The document provides a detailed analysis of the front cover and contents page of a music magazine. It analyzes the typography, color, images, layout, and conventions used on both pages. On the front cover, it notes the use of sans serif fonts, purple background color, medium close-up shot of Miley Cyrus, and standard layout following the rule of thirds. The contents page uses a mixture of fonts, white/black/blue colors, varying shot types of artists, and ordered layout following the route of the eye. Overall, the analysis examines the design elements and whether they appeal to the magazine's target audience of females.
The document provides feedback from the target audience on the student's final music magazine production called "Melodica". The feedback was overall very positive. For the front cover, contents page, and double page spread, the audience liked the layout choices, fonts, images, colors, and how everything was laid out clearly and cohesively. They felt the magazine looked professional and conveyed a consistent style. Lastly, the audience thought the magazine would be successful if published because it resembled a real magazine, was conventional for its genre, had intriguing content for its target readership, and included stories they would want to read.
From conducting audience research through an online questionnaire and focus group interviews, the author learned important insights about their target audience for a pop music magazine. The questionnaire responses showed that the target audience is mostly female aged 16-21 who enjoy socializing, music, and celebrities. Focus group interviews with two 16-year-old females provided more details, such as their preferences for ordered magazine covers, navigable page layouts, and a mix of images and text in articles. Overall, the audience research indicated that the magazine should have a mature yet colorful style, popular and up-to-date artists, and incorporate feedback on content and design to appeal to its target readership.
The author conducted research through a questionnaire, focus groups, and audience profiles to gather feedback from their target audience on a music magazine they were planning. The feedback helped the author understand what would interest and appeal to the target audience, which was mostly young females interested in pop music, in terms of content, design, and style. This feedback informed the planning and production stages by ensuring the magazine included the desired content and was designed in a way that would attract and satisfy the target readership. Overall, the author found the audience feedback very helpful for creating a magazine that would appeal to all people in the target demographic.
This magazine summary analyzes the content of the "Girl Talk" magazine. It discusses the main sections which include interviews with pop stars on the cover, posters of pop stars and YouTubers, and fashion spreads showing young girls in trends. The magazine also includes quizzes on TV shows like The X Factor that the target audience of 6-12 year old girls would be familiar with. Articles are brief and image-heavy to engage the younger readers. They cover celebrities and bands in the pop genre that are popular with the target demographic, like Little Mix, One Direction, and Disney characters. The magazine also contains many advertisements for school supplies, makeup, games, and fashion, with prices included to help readers easily find
How My Magazine Page Appeal To My Specific Target AudienceKatieWoodcock1
The document describes how the magazine pages appeal to the target audience of young females interested in pop music. Key points include:
- Bright feminine colors like pink, purple and yellow are used throughout to match the genre.
- Serif fonts are used as surveys found they are more appealing. Larger fonts draw attention to important elements.
- Images on the cover and inside feature young pop artists to connect with the audience through style and expressions.
- Content focuses on artists, fashion, and gossip identified through research as interesting to the target demographic.
The document summarizes feedback from a questionnaire about a pop music magazine production. Respondents generally liked the magazine's colors, fonts, images, and layout. The colors were bright, eye-catching and relatable to the target audience. The fonts were bold, easy to read and created a consistent style. The images attracted readers and portrayed fashionable people. The double page spread in particular intrigued readers. Respondents also felt the informal yet somewhat formal language suited the target audience. Overall, they believed the magazine would be successful once finished.
This document provides a summary and analysis of the representations in a magazine called "Top of the Pops".
The front cover represents One Direction as happy, youthful boys looking to have fun. They are smiling and make eye contact with the audience. Other artists on the cover are also portrayed positively.
The content page further represents artists as happy through their facial expressions and modern costumes. Selena Gomez is portrayed unusually as confident despite stereotypes about her gender. One Direction are part of a high social class due to their fame and success.
Images, fonts, colors and other design elements on the pages are analyzed for their stereotypical representations of gender, age, and other attributes. Artists are typically portrayed
The document discusses how Katie Woodcock represents artists in her own music magazine through various design elements. She uses fonts, colors, images, language, and content to create stereotypical representations of pop artists as young, stylish, and outgoing. Serif fonts, pink/purple colors, close-up images, informal yet basic language, and advertisements portray the artists as fun, trendy individuals who care about appearance and connecting with female readers. These representations align with typical characterizations of pop artists and the magazine's target demographic.
