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Analyzing Music M agazines Ali Butt

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Analyzing Music MagazinesAli Butt

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Header: Within the header it summarises the man artists that will feature within the magazine as well. It features all the other same genre artists within the magazine.

Masthead: “VIBE” clearly stands out from at the top of the front cover. It almost takes up ¼ of the page to emphasis the magazine title. Also the use of white to fill it on a black background makes the masthead stand out and to catch the readers attention.

Picture: This picture indicates that his music is one of a kind and that everyone likes because his creating his own “legacy”.

The Main Image: is a mid shot of the ain singer which in this case is Drake. Its obvious its Drake as this name is all over the front cover to draw the readers attention. His looking straight at the camera with his head slightly tilted along with his cap and his got a intriguing face on. Even though his wearing a pain black t-shirt with just “Unstoppable” printed white onto it which makes it stand out. The background I pain black which indicates that his picture has been photo shopped.

Bar code, date/issue and price: Having these features on the magazine is essential because they are needed in order for the magazine to sell if their not present then the magazine wont be able to sell.

Advertising the Website: Its advertising the website so that the readers can go on the website to find out more other artists and latest updates/gossip.

Titles: The catch line by saying “ Drake Hip-Hop’s New Religion” which emphasis’s the fact that his music is one of a kind.

Front Cover

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The Main Image: The image takes up most of the right hand side so that the readers get a clearer idea of what the magazine is about and also so the image stands out to catch the readers attention.

Advertising the Website: Its advertising the website so that the readers can go on the website to find out more other artists and latest updates/gossip.

The Left Third: tends to be left free for key content and sell lines. It emphasises on the main titles on the front cover e.g. “The Notorious B.I.G.”, etc…

Bar code, date/issue and price: Having these features on the magazine is essential because they are needed in order for the magazine to sell if their not present then the magazine wont be able to sell.

Masthead: The masthead is written is in a large font and it is bold which also stands out with the use of it being orange which means it’s a catches the reader attention better.

The Main Sell Line: It’s written in a large font and in bold to let the audience know who this person is. Also “Michael Jackson” is written in a large font right next to the image because it makes it clearer that it’s the name of the individuals that’s on the front cover. Also it says “Exclusive” which means that its in depth information about the artist.

Front Cover

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Header: It summarises other bands featuring within the magazines. Also other bands that are associated with rock are presented within the magazine as well.

Bar code, date/issue and price: Having these features on the magazine is essential because they are needed in order for the magazine to sell if their not present then the magazine wont be able to sell.

Main Sell Line: The bands name is in a large white font which stand out from the background also again the smashed glass effect is on the font which gives it that effect that the rock band is soo loud it smashes glasses, etc..Footer: Lists other rock bands that will feature in the magazine. The use of the word “Plus” emphases the point that there loads to read about which individuals that take interest in the genre might read up about it.

Masthead: “KERRANG” clearly stands out at the top of the page. The shattered glass effect on the masthead suggests a rebellion which is also associated with the genre.

The Main Image: The main image is a medium close up because its from his waist upwards. It also looks like its shot from a low angle camera because the image is shot upwards. His facial expressions looks like his day dreaming & looks like his a bit dead. The background is pain and gives the impression that his recurring from the dead.

Front Cover

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Contents Page

Masthead: In large letters to stand out. They’ve wrote “teen” in lower case letters to make it seem as if teenagers are still childish. They’ve wrote “vogue” in a different font to make it sound posh.

Main Image: The image used is set in a classroom which illustrates the “teen” part in the masthead. Also how they’ve got a chalk board & table. Also how Taylor is posing its gives off a childish vibe.

Explanatory Text: A few words describing the contents of the article to give additional information which may persuade them to read on

Article Titles: are all in capital and lower case letters to separate them from the smaller explanatory text. It highlights the theme of the article in a few words or less to keep the text minimal.

Data: alert the reader of how up to date they are.

Pull Quote: Takers directly from the article to encourage the reader to turn to the page and read on from that quote to see what its about and what is meant by the quote.

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Contents PageThe Main Image: Is a close up shot because its just a bit of his shoulders and his face. His facial expressions are innocent and naive.

