Music Magazine Textual Evaluation

By Augustine Adeosun 12p

My magazine cover adheres to 4 different colours (apart from images) on the front cover, this is also used on the other music magazine, this seems to be a typical theme that music magazine seem to follow. My masthead is bold which is also used in the other magazine, this will help to attract my audience. The colours that I have use for my magazine title (Black and grey) suggests my audience may be male as they could be seen as masculine colours. The other magazine seems to follow the same convention as the main colour used is red which is again seen as masculine. Both magazines also uses borders as well as puffs to make certain text stand out. My magazine cover has a reference to music equipment, this suggest that the magazine would appeals to anyone interested in music equipment. Could represent a target audience of males interested in music equipment that is related the genre of rock. My magazine also uses a range of headline which would also be a typical convention for a music magazine cover. Both Magazines contain images of male artists, this could again suggest the target audience as being young (16 – 25).The use if the guitar and pick would suggest to the audience the genre of music (Rock).

Augustine Adeosun Music

Magazine

NME Music

Magazine

Masthead

Typical magazine cover Conventions

Typography Colour

Grey, Black, Yellow and Red.

Red, Yellow, White and Black.

My magazine cover continues the colour scheme that has been used on previous pages this is a typical theme the most music magazine seem to adhere to. Both magazines have similar contents page headline( …….. this week), this helps to introduce the contents page to the audience. My music magazine use 4 different images compared to NME’s 1 so in this fact the magazines are different. My Magazine contains and editors note, this subvert from the typical presentation of a music magazine as NME doesn’t have and editorial. Both magazines contain features and content which would interest it audience. My magazine also contains a competition, NME does not , this again suggest that my magazine subverts from the typical presentation of a music magazine contents page. My contents page also has a logo, this is typical for mostly music magazines to have there logo present on the contents page, NME doesn't have a logo.

Typical Contents page Conventions

Augustine Adeosun Music

Magazine

NME Music

Magazine

Both magazine covers contain floating quotes, this seems to be a typical convention for magazine double page spreads. My magazine contains 3 images while the other only has 1, different layout have been used as my text on my double page spread has been spread over 2 pages as well as being free to flow around the images that I had used, the other music magazine double page spread doesn’t do this as the text is boxed. My double page spread also has my log present as well as having a headline at the top to introduce the article, NME on the other hand does not, from this I can see that challenging the conventions used in this double page spread. On both magazine the article is present.

Typical Double page spread Conventions

Augustine Adeosun

Music Magazine

NME Music

Magazine