The document provides feedback from the target audience on the student's final music magazine production called "Melodica". The feedback was overall very positive. For the front cover, contents page, and double page spread, the audience liked the layout choices, fonts, images, colors, and how everything was laid out clearly and cohesively. They felt the magazine looked professional and conveyed a consistent style. Lastly, the audience thought the magazine would be successful if published because it resembled a real magazine, was conventional for its genre, had intriguing content for its target readership, and included stories they would want to read.
From conducting audience research through an online questionnaire and focus group interviews, the author learned important insights about their target audience for a pop music magazine. The questionnaire responses showed that the target audience is mostly female aged 16-21 who enjoy socializing, music, and celebrities. Focus group interviews with two 16-year-old females provided more details, such as their preferences for ordered magazine covers, navigable page layouts, and a mix of images and text in articles. Overall, the audience research indicated that the magazine should have a mature yet colorful style, popular and up-to-date artists, and incorporate feedback on content and design to appeal to its target readership.
The author conducted research through a questionnaire, focus groups, and audience profiles to gather feedback from their target audience on a music magazine they were planning. The feedback helped the author understand what would interest and appeal to the target audience, which was mostly young females interested in pop music, in terms of content, design, and style. This feedback informed the planning and production stages by ensuring the magazine included the desired content and was designed in a way that would attract and satisfy the target readership. Overall, the author found the audience feedback very helpful for creating a magazine that would appeal to all people in the target demographic.
This magazine summary analyzes the content of the "Girl Talk" magazine. It discusses the main sections which include interviews with pop stars on the cover, posters of pop stars and YouTubers, and fashion spreads showing young girls in trends. The magazine also includes quizzes on TV shows like The X Factor that the target audience of 6-12 year old girls would be familiar with. Articles are brief and image-heavy to engage the younger readers. They cover celebrities and bands in the pop genre that are popular with the target demographic, like Little Mix, One Direction, and Disney characters. The magazine also contains many advertisements for school supplies, makeup, games, and fashion, with prices included to help readers easily find
How My Magazine Page Appeal To My Specific Target AudienceKatieWoodcock1
The document describes how the magazine pages appeal to the target audience of young females interested in pop music. Key points include:
- Bright feminine colors like pink, purple and yellow are used throughout to match the genre.
- Serif fonts are used as surveys found they are more appealing. Larger fonts draw attention to important elements.
- Images on the cover and inside feature young pop artists to connect with the audience through style and expressions.
- Content focuses on artists, fashion, and gossip identified through research as interesting to the target demographic.
The document summarizes feedback from a questionnaire about a pop music magazine production. Respondents generally liked the magazine's colors, fonts, images, and layout. The colors were bright, eye-catching and relatable to the target audience. The fonts were bold, easy to read and created a consistent style. The images attracted readers and portrayed fashionable people. The double page spread in particular intrigued readers. Respondents also felt the informal yet somewhat formal language suited the target audience. Overall, they believed the magazine would be successful once finished.
This document provides a summary and analysis of the representations in a magazine called "Top of the Pops".
The front cover represents One Direction as happy, youthful boys looking to have fun. They are smiling and make eye contact with the audience. Other artists on the cover are also portrayed positively.
The content page further represents artists as happy through their facial expressions and modern costumes. Selena Gomez is portrayed unusually as confident despite stereotypes about her gender. One Direction are part of a high social class due to their fame and success.
Images, fonts, colors and other design elements on the pages are analyzed for their stereotypical representations of gender, age, and other attributes. Artists are typically portrayed
The document discusses how Katie Woodcock represents artists in her own music magazine through various design elements. She uses fonts, colors, images, language, and content to create stereotypical representations of pop artists as young, stylish, and outgoing. Serif fonts, pink/purple colors, close-up images, informal yet basic language, and advertisements portray the artists as fun, trendy individuals who care about appearance and connecting with female readers. These representations align with typical characterizations of pop artists and the magazine's target demographic.
Audience Feedback On My Production ImprovementsKatieWoodcock1
The target audience provided positive feedback on the improvements made to the magazine draft. They preferred the more prominent cover story and easier to read font on the front cover. On the contents page, they liked how the text was formatted with less spacing to look more conventional. For the double page spread, enlarging the main image helped it stand out amongst the other images. Overall, the target audience approved of the changes made across the drafts.
