‘Licks Front Cover, DPS and TOC Analysis

By Joseph Knight

Music Magazine Front Cover

• The magazine is called ‘Licks’ because Licks is another word for lyrics, so this suits the musical genre well.

• All of the band members are looking directly at the readers, makes the readers want to read more of the magazine.

• Shadowed text – Makes it look far more unique and interesting than if it had no shadow.

• Barcode included at bottom of the cover – Necessary requirement for any front cover of a magazine.

Magazine appealed more to younger audience – fashionable younger people in the pics backs up this attribute

Three colour bar used at top and bottom of the page – all three main colours featured in mag – keeps consistency throughout entire mag

Pictures of ‘Lost Angels’ on one side/text of article on the other – far easier for the readers to read

Also keeps consistency throughout mag – TOC had pics on one side/text on the other

Slug at the bottom of the DPS – gives readers added incentive to follow the band

Pictures all on one side/text on the other – easier for readers to read rather then pics and text muddled up together Editorial pillars at the

bottom of the page – less confusion for readers

Simple layout – pics on one side/contents on the other/editorial pillars at the bottom

Magazine appealed more to younger audience – fashionable younger people in the pics backs up this attribute

Font used in TOC is same font used in DPS and Front Cover – keeps consistency throughout mag

All of the people in the pics are looking directly at the camera – want them to read about their stories