My media work

1. Ruba Ibnwargan
MUSIC MAGAZINE ANALYSIS
Yellow- Those elements you think have been used in a way
that is common to all magazines.
Blue- Those that have been used in a way that is specific to
a music magazine.
Red- Those that have been used in a way that is specific to
the genre of music your magazine is specifically about.

2. Masthead- The masthead has something that
is common to all other magazines and that is
that its placed at the top of the page so that its
easily visible. Not only that, but the model is
placed in front of the masthead so that the
models head is covering most of the title. From
research I found that the most magazines do
this as they don’t want anything ruining the
central image.
Masthead- The magazine also uses this
element in a way that is specific to a music
magazine as they don’t use boring formal font
because it’s a music magazine. For example
Vogue magazine is specialized in fashion and
so has an elegant look to the font, however for
this one its not serious and formal as its for
music.
Masthead- The masthead also has techniques
in which it tells us that its specific to the genre.
I know this because of the color they used. The
genre of this magazine is Rock and from my
research I know that they should use more
subtle colors instead of bright. For example for
pop, I would imagine they use bright colors for
example pink. However, as you can see they
used the colors gold and black for this
magazine.
Central image- The central image has
something that is common to all the other
magazines out there and that is that it is
placed in the center of the page. Not only
that, but from my research I found that
central images on magazines are usually a
medium shot, meaning from head to
shoulders only and as you can see on this
magazines this is shown.
Central image- The magazine also uses this
element in a way that is specific to a music
magazine as they use a singer as their
model for the central image. From my
research I noticed that all music magazines
use a singer or a famous music icon as
their central image.
Central image- The central image as it has
techniques in which it tells us that its
specific to the genre. This is because it
edits its picture to be dull. Because the
genre is rock, the audience enjoy dark
colors and that’s why you could see the
central image presented in black and white.
Not only that, but mise-en-scene is used
and the props that is used suggest the
genre of this magazine. This is because the
model is wearing a hat without a pirate
sword and that is what their audience like.
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3. Title- Magazines always contain pictures on
the contents page as it keeps the audience
interested. This is because no one is
interesting in plain text. Also, every magazine
has the word ‘contents’ at the top of their
contents page so that the audience are clear
that it’s the contents page.
Title-This contents title suits its genre which is
rock. This is because of the colors used. The
colors that are used are very dark and rock
followers like that! Not only that, but under the
title you could see that there are small
drawings, like for example the skull. The skull
usually represents that kind of genre.Sub images- This element is used in
a way that is specific to a music
magazine. This is by using pictures
of famous music artists/singers.
This is at the bottom of the page.
This is a must for music magazine
as the audience buy it for because
they are interested in music and
would like to know information
about famous music artists.
Image- Rock magazines
always present either a famous
singer or a band logo and on
this example you could see
that they presented a logo.
This is good because it
attracts the audience of that
band and so more people are
likely to buy it.
Information- Every magazine has to
have information about what's
inside the magazine e.g. articles.

4. Image- Usually one double spread
page has one picture that covers both
pages and as you can see on this
page, there is a famous singer on the
double spread page and that’s what
makes the audience interesting.
Title- This element is common
on most magazines. Some
magazines put a title, some put
a pull out quote. In this
example, they decided to only
put the title as you can see as
there are no quotation marks.
Article- Within every double
spread page, there has to be an
article about what the heading
is all about. In this example you
could see that there is an
article on the bottom left of the
page.
Colour scheme- The colour scheme of this magazine is dark. It
also suggests danger as it is yellow, white, and black. These
three colours suggest the police tape and that’s why it brings a
dangerous picture in the audience’s minds. This goes perfectly
with the genre of this magazine as its Rock and Rock audience
enjoy dark colours and danger.
Image- This is a common thing that a
music magazine would do. A music
magazine would present a famous music
artist or a singer singing perhaps like on
this example on their double spread page.
They do this because the audience buy
the magazine out of interest in music so
they would like to see a lot of interesting
music pictures.
Pull out quote- Most magazines do pull out
quotes to grab the readers attention as the
fans of the person who the quote belongs to
might would want to read what he says and
his exact words perhaps. As you can see on
this magazine, there is a pull out quote on the
bottom right of this page.
Heading-The heading is displayed
in a way where there are little
drawings that represent the genre
of the magazine. For example you
could see a skull and the audience
would enjoy this as it symbolizes
their genre of music.