Audience Feedback on my Pitch and PlanningKatieWoodcock1
The author created a questionnaire to gather feedback from 6 people on their plans for a pop music magazine. Most respondents liked the images on the mood board and the first 3 draft layouts, finding them modern, well-organized, and suitable for the target audience. They also responded positively to the photography plan and media pack, seeing potential for the magazine to be successful. However, one person suggested including more details in the media pack and using a better range of more eye-catching fonts. Overall the feedback validated the planning and showed the magazine has potential for success if the author applies the lessons learned.
The document discusses how the media product uses and develops conventions from real magazines like Q Magazine.
It summarizes how the main cover image, headline, masthead, contents page, and double page spread follow conventions from Q Magazine in areas like photography style, font sizes, colors, and layouts. However, it also challenges some conventions by using unexpected colors for the headline to make it stand out, placing the masthead above the image so it's more noticeable, and including a sub-image on the double page spread to provide more character information. The goal is to create a magazine that fits magazine conventions but also catches readers' attention.
The document discusses how the media product represents different social groups including age, gender, class, and social groups. For age, the target is 15-18 year olds and younger artists are featured to appeal to them. For gender, both male and female artists are included to appeal to both audiences and challenge stereotypes. For class, the price and genres featured aim to appeal to working and middle classes. A range of genres also aims to represent different social groups and challenge the idea that people only fit into one group. Photography and colors are used to represent the social groups of the artists while also showing diversity.
This document discusses the design elements used in a music magazine cover and articles to attract audiences. Key design elements highlighted include using eye contact on the cover to involve readers, placing important information in the top and bottom of the page according to the Gutenberg diagram, using whitespace and consistent colors and fonts to create familiarity and professionalism, and offsetting the cover image to draw attention. The target audience is identified as young adults interested in indie music. Research was done through questionnaires to understand reader preferences and conventions. Photoshop skills were practiced to enhance images for the magazine.
The document discusses how the author attracted and addressed their target audience for a music magazine through various elements of the magazine's design and content. Specifically, the author used headings, colors, free giveaways, price, articles written in an informal style, social media promotion, images of people similar to the target audience, and a mobile app to engage readers and provide additional content. The goal was to make the magazine appealing, accessible, and relevant to its target 16-24 year old readership.
This document analyzes the front cover design of a teen pop magazine. It discusses various design elements and how they target the young female audience. Key points include:
- The masthead maintains the magazine's brand identity through consistent placement, styling and colors.
- Celebrity photos and quotes are used throughout to attract readers and convey a sense of direct address.
- Articles and free gifts related to fashion, celebrities, and popular culture aim to engage and inform the target readership.
- Design conventions like placement of elements, colors, shapes and language aim to attract readers and signal the magazine's content and value.
The document provides an in-depth analysis of the design elements, conventions, and techniques used on the front cover of a pop magazine to target its young female audience. Key elements analyzed include the masthead, sell lines, quotes, images of celebrities, free gifts/posters, and use of color, shapes and layout to draw the eye to important details and encourage purchasing. The analysis discusses how these elements appeal to the target audience and fulfill entertainment, escapism and information needs per Blumler and Katz's uses and gratifications theory of media consumption.
The document provides an in-depth analysis of the design elements, conventions, and techniques used on the front cover of a pop magazine to target its young female audience. Key elements analyzed include the masthead, sell lines, quotes, images of celebrities, free gifts/posters, and use of color, shapes and layout to draw the eye to important areas and encourage sales. The analysis discusses how these elements appeal to the target audience and fulfill entertainment, escapism and information needs per Blumler and Katz's uses and gratifications theory of media consumption.
This document analyzes the front cover design of a teen pop magazine. It discusses various design elements and how they target the young female audience. Key points include:
- The masthead maintains the magazine's brand identity through consistent placement, styling and colors.
- Celebrity photos and quotes are used throughout to attract readers and convey a sense of direct address.
- Articles and free gifts related to fashion, celebrities, and entertainment appeal to the interests of teenage girls.
- Strategic placement of elements like sell lines, puffs and posters aim to encourage readers to purchase the magazine.
The document provides an in-depth analysis of the design elements, conventions, and techniques used on the front cover of a pop magazine to target its young female audience. Key elements analyzed include the masthead, sell lines, quotes, images of celebrities, free gifts/posters, and use of color, shapes and layout to draw the eye to important areas and encourage sales. The analysis discusses how these elements relate to audience interests and theories of magazine readership to effectively target and engage the target demographic.
