Analysing music

magazines

Header: clearly shows the company’s name as its bold and stands out most from this cover.

Call out: “the 1975” to attract attention of

particular fans. Bold and pick for attraction and to co-ordinate with colour

scheme.Main image: Black and white, so colours of

clothing will not distract away from the main colour

scheme set for the front cover. Slightly off centre,

one man looking away and one looking forward gives a uniqueness by not both subjects looking forward and being un-original.Call out: “the Smiths” clearly shows the main article of this magazine this particular month by

the size of the font saying “smiths” to attract

attention again from that specific music taste. Linking this with the

image, it’s the magazines main focus.

Call outs on the column inch: well known musicians to

again attract attention from specific audiences

to purchase this magazine. Again, pink

and black is used to fit in with colour scheme as well as being bold to

stand out.

“2014 special” makes it sound exclusive and

that only Q has this authority and power

over other magazines. Main colour scheme: black, white, grey and

pink. The header “Q” does not cooperate with this as

it’s the traditional and well known title for the magazine being red.

Target audience:They have set their

target audience specifically for The Smiths fans, so a

teenage/young adult audience. They have

done this by making this the main subject by the image and largest call out on the front cover. However, their target audience may vary slightly by having

column inch call outs with other well-known

music artists which may appeal to other

audiences.

The colour scheme:By having a black and white colour scheme with a bright colour pink may incorporate a specific target audience in

which Q wanted to reach, maybe interpreting an older generation by the black and

white scheme.However, this could just be to be different and make

the pink fonts stand out and so draws attention to these

specific call outs. Skills: Using layers: layering words and the image on top of each other to look professional and so no space is left empty- fills

the pageColumn inch: minimal

column inch yet is effective as its bold and

stands outAll wording is visible and

not blurred by background image.

The effect of these

particular aspects to the

cover..

Header: “billboard” down the side and so is different from other magazines. It also matches Pharrell’s skin tone, which sticks with the colour scheme and links the subject in well. The actual font is

rounded and bold, maybe this could interpret its

target audience of young teens and adults. Subject: he is looking

away and is centre of the page, taking up all space in which maybe why the

hat has been incorporated. Clothes fit in

with the colour scheme and so have been hand

picked by photographer or editor?

Shading on his face makes the photograph

look better and look professional.

Column inch: doesn’t stand out as much yet is noticeable and readable.

Bold and italics have been used for

exaggeration or for attraction.

Call out: “best song battle” hints at what the

article about Pharrell may be about or

include.

Bold writing in column inch: “Pharrell” has been put in bold for attracting attention of the specific

audience.

Colour scheme: Brown, white and shades of grey.

This magazine is much plainer than the first one,

simple yet effective.

Target audience: I believe the target

audience is aimed at teenagers to young adults, as Pharrell

Williams is a current music artist and

attracts the younger generations.

Compared to the other cover, this one mainly focuses on one artist, and briefly mentions what the magazine also includes in the

column inch.

The effect of these

particular aspects to the

cover..

Skills:Layering: They have layered Pharrell so his

hat is infront of the header yet his body is behind, this is done to

look professional and to link it all together. Different fonts:

different fonts used to attract attention (eg:

bold is to stand out and make visible and italics used to be easy on the

eye when reading, much softer than bold)

The colour scheme:By having the colour

scheme darker colours with white to contrast maybe done to target an older

audience by not using block bright colours like pinks and

reds. Its done to look professional and mature.