Media A Level

1. ‘Q’ Magazine
Name: Jonathan Sheehan
Candidate Number: 2127
Center Name: St. Andrew’s Catholic School
Center Number: 64135
OCR Media Studies – AS Level
Unit G321: Advanced Portfolio

2. My chosen magazine of inspiration has a very bland contents
page with the bare minimum of information. They have done
this for a simplistic effect however for my main task I want an
in-depth contents page. I decided to choose another
magazine as my inspiration as well as CLASH and this was ‘Q’
because of the interesting detailed features they include. So I
have analysed a double page spread and contents page
around this magazine instead.

3. Contents Page – Analysis

4. Double Page Spread Analysis – Lana Del Rey

5. The questions asked to
the band have their own
section highlighting
their importance and
that they are
interesting. Each
question involves every
band member and
contains forms of
humour. Involving the
actual person(s) being
interviewed is a great
way to create a
relationship with the
readers.
The page contains other
pictures of relevant
information for example
what he band have
been eating which
breaks up the repetitive
text and gives the
reader synergy.
The text is all set on one
page which is a feature
that I will not be using. I
prefer CLASHs layout of
the small text in the
corner with a more
typewriter font with the
white background over
the picture. That is what
I will use in my double
page spread.
The image has a green filter on it which symbolises that the
band is quite muggy and boisterous, this could be the look
that they are going for. Just like the last image they have been
given the whole page highlighting their importance.
The band members in the image give the look
as if they do not care about anything, holding
their middle finger up and the smashed plates
coke cans represent this clearly.
There is
information/promotion
in the title showing that
they are trying to cram
every piece of
information into the
page as possible, not
leaving blank spaces can
make the reader think
that the page is more
interesting and vibrant.
The title is extremely large and bold which I
like, it shows the importance of the band
members and it highlights directly that the
page is about them and them only.
The font style is in the usual basic times new roman
which does not specially symbolise anything major.
However the highlighted red sections are a great way to
show important sub titles.

6. Contents:
• The first style I would like to use from ‘Q’ magazine is the way the editor has kept the
colour scheme with the number icons and how they are in chronological order. I would
like to keep in my magazine the consistency that ‘Q’ has used with the story and the
detail underneath as it looks professional and gives the right amount of detail away to
the reader in order to interest them.
• Secondly I like how there is a large image towards the top right of the page and how it
takes up a large quantity of the page. This is obviously due to the fact that the main
story is about them (Oasis), however it breaks up the repetition of writing and is
aesthetically pleasing.
• The last feature that I am going to copy from ‘Q’ is how they have used in every copy a
‘Every Month’ section, which every moth has the same stories. This is good as it shows
a bit of repetition for the reader, so that every month a part of the magazine is familiar
to them and not completely new every time.

7. Double Page Spread:
• The biggest feature I am most fond of is the simplistic approach ‘Q’ have undertaken
with their main image, the close up holds many hidden meanings and I like how this
portrays different feelings to different readers. The colour scheme and make up effects
used are very professional and show off every feature that Lana has.
• My second feature that I will be using is the font style. I have motioned before about
how I would like to use a typewriter style font from my chosen magazine of inspiration
‘CLASH’ but now that I have seen it in ‘Q’ as well, I can see that it is a perfect and
professional font to use.
• The last feature I would like to use is a very large drop capital. This has been used with
the start of the sentence and it quite apparent. The large ‘S’ taking up a lot of the
room confirms that the person in the double page spread has a lot to say about them
and that they are of importance because the feature has been used on them.