This is a deconstruction of a front cover, double page spread and contents page of my chosen genre Indie.

1. The mastheadisin bold,white text
and isn’thiddenbythe mainimage
of the frontcovershowingthatit is
a new and not verywell known
magazine soit will be harderto
notice whatmagazine itiscalledif
the mastheadwasslightlycovered.
The black theme of the frontcover
inthe backgroundhelpseverything
standout a lot more and betterlike
the white mastheadmakingiteasier
for the readerstoread and see
what’shappeninginthe frontcover.
The ‘puff’hasa yellow
backgroundand isin
blacktextso itstands
out bettermakingit
easierforpeople tosee
showingitsimportance,
it isalsojustabove one
of the artistsheadso
we knowit wasplaced
there soyou will see it
because youlookat
each artist’sface to see
whattheylooklike and
if you recognize them.
The puff is alsothere to
try and make the
audience buythe
magazine byitsaying
‘FREE’ whichmakes
themfeel asthough
they’ll getsomething
for free whenbuying
the magazine.
The man in frontof all the
othermenshowsthat he
isthe leaderof the band.
Thisis because the others
are behindhimshowing
that he has more authority
and dominance overthem.
He alsolooksa lot
differenttothemall
havinga differentskin
tone,iswearinga hat and
theyall have similarhair
stylesperhapssaying
they’re all the same buthe
isdifferenttothem.
The headline says‘the
tempertrap’and alsohas
anchorage saying‘EPIC
AMBITION’showingthat
thisisan up-comingband
called‘the tempertrap’
to try and promote the
band.Thisis showingthat
the band isthe main
focuson the frontcover
as they take up well over
2/3 of the magazine and
the headline showingthat
they’re anupcomingand
goodband.
The front coverfor thismusicmagazine doesn’t
have the price tag includedwhichisoddas the
majorityof musicmagazinesfrontcovershave
a barcode and the date of whenitwas released
but thisone doesn’t.

2. The female artististhe mainimage of this
double page spreadandyoucan tell
immediatelybecause she isthe onlypersonin
the image and at the top lefthandside of the
double page spreadbeingthe firstthingwe see
whenwe lookat thisdouble page spread
showingthatthe article that iswritten isbased
uponher andno one else,Inthe backgroundwe
have ‘USA’writtenshowingthatthatis also
linkedtothe article.
She looksdirectlyintothe camera
givingdirectamode addresswith
the audience sowe feel more
comfortable andattachedto heras
we read the article thatis based
uponher makingusfeel asthough
we know herbetter.
The artist seemstoshow a lot of skinand
legsherat the angle she isposingshowing
that itis aimedtowardsa male gaze,the
redand white alsocatchesthe readerseye
lookingtowardsherlegsasthe red isthe
onlybrightcolourinthe double page being
aroundthisarea makingitveryeasy for
anyone tolookin that directionof the
double page spread.
‘She’s2009’s biggestsuccessstory’
tagline makesthe audience into
wantingtoread the article because
it makesoutthat it isthe biggest
storyin 2009 whichmakesuswant
to readit because itwill be one of
the most actionpackedand
interestingthingswe mayeverread.

3. The blue headingtothe contents
page saying‘January2013’ shows
importance asit’sthe brightest
colourin the contentspage making
the audience well aware of when
the magazine wasreleased.
The three ‘lads’are hangingontoto somethingdangling
all doingdifferent thingsandsmilinglookinglikethey’re
enjoyingthemselves.Thistellsthe readersthatthey
enjoywhattheydoas theirjobswhichiscreatingand
playingmusicforus tohear tellingushowpassionate
and fundthey’re of whattheydo,it showsusthat they
lookat it as more of havingfunandhangingouttogether
than workingandbeingboredwhichjobsare
representedasbeing.
The personwholooksto be a
womanon the far rightside of the
contentspage doesn’tshowanyof
herface,thiscould be to showher
importance tothe band butthat it
isn’treallyshownornoticedby
anybodymakingherfeel excluded
and notas respectedasthe other
membersinthe band.The guy inthe
middle withblack
jeansisshownto
be the leaderof
the band as he
openhislegsto
coverstwo other
of the members
makinghimmore
noticeable and
standout better,
he is alsogiving
directmode as
addresswiththe
camera makingthe
readersfeel more
connectedand
devotedtohim
that the others
whoaren’t
properlylookingat
the camera
showinghis
importance tothe
band.
On the mainimage the page
numberdoesn’thave anytext
underneathitsayingwhatthe band
iscalledor knownas,thisshowsas
that they’re awell-knownindie
musicband andthat we should
alreadyknow whatthey’re called,
we alsoget the impressionthat
they’re the mostimportantandwell
knownbandwrittenaboutinthe
magazine asthey’re the mainimage
of the contentspage.
The red/ orange textinthe contents
saying“Onesto watchband of 2013” is
to grasp and gainthe reader’sattention
so they’re more likelytolookintothese
bandsand artistsand enjoytheirmusic.
The page numbersare ina boldand
large fontto get graspthe reader’s
attentionsothat theyreadwhatis
writtenbelowtohelptell the reader
that itis importantandwill catch
theirattention.