The Header: the header in this publication is used to advertise
one of the main stories about the kerrang tour, which would appeal
to alternative music fans, because its one o the big tours at the
start of the year.
The Masthead: the masthead is very large and stands out on the
page, it uses a very distressed style of font which would appeal to
the genre of music its associated with, so this will draw in
alternative music fans.
The Main Image: The main image on the front of this issue of
kerrang is itch from the King Blues and Rou from Enter Shikari,
they are both looking at the camera which would grab the readers
attention, Rou is pulling a sort of jokey pose and Itch is looking
quite serious into the camera, this would attract an alternative
audience because they are the front men of two quite popular
bands.
The Main Sell Line: This contains the names of Two very popular
bands in the alternative music scene which will most definitely
grab any alternative music fans attention, its done in a similar
distressed font to the masthead which helps create synergy on the
front cover.
The Barcode/price/issue/date is essential to any magazine
because it carries the key publication information, which is
necessary for the sale of any magazine.
The Footer: this further helps the idea that the magazine is a
quality publication with lots of features and many articles to
read, the use of the big Plus image would grab the attention of an
alternative music because it insinuates that there is a lot to read
in the magazine.
The Rule of Thirds: The rule of thirds has been taken into
account when piecing together this front cover , I can tell you
this because the main sell has been placed on one of the focal
points.
3.
The Masthead: The masthead used on this front cover is suited
to style of music its used for, because its big, bold and strikes
out on the page, much like the music thats associated with this
genre of music.
The Header: the header on this front cover lists a selection of
R&B/ Hip-Hop artists, most of which are very well liked by the
scene, so this will attract the reader.
The Main Image: the main image on this magazine is of drake who
is very big in the Hip-Hop and is very well liked and respected by
the scene, hes pose is rather normal, but the way he wears his hat
over his face shows that hes a little street in his aesthetic which
will attract the desirred audience.
The Main Sell Line: the main sell is related to drake, who is
the featured artist on the front cover, so this alone would attract
the audience to come and look at the magazine, the name Drake is in
big bold yellow font which would further attract and audience.
The Barcode/Price/Date/Issue: this essential to any music
magazine or any other publication because it contains all the
necessary publication information.
Coverlines: the cover lines used on this magazine are all
Hip-Hop related and will further attract the audience that are
interested in this genre of music.
Flashes: there is a couple of flashes used on this fron cover
on the right side of the magazine, these are generally used to
promote and article or feature inside of the magazine, in this case
they are promoting a record label and twitter most likely the first
of which being related to Hip-Hop music.
The Rule of Thirds: The rule of thirds has been taken into
account here, because all of the stories have been placed on the
focal points.
4.
The Masthead: the masthead on this front cover is written in an
elegant font and isn't that much of a major part of the mise en
scne of the cover because its very low key, yet its associated with
the genre of music because the font used is usually seen in music
notation.
The Header: the header at the top of this music magazine states
that it is The worlds best selling classical music magazine which
would quite easily attract classical music fans, because it claims
to be the best.
The Main Image: the main image on the front of this music
magazine is of a famous opera start Simon Keenlyside, so anyone
thats a fan of classical music may view him as very talented Tenor,
so would buy this magazine to read the feature on him, also the
pose he is striking and the way he is framed relates to the
headline.
The Main sell: The main headline is linked in with the main
image because its related the model from the main image, it also
describes the Tenor as being heroic which could in effect link in
with pose he is striking.
The Barcode: this is necessary to any publication because it
contains all the necessary publishing information.
Flashes: the flashes used on the front cover of this magazine
are a big white section with the word plus advertising more
articles, a small yellow circle claiming that this issue has 110
reviews which would attract a classical music fan because it seems
like a quality publication.
The Rule Of Thirds: the rule of thirds is used well here
because not only are the articles and flashes placed on focal
points, the frame the main image as well.
5.
As you can see the contents is fairly image dominated which
would suggest that the magazine is also fairly image dominated
which would appeal to an alternative music fan, not only because
that genre is usually aimed at younger generations but because all
of the image are of artists within this genre would yet again
further appeal to fans of the genre.
Also the actual contents is down one side of the page in a
fairly small space but its all put under different headings with
what seem the most important so it would make the magazine easily
accessible to the reader so they can find the section they want to
read quite easily.
There is also a pull quote used underneath the contents
heading, which could be linked to a feature, so this is an example
of using a pull quote to advertise a feature.
The colour schemes used are fairly neutral which goes against
the convention associated with the genre because the genre is
usually seen as quite busy and quite wild.
6.
The contains page features a large greyscale image of kanye
west which would relate to his style of music which is that which
would be featured in vibe, because it fits in with the whole laid
back, chilled mood of the genre, kit also looks quite classy and
suave which fits in with the genre as well.
The contents is yet again out along the side of the page in a
way that makes the entire magazine easily accessible to the reader,
there is also a page number next to the main image which would
suugest that they are using kanye wests image to advertise a
feature.
7.
This contents page is from NME which is an indie/alternative
rock music magazine, the main image is of the Astoria which was a
music venue which would appeal to indie music fans because it was a
very famous venue where many big indie bands had played.
There is lots of text in this contents page as well which would
suggest that there is lots to read in this magazine, which would
appeal to an indie music fan, because it may suggest that there are
a lot of new exciting bands coming their way.
Also the colour scheme used on the contents page ties in with
the usual colour scheme that NME uses, so it creates a sense of
synergy and would suggest that the magazine is a quality
publication.
8.
This double paged spread is of a Parkway Drive live show
review, so typically it would contain lots of pictures taken at the
live show, another feature from this review is a smaller set of
reviews down the right hand side of people who were at the show,
also there is a small amount of text summing up the show on the
left hand side from one of the live journalists.
The review also has a start rating and some of the supporting
artists listed above the review.
9.
This double page spread is from hip-hop/r&b magazine vibe
and is a feature on new hip-hop artist lupe and basically is a
Q&A interview which may be of some interest to people who like
the genre and like to listen to all new artists coming to the music
scene, so this would appeal to them because it would help provide
some insightful background information on the new artist, so people
can decide whether they would like to listen to his music or
not.
It also has a large image of the artist featured in a sort of
street pose which is part of one the conventions of this
genre.
10.
This double page spread is from NME and is a feature on Lily
Allen, before NME have hailed her as one of the most talented
artists of our generations and feature on her would attract a large
audience not only because she is a very talented but also because
shes an award winning artist, so this would attract a large
audience outside of the genre as well.
The colour scheme and layout of this double page spread is
consistent with the rest of the pages that you would in NME which
helps creates a sense of synergy throughout the magazine.
