Front page analyse 4...

The background used in the magazine is good as it is a christmas theme which is relative to the time of year. The producer of the magazine carries on with the theme of christmas by making the models dress as elfs and using a lot of subheadings and captions toi make the magazine look busy the same as christmas is a busy time. The title is red and has the affect of snow on top. The producer uses cameos to show the posters which you can get inside if you purchase the magazine which is a marketing technique which the producer has used. The magazine also uses pugs and in this case the pugs are advertising the chance to win a competition.

Front cover analyse 3...

The magazine only uses a range of 4 colours for the fonts, this shows that the magazine is a simple and safisticated.

There are captions and quotations down both side of the magazine this creates a border effect so that the readers eye is aimed at the model who is a well known singer, this may attract customers to buy the magazine. This is a good marketing technique used by the producer. The writing is bright and bold so it stands out from the background.The magazines masthead is behind the model this again shows the importance of the model. Another way they get across to the reader how important the model is, is by other than the mast head Chris Brown who is the model in this case is the biggest lettering on the page.Down the right hand side of the magazine in the captions it tells the reader what to expect to read inside the magazine this may attract the potential customer to buy the magazine. The shot they have decided to shoot is a long shot this is so they can pay attention to the models clothing, this gives away the genre/type of music which the magazine is aimed at.

Front cover analyse 2...

The background of the magazine front cover is just plain white this makes the model and text stand out, this makes the magazine eye catching. Most of the writing on the page is in upper case this again makes it stand out and catch the readers eye. The caption to the left of Lily Allen's head uses colloquial language as it is an interview, this gives the reader an idea of what to expect inside the magazine. The magazine also tells the reader what to expect in the magazine by giving them a bit more information at the bottom of the screen.

The magazine uses pugs and captions to form a border around the model so that the attention is aimed at the centre of the page. The masthead is situated behind the head of Lily allen this shows that the producer believes that she is more important than the actually title.The producer has taken a medium close up of the model so that the reader can see her facial expressions

Front cover analyse 1...

The 1st magazine front cover which i am going to analyse is Kerrang. The first thing i noticed about the magazine was that the title was behind the heads of the models, this shows to me that the magazine Kerrang believes that the models are more important than the actual title. secondly i noticed the detail to the word Kerrang in the title, it has cracks across the lettering this shows that the music is loud and gives the title a good effect. The writing used is all the same font apart from in different sizes. This shows that it is a simple magazine and most likely to be aimed at 16-21 year old. The masthead subheadings and captions are all quite bold lettering to catch the eye of potential customers. The colours which the producer of Kerrang magazine has chosen stand out from the background so again it is eye catching, also they have only decided to use 3 colours for the writing which are white, red and yellow this makes the magazine look sophisticated. furthermore i noticed that in 1 of the captions it says that a free CD for every reader this would encourage a lot of people to buy the magazine.The language used is informal and colloquial this again gives us an idea of Kerrangs target audience which i stated earlier is 16-21 year old. cameos are used in the bottom left corner this gives the reader an idea of what to expect inside, they are offering 3 posters inside which may make make people want to buy the magazine. The image on the cover of the magazine is a medium close up shot of the models.

Introduction...

My name is Jack Hales i am going to analyse some music magazines for my media studies work and then finally create my own magazine front cover, contents and double page spread. I shall be constantly posting blogs to my page to update you on my progress.