Data: alert the reader of how up to date they are.

Page Numbers: In a bright colour, contrasting to the black font colour. This makes it appealing because it stand out from the rest of the writing because its written in a different colour.

Explanatory Text: A few words describing the contents of the article to give additional information which may persuade them to read on

Article Titles: are all in capital and lower case letters to separate them from the smaller explanatory text. It highlights the theme of the article in a few words or less to keep the text minimal.

Footer: Providing the reader an option to look up other interesting and up-to-date information about other music artists and it provides the page number.

Use Of Arrows: In the bottom right hand corner the writer has used an arrow to persuade the reader to carry on reading more about the magazine.

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Contents PageData: alert the reader of how up to date they are.

Article Titles: are all in capital and lower case letters to separate them from the smaller explanatory text. It highlights the theme of the article in a few words or less to keep the text minimal. Its also written in a bold font which stands out and attracts the readers attention.

The Main Image: Is a close up shot because its just a bit of his shoulders and his face. His facial expressions are innocent and naive.

Page Numbers: In a bright colour, contrasting to the black font colour. This makes it appealing because it stand out from the rest of the writing because its written in a different colour.

Explanatory Text: A few words describing the contents of the article to give additional information which may persuade them to read on

Pictures: The use of number pictures might persuade the reader to want to read more about the images used because it might interest some individuals.Masthead: The masthead used it deliberately written in a large bold font to make it stand out and to catch the readers attention.

Extras: The use of a plus sign indicates that there are extras within the magazine which some people might interesting.

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Double Page Spread

The Main Image: Is a mid shot because its showing from the waist upwards which makes the audience see the artist singing with the microphone in his hand.

Article: simple text is used in blocks with no special colouring or indents to make it stand out so it would be very boring to read unless you are a fan of the artist the article is relating to.Masthead: They’ve used a larger font and a difference colour to make “The best MCR” stand out because they want to express a point.

Images: The images used are to draw the readers attention with the use of selected images because they are wanting to portray the article.

Colour Scheme: The whole of the double page is based on a black background which portrays something dangerous/serious music. They used black, red, and white colours which is a manly colours which would influence men to purchase it. The colours used are quite contrasting colours because all the colours used stand out and catch the readers attention.

Layout: They’ve dedicated one whole a4 page purely on an image of a person with a microphone in his hand singing which makes the reader get visually attracted to the article making them want to buy it.

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Double Page Spread

The Main Image: Is a female who is dressed in red which give off the impression that sexy, beautiful. Which might influence girls to buy it because they might see her a icon or role model to make themselves want to aspire to be like her because she's fashionable, trendy, etc…. Also guys would be attracted to the model that is presented in the magazine because of how shes presented in the magazine, shes dressed very seductive her pose, her facial expression, etc… Other images: Also it’s

the same girl in every single pictures that are presented in the magazine. She's dancing which might represent that she like socialising, etc…

Strapline/Coverline: The summary is a different font and different font size to make it stand out and catch the readers attention. In addition, “Solange Knowles” is in blue which makes it stand out more than the rest of the text because the writer wants the audience to catch them specific words.

Article: simple text is used in blocks with no special colouring or indents to make it stand out so it would be very boring to read unless you are a fan of the artist the article is relating to.

Layout: The layout plays a major role especially in this case because the writer has deliberately laid out the page like that and has deliberately placed the image in the middle of the page to draws the readers attention to the model presented.

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Double Page Spread

Article: simple text is used in blocks with no special colouring or indents to make it stand out so it would be very boring to read unless you are a fan of the artist the article is relating to.

Brief Overview: this is a brief summary of the article which gives an overview to the reader about what they are about to read so they can already make up their minds about what they think, it gets them hooked into the article before they have even started to read it.

Picture: The colours she's wearing makes her look like an attention seeker because they are very bright, usually you don’t see that. She's wearing a gold chain which makes appearance better and to make her stand out better. In addition in relation to the title which says “she's not an attention seeker she's just honest”.

Masthead: The title is in quote form. Lily Allen and the type of text used makes it look like newspaper cut outs which is used in films on random notes usually demanding attentions which is ironic because they title says she isn't an attention seeker.