5. Masthead- Every magazine either has a masthead at the top
of the page or going down from the side of the page. In this
example as you can see its at the top of the page. Putting
your masthead at the top of the page will enable it to be
easily visible or your audience.Colour scheme- The colour scheme
used on this magazine is quiet dark.
This is because as you can see the
main colour is the colour black. The
only “colour” on this magazine is the
masthead which is orange and the
colour orange is also dark as it isn’t
bright t all. They used dark colour
because metal followers enjoy dark
colours and unusual masks as you can
see form the central image.
Central image- Every magazine has
to have a central image, whether it’s
a picture of a model, singer, object, o
even a logo. In this example as you
can see it looks like it’s a picture of a
band. This is used so that it attracts
the audience as the fans of this band
will more likely buy this magazine out
of interest.
Central image- Music magazines
can sometimes use mise-en-scene
to attracts their audience which are
metal music listeners. They do this
buy using props such as masks as
you can see on the magazine.
These masks symbolize their genre
of music and that is why they would
buy the product.
Taglines- Usually magazines display taglines on their
magazines but as you can see on this magazine there is no
tagline whatsoever as there is only the masthead and the
central image. Them no putting any taglines shows that the
audience collect this rather than see the articles from the
taglines and just buy it. Also, from looking at this magazine in
front of me I noticed that the issue number and the name and
date of the magazine is put on the side of the magazine. This
backs up what I just said that they collect the magazines as this
shows they stack their magazines.

6. Contents masthead- A contents
masthead is a must in all magazines.
As you can see, this magazine
displayed the masthead at the top of
the magazine and that’s a key
convention of a contents page.
Contents masthead- As you can see
the way that they presented the
contents masthead is interesting to
the audience as the font that they
used goes so well with the genre.
Image- On every contents
page, there always have to
be at least one image that
links to the genre. As you
can see on this magazine
there is one large image as
well as 3 sub images that tell
the audience more about the
articles inside.
Image- The magazine used mise-en-
scene while taking this picture. I know
this because they used props to attract
the audiences attention. For example as
you can see on the models there are
masks and the masks would be put
under the ‘horror’ category. The
audience of this magazine enjoy these
kind of ideas.
Sub-images- A music magazine would
have to display picture of singers or
bands. This is because the audience
buy this because it’s a music
magazine so they are looking for
famous music artists and their news
perhaps.
Articles- All contents pages must
contain information about the articles
inside as that is its only purpose as a
contents page. This contents page
follows that key convention as they
have information.
Typography- The type of typography
that this magazine uses on their
contents page suits their genre very
well as there are no elegancy as this
genre is the complete opposite and
so the audience will enjoy this.

7. Heading- Every double spread page must contain a heading as
the audience must know what the article is about. This heading
is placed right in the middle of the pages so that it could be clear
for the audience to know that it’s a double spread page.
Central image- The central
image takes both pages and
that’s a key convention in a
double spread. This is done
so that its clear that both
pages belong to each other.
Pull quote- Pull quotes are usually used
by all magazines. This is only if its an
article that is about a person in this case,
a band or a singer. Pull quotes grab the
readers attention as the fans of that
specific person whom the quote belongs
to might be interested and therefore buy
the magazine to read the article.
Central image- The magazine uses
mise-en-scene to capture this
image. I know this because the
facial expressions can link to the
genre as the audience of this
magazine will enjoy reading about
“uncivil wars”.
Typography- As you can see on this
double page spread, the type of font
they used is consistent meaning
that it doesn’t change throughout
the page. This type of font is very
suitable for the heading of the
article. This is because the font
looks plain, straight, and serious as
the edges of the letters are perfectly
shaped. This also links with the
central image as well as the models
look very serious and angry
perhaps.
Central image- This magazine
uses famous band members as
their central image. This is a key
convention of a music double
spread page as it’s a way of
attracting the audience.

8. Masthead- As you can see the
masthead is placed at the top of the
page like any other magazine. This is
because placing the masthead at the
top of the page or down the side of
the page is a key convention. They do
this to make sure its easily visible.
Central image- The central
image of this picture is a band.
This is shown by placing the
band name directly in the
middle of the magazine cover.
This is a key convention of a
music magazine as it attracts
music fans (the magazines
audience).
Promotional Offers- Most magazines offer a free CD
alongside with the magazine. They also always put it on the
magazine, usually on the top left corner of the magazine
cover. Its always there so that its easily visible next to the
masthead. Free CD,s also gets the audience even more
interested to buy the magazine so it attracts the audience.
Taglines- Every magazine
contains taglines so that
the audience can have an
idea of what is in the
magazine before buying it. Colour scheme- The colour scheme that
is used suits the genre as the genre is
classic rock. This is a good colour
scheme because the text on this
magazine stands out and doesn’t blend
in with the background.
Central image- The central image on this magazine
cover has been changed. As you can see the image
has no colours as its tone is black and white. This
also suits the genre. Not only that, but it makes the
text on tis magazine cover to stand out as I
mentioned before.