The document provides an in-depth analysis of the design elements, conventions, and techniques used on the front cover of a pop magazine to target its young female audience. Key elements analyzed include the masthead, sell lines, quotes, images of celebrities, free gifts/posters, and use of color/layout to draw attention and encourage readers to purchase the magazine for entertainment, escapism, and information about their favorite artists. The analysis discusses how these elements align with audience motivations identified by communication theorists Blumler and Katz.
The student created a magazine targeted towards teenagers interested in pop punk music. They conducted research including a survey to understand their target audience. They created drafts and flat plans of the magazine layout, taking conventions from analyzed magazines. The student improved the drafts, making the design and colors more cohesive. Feedback from research and drafts helped the student create a magazine that effectively appeals to their target audience.
The document describes a student's media magazine project. The student aimed to challenge conventions by including features typically found in female magazines, like beauty tips, in an indie music magazine. The two-page spread uses large pictures and bold colors like a music magazine. The contents page blends conventions from female and music magazines. The target audience is described as female teenagers interested in indie music. IPC Media would be a suitable distributor as it has experience promoting magazines to this audience. The student learned new technologies like digital photography, photo editing, magazine design software, and online publishing through completing this project.
The document discusses the evaluation of a music magazine the author created focused on the rock/pop punk genre. Through a survey of the target demographic of teenagers and young adults, the author determined the magazine should include content about activities like concerts, movies, music and social media. The survey also helped identify the genres of indie, pop punk and rap as most appealing. The author then improved the layout, images and design elements to better match popular magazines and appeal to the target audience. Changes like adding textures, banners and in-text images made the magazine seem more professional and comparable to other publications while incorporating the author's own style.
The document discusses ways to attract and address the intended audience of a music magazine. It focuses on using eye-catching design elements like vivid colors, patterns, and font styles on the cover to draw in readers. Quotes and teasers are used to spark curiosity about articles inside. The contents page provides a variety of entertaining article options. Both established and up-and-coming bands are featured to appeal to most music fans. Humor, informal language, and exclusive news and interviews build rapport with the target male readership aged 16-25. Overall the goal is to attract potential customers and keep them engaged and coming back through attractive, interesting, and relevant content.
The document provides details about the magazine media product created by the student. In the progression from the preliminary task to the full production, the student learned to:
- Take more time choosing fonts, colors, and positioning of photos and features to better suit the target genre and audience.
- Add more writing around pages to make them look busier and more professional.
- Include typical magazine elements like the publish date on the contents page.
- Position photos and models in a way that allows space for writing and shows expression to suit the genre.
- Use the main photo as the background to fill more space.
The student gained experience with the design software and learned about including necessary features to
The document summarizes an evaluation of a student's media magazine project. The student learned about magazine conventions like featuring the main story's subject on the cover. Audience testing found the magazine appealed to its target of teens and young adults. The student gained skills using image editing software and incorporating more design elements like varied fonts and colors. Comparing the preliminary and final magazines showed improvements in making images more engaging and following typical magazine formats.
This document analyzes the promotional package for the film "The Conjuring 2". It discusses the imagery, typography, colors, and mise-en-scene used in the film poster and trailer. The imagery is dark and ominous, using low key lighting to convey fear and suspense. Serif fonts give the package a mystical feel, while dark colors highlight the horror genre. Both the poster and trailer use mise-en-scene symbolic of horror, like an isolated house and ragged clothing, to engage the target audience and brand the film appropriately.
Comparison Of A Real Music Magazine And My OwnKatieWoodcock1
This document compares the key design elements of a real music magazine to the author's own magazine. Both magazines use consistent house styles throughout with serif fonts. They feature large mastheads, advertisements, and images on the covers with main coverlines in bigger fonts. The contents pages of both magazines have ordered layouts with page numbers, titles, and categories. Double page spreads in both magazines have main images on the right side relating to pull quotes and interviews in the articles, using colors and serif fonts.
This document identifies various hazards and risks associated with filming at different indoor and outdoor locations. It notes potential hazards such as tripping over electrical equipment, injuries from broken glass or exposed wires, burns from an open fireplace, and risks of falling or being bitten. It recommends control measures like securing wires, moving breakables, checking for insects or sharp objects, and planning shoots around traffic or weather. The majority of identified risks are considered moderate and will require further precautions during filming.
