Reggae Magazines AnalysisJeppe Laursen

Cover Page

This is a close up shot, where only his face is shown

It is from a slightly high angle

He looks to be in a state of thought, looking at his eyes looking into the distance. This is indirect access

Very dark lighting and a dark background, this helps put most attention towards the imageVery little text

and titles on the cover, attention is lead to the artist once again

Festival names

Artist names

Date and issue number

Magazine name and logo

Contents PageUsual reggae colors

Black yellow and green color scheme, 3 Rastafarian colorsWell organized with text boxes in line. Very Grid like, which makes it easier for the reader to navigate around

Magazine name and logo included again

Quotes from artists, also page numbers of their interviews

Black and white image, this shows the age of the genreSummary paragraph on the

magazine talking about where is its from. This educates the reader about them

Portraits of all the interviewees within the magazine

Generally black background sets the mood

Double Spread Page

A lot of well organized text

Non real sub images all relating to the articlesPaper is edited to look old, works with mise en scene

Rule of third applied, each page has roughly 3 articles on it

Each article is split up by the red dotted line

Many short but informative articles

Article headings are highlighted in bold and larger writing

There is no major image, so most focus is towards the texts

With the large amounts of texts this shows that probably the magazine is target towards older people who thrive more on reading and not visuals

Cover PageTitle with release date and issue number

Organized boxes displaying seriousness

Medium shot on a straight angle to display his upper body

Color scheme is very low key sets a serious moodSunglasses makes him mysterious making the reader want to find out more about him

Strong emphasis on this sub titleVery little secondary headlines, a lot of focus on the shot

Traditional reggae colors

Fuzzy writing out of shape

Contents Page

Very lively colors, going with the Rastafarian color scheme

Major subtitles, highlighted with bold and larger writing

Organized layout, with little information. This makes it easier to navigate around

Headlines within the magazine highlighted

Small article about Bob Marley summarizing the influence of reggae

Little introduction to the magazine and how to read more

One sub image relating to article under

Double Spread Page

White background making it more light and attractive to the reader

Looking through the magazine, for each section these colors changed from red to yellow to green. Following the Rasta color scheme

A lot of images used, less texts which makes it more visual for the reader

Images are action shots, not set up ones

No page numbers

Article titles have different font colors, stands out well

Short bold introduction of the articles

Cover PageTraditional reggae colors

Magazine issue and release date

Quote from artist

Costume is very Rastafarian

Medium shot, displays his whole upper body

He has been dressed for this shot

Very little subtitles

Faded background putting the focus on the artist in the middle

No opposing colors, sticking with the traditional Rastafarian scheme

Contents PageEdited to look old

Black and white image

Well organized, line for line with a page number at the end of each subtitle, makes it very easy for the reader to navigate

Short summary about reggae trend

Slight faded colors, red green and yellow in the background

Headlines are in bold highlighted with a star next to them

Information looks very crammed in

Double Spread Page

Paper edited to look old and dirty, this goes with the mise en scene of reggae

Back ground color scheme of yellow red greenAll pictures

related

Most text is very hard to see because of background

One article has white background, really stands out

Subtitles are in bold and larger size text All

articles are related to reggae

Because there are no larger images on this page, most focus is lead towards the text

Pictures aren't real, they have been created. They look like album covers