9. Contents masthead- On all
magazines, the contents masthead
is usually placed at the top of the
magazine. This is so that it could be
easily visible and so that the
audience could know that it’s the
contents page.
Image- Every contents page
needs an image and as you can
see this image covers the
whole page. This is a key
convention of a contents page.
Image- The image on the contents
page is of a famous classic rock
singer. Music magazines usually do
this to attract their audience. This is
because the audience bought the
magazine out of interest in music.
Article headings- Every contents page
must contain headings about the
articles that are inside the magazine.
This is there so that the audience could
have an idea as to what the articles are
going to be about. Not only that but
they can use it to know which article is
where (number of page).
Colour scheme- The colour
scheme of this contents
doesn’t subvert the genre of
this magazine. This is because
this genre of music is a classic
and so any kind of colour can
be used for it.
Typography- The typography of this contents
page is kept very simple and understandable.
There isn’t anything complicated about it and
can go with the genre.

10. Heading- In every double page spread, there has to
be a heading that tells the readers what the article is
about. However, in this case, as you could see in
this example there is a heading but it doesn’t tell us
a lot about the articles as it only grabs the
audiences attention.
Image- Throughout every
magazines double spread page,
there always will be a big image that
cover both pages. This is done so
that the audience will know that the
two pages belong to each other and
doesn’t cause any confusion.
Article- As you can see here there
is an article and without an article or
any type of information a double
page spread will be nothing. So, it’s
a must for all magazines to have an
article. As you can see, tis
magazine presented their
information in one page. They
could’ve also spread their
information across the other page
as well.
Image- On this image as you can
see there is a singer singing on
stage. Music magazines usually
do this to makes the double page
spread more interesting as the
audience who will be reading will
obviously be interested in music.
Colour scheme- The colour
scheme of this page suites
very well with the genre. This
is because it’s a classic and
you can never go wrong with
ay colour for this genre.
Typography- The typography that this
magazine used is very simple as its easy
to read. The letters also aren’t very close
to each other so good choice of kerning
used. The font goes perfectly with the
genre as its classic and the font is a
classic too!

11. Masthead- The masthead of this
magazine is placed at the top of the
magazine. This is done so that its
clearly visible to the audience.
Promotional offer- This magazine
does promotional offers. This is a
way of gaining more customers
as they will be interested in the
CD and will also read the
magazine alongside.
Central Image- The central image of
this magazine is a collection of
albums. Magazines rarely do this but
I predict this goes alongside with the
magazine genre as the albums that
are presented are the same genre.

12. Contents masthead- The first thing that I
noticed when I first looked at this contents
page was that it has no contents masthead.
That’s why I found it really hard to figure
out if that was the contents page or not.
Article headings- The information
about the articles are going down
the page on the left hand side.
This is normal as I have seen
other magazines do this before.
The headings of the articles are
presented in a different colour so
that its easier for the audience to
read and break down.
Image/sub-images- Unlike the rest of the
contents pages that I have analysed, this
one doesn't have any images. It only has
one image of the 200 albums that is also on
their magazine cover. I am not sure way
they have displayed it like that but I will
surely do more research to find out.
Colour scheme- The colour scheme
that have been used on this contents
page is very simple in fact, it looks as
though there are no colours are at all.
I predict because the audience that
this is targeted towards are older that
the rest of the magazines I analysed.

13. Image- The image that has been
presented on this double page spread
is a picture of the band. Music
magazines usually do these and is
becoming like a key convention for
them. This is good as it attracts their
audience in wanting to read the article.Article- Nearly all magazines I
have read have an article on their
double page spread. This is
because the audience would like
to know more about the heading
or the central image.
Heading- All magazines
must contain heading so
that the audience could get
an idea on what the article
is about. This is done so
that the audience could
know if they want to read
that article or not.
Typography- The font that is used on this
double page spread goes perfectly with
genre. This is because it’s a classic and the
font has a mature look not the type of font
that would be used for a metal magazine.
Image- The image has been changed into
having no colour as it clearly shows that
tone as black and white. This makes the
picture have a more ‘mature’ and a
sophisticated look as I predict this
magazine has an audience with an older
age.