Hello!
I am going to be deconstructing the front cover, contents page and double page spread of a music magazine.
Cover
The magazine is called NME and is shown in the top left
third, it is aimed at men aged 16-30, I
think this as the colours used on the front cover are colours such as red,
black and white which due to them being somewhat ‘bland’ colours it would be
more aimed to men as colours aimed at women tend to be a lot brighter such as
blues and pinks. Also the image on the cover is of a band, Arctic Monkeys, the
band look very manly and the lead singer is standing slightly in front of the
other band member and he has his arms crossed and his head isn’t straight it is
dropped slightly which gives the effect that he is intimidating and is looking
down at you, giving off an almost ‘bad boy’ look. Men would find intriguing as
if it is someone they need to stand up to or to be like. Arctic Monkeys have
also been a very well-known band for years now so would be easily recognised on
a magazine cover, especially by their fans. The font of the front cover is a
bold Sans Serif, this font is aimed more at men than women as women tend to
like curls or text that is like hand writing, whereas this is bold and
plain. The magazine has a yellow circle
in the bottom right third that states the magazine have reviewed Arctic
monkey’s brand new album, this might persuade the target audience to purchase
the magazine as buying the magazine and reading the review would be cheaper and
safer than buying the album and possibly not liking it.
Contents
The contents page is one page that is densely packed
but not too packed to understand or look at. The colours on the contents page
are red, black and white, the same as on the front cover meaning they have a
constant colour theme running throughout the magazine. The header is in the top
centre third of the page and is in a bold black serif font stating ‘inside this
week’ and the publication date is shown in a smaller font just below. There are
a lot of images of a few sizes on the page, the images are those of the
magazines main article and the page number is also shown in large there. NME do
this as it enables the audience to pick out the main articles or to quickly
find the article they are looking for. The contents page features a medium size
advert regarding a subscription to their magazine which is in the bottom right
third, this is in bright red so is very noticeable on the white background.
Double Page Spread
The magazines main double page spread is
of what is featured on the front cover, the band Arctic monkeys. The left hand
side of the spread is a full sized image of the band looking happy and smiling.
The right side of the spread is an article about the band and their new album,
the text is small and split into three columns. “You can’t worry what people
think” is used as a pull quote, this quote will pull the reader into the
article as they wonder what the topic of the conversation is. “R U Ready?” is
the article title, this is a rhetorical and is put there to ask the audience
possibly, if they are ready for what they are about to read. There is a strap
line under the article title in a smaller font which explains in brief what the
article is about, key words are highlighted in red. The actual text starts with
a drop cap ‘T’ in red and the rest of the text is followed in the original size
in black. The article looks very good to the eyes and has no things that are
too distracting to the reader. The colours black, white and red are also shown
very clearly throughout this article.
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