3. The masthead this magazine has chosen is a large one, we can see this because the top
section of the magazine is occupied by the masthead only. They have used white for the
obvious reason of capturing the readers attention by contrasting against the colours
used on the background layer of the magazine. The masthead also contains symbols
which are two triangles and a circle around the ‘R’ which I believe is the magazines logo
and identity. The masthead is in text slang which leads me to believe that the magazine
is aimed at a younger audience probably around the age of 17-20.
4. In the main image of this music magazine there are three young men looking directly at
the camera. From the reader’s point of view it looks as if these young men are looking at
them, the purpose of this could be to achieve intimacy or some sort of bond or the aim
could be for the subjects in the image to appear tough to compliment the magazine’s
appearance.
Also, I believe that due to the fact that dubstep is not such a big music genre the young
men in the main image do not overlap the masthead like conventional music magazines
because they’re status is not as ‘big’ as the magazine’s identity.
A long shot makes up the main image however the two men on the right are only visible
from the waist up because the rest of their body is obstructed by text and artistic
graphics. This leads me to believe that the two young men on the right are not as
important as the man on the left.
5. This is the main cover line of the magazine, we know this because it is the boldest,
brightest and largest of all the other cover lines, it is almost as large as the masthead
which could mean that it is the second most important feature on the magazine and that
the reader should notice this secondly. The cover line reads ‘The Summer of Dub’ which
is a play on the words of lyrics of a song, this tells us that this issue of the magazine was
released in summer and it is a summer edition which is probably why it is the second
most important feature, because it informs the reader that it is a summer edition. This
cover line could also suggest that the magazine is aimed at fans who are serious about
this genre of music and would have a summer filled with listening to dubstep.
6. This magazine does not have a price on it so I think that the
magazine is expensive because the smaller the print of the
price is, the more expensive it is.
The front cover of this magazine contains 4 cover lines 3 of
which are small and one is large.
The layout of this magazine is informal and unconventional.
Most music magazines are formal in their organisation of
font size, cover lines and colour of words. The graphic
effects are all created to ‘shout’ at the reader e.g. The main
cover line, the puff in the bottom right corner at an angle and
the top left corner.
The colour scheme used is made up of the colours blue,
green, pink, yellow orange and white but mainly orange,
white, pink and blue. The orange and the yellow could relate
to summer e.g. the colours of the sun; as does the green
which could relate to the colour of the grass. The blue could
connote the colour of the sky when it is summer, the pink
could link to the colour of the sky when the sun rises in the
summer and the white is a colour that matches and ties all the
colours together.
7. The masthead chosen for this black metal magazine is also a large
one however it does not have a section to itself because cover lines
and other features crowd the space. This magazine has also used
white most probably to catch the reader’s attention but also because
the colour of most of the text on the front cover is white and any
other colour probably wouldn’t have looked as good; this colour was
probably also chosen because it contrasts every colour used on the
front cover especially the black since it is used the most. The font
used for the masthead is much more jagged and inspired by the
music this magazine promotes where as the dubstep magazine’s
masthead did not link to its genre.
This magazine uses a skyline which advertises a freebees which
could mean that this magazine has been running for years, is made
for dedicated readers and fans and has made enough money to
afford to give away freebees.
Although the price cannot be seen clearly I can tell that the price of
this magazine is £5.99 and that the size of the font of he price is
very small which indicates that this magazine is expensive enough to
have the size of the font very small.
There are 6 cover lines used 3 of them are aligned to be slightly
slanted I believe that these are the cover lines that stay in this style in
each issue whereas the style of the rest of the cover lines change
according to the content and the main image of the magazine.
8. The layout of this magazine is what I would describe as organised chaos the reason being that
there is hardly any white space, the magazine is filled with cover lines and features however it
is organised because of the fonts resemble each other in style.
Because the magazine is quite chaotic you could link that to the idea that black metal music is
quite chaotic and due to the various angles most of the cover lines are adjusted to it could be
argued that this is quite rebellious because it is not following the convention of keeping
everything straight and ordered.
The colour scheme is made up of red, black, white and grey. The red could represent blood
the white (I believe) is just a contrast colour and a colour to tie all the other colours together,
the black could represent the darkness and evil that could be argued is in black metal and the
grey that is in the picture is added to age the image.
9. This front page’s masthead is incredibly bold as it is one letter,
bold white and inside of a larger red box. This red box sets the
colour scheme for the whole of the front page and probably the
rest of the magazine.
From the main image the audience might be let to believe that
this is a rock magazine due to the sexual pose Cheryl Cole is
doing also due to the sharp ring because rock is quite heavy and
rough. Cheryl is also wearing dark make up, has dark hair and is
standing in the dark while it is raining which adds a dramatic
element to it which rock often accounts for.
I believe that the genre of this magazine is misleading due to the
main image and the main cover line with the largest word being
‘ROCKS’ this would make the audience think that the genre of
this magazine is rock. However the selling line at the top of the
magazine states ‘The UK’s biggest music magazine’ which means
this magazine holds a variety of genres.
The magazine’s cover lines are in different sizes, fonts and
colours which is effective because the differentiation in the
colours would keep the audience interested. There are 3 columns
on the magazine front cover two of them are designated to cover
lines; the other side of the cover lines are in different boarders
the colours consisting of red and black which is similar to the
magazine’s vibrant masthead.
