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Analysis of Acoustic magazine

The magazine has approximately 111 pages, the main article starts on page 38 as it is about Gabrielle Apline which is shown on the front page. The pages range between 2 and 8 between the other articles. There are 22 other stories in the magazine. The layout matches the front cover as there is a picture of the front cover in the contents page. There are 3 columns of text altogether, 1 on the first page and 2 on the other page. There are 10 images altogether on the contents page and they are all covered by images. The page numbers are around size 14-16 and the font used is Arial black or bold. The page numbers are right of the headings. There is minimal white space on the contents page. The font sizes used are 14-16 for the detail (not bold) and the subheadings (bold). There are two different fonts used, the subheadings are different to the text. There is a full image of the front cover and images of guitars on the contents page relating it to the front cover / housestyle. There are 9 articles illustrated with images. All of the images are different shoots and locations. The magazine was published by ‘Future’. The contents page links to the genre as guitars and microphones are used as images which links to acoustic. I can tell the audience is 18-30 as the images are more sophisticated but still youthful with used of images and models. I can see representations of the acoustic genre as sophisticated images with a delicate layout which symbolises music.

How this has influenced me?

This magazine has influence my creative decisions as I like the fact instruments are used through the magazine showing it is a music magazine. I would used this in my music magazine. I like the fact the magazine is sophisticated but is still aimed at a younger audience. I also like the amount of images used, this is something I will definitely use in my music magazine’s contents page. There is little writing which is good because allot of people don’t read it, they just look at the numbers and the images. I like the page numbers are put in bold text making them stand out from the rest.