Audience Feedback On My Production ImprovementsKatieWoodcock1
The target audience provided positive feedback on the improvements made to the magazine draft. They preferred the more prominent cover story and easier to read font on the front cover. On the contents page, they liked how the text was formatted with less spacing to look more conventional. For the double page spread, enlarging the main image helped it stand out amongst the other images. Overall, the target audience approved of the changes made across the drafts.
Audience Feedback on my Pitch and PlanningKatieWoodcock1
The author created a questionnaire to gather feedback from 6 people on their plans for a pop music magazine. Most respondents liked the images on the mood board and the first 3 draft layouts, finding them modern, well-organized, and suitable for the target audience. They also responded positively to the photography plan and media pack, seeing potential for the magazine to be successful. However, one person suggested including more details in the media pack and using a better range of more eye-catching fonts. Overall the feedback validated the planning and showed the magazine has potential for success if the author applies the lessons learned.
The document discusses how the media product uses and develops conventions from real magazines like Q Magazine.
It summarizes how the main cover image, headline, masthead, contents page, and double page spread follow conventions from Q Magazine in areas like photography style, font sizes, colors, and layouts. However, it also challenges some conventions by using unexpected colors for the headline to make it stand out, placing the masthead above the image so it's more noticeable, and including a sub-image on the double page spread to provide more character information. The goal is to create a magazine that fits magazine conventions but also catches readers' attention.
The document discusses how the media product represents different social groups including age, gender, class, and social groups. For age, the target is 15-18 year olds and younger artists are featured to appeal to them. For gender, both male and female artists are included to appeal to both audiences and challenge stereotypes. For class, the price and genres featured aim to appeal to working and middle classes. A range of genres also aims to represent different social groups and challenge the idea that people only fit into one group. Photography and colors are used to represent the social groups of the artists while also showing diversity.
This document discusses the design elements used in a music magazine cover and articles to attract audiences. Key design elements highlighted include using eye contact on the cover to involve readers, placing important information in the top and bottom of the page according to the Gutenberg diagram, using whitespace and consistent colors and fonts to create familiarity and professionalism, and offsetting the cover image to draw attention. The target audience is identified as young adults interested in indie music. Research was done through questionnaires to understand reader preferences and conventions. Photoshop skills were practiced to enhance images for the magazine.
The document discusses how the author attracted and addressed their target audience for a music magazine through various elements of the magazine's design and content. Specifically, the author used headings, colors, free giveaways, price, articles written in an informal style, social media promotion, images of people similar to the target audience, and a mobile app to engage readers and provide additional content. The goal was to make the magazine appealing, accessible, and relevant to its target 16-24 year old readership.
This document analyzes the front cover design of a teen pop magazine. It discusses various design elements and how they target the young female audience. Key points include:
- The masthead maintains the magazine's brand identity through consistent placement, styling and colors.
- Celebrity photos and quotes are used throughout to attract readers and convey a sense of direct address.
- Articles and free gifts related to fashion, celebrities, and popular culture aim to engage and inform the target readership.
- Design conventions like placement of elements, colors, shapes and language aim to attract readers and signal the magazine's content and value.
The document provides an in-depth analysis of the design elements, conventions, and techniques used on the front cover of a pop magazine to target its young female audience. Key elements analyzed include the masthead, sell lines, quotes, images of celebrities, free gifts/posters, and use of color, shapes and layout to draw the eye to important details and encourage purchasing. The analysis discusses how these elements appeal to the target audience and fulfill entertainment, escapism and information needs per Blumler and Katz's uses and gratifications theory of media consumption.
The document provides an in-depth analysis of the design elements, conventions, and techniques used on the front cover of a pop magazine to target its young female audience. Key elements analyzed include the masthead, sell lines, quotes, images of celebrities, free gifts/posters, and use of color, shapes and layout to draw the eye to important areas and encourage sales. The analysis discusses how these elements appeal to the target audience and fulfill entertainment, escapism and information needs per Blumler and Katz's uses and gratifications theory of media consumption.
This document analyzes the front cover design of a teen pop magazine. It discusses various design elements and how they target the young female audience. Key points include:
- The masthead maintains the magazine's brand identity through consistent placement, styling and colors.
- Celebrity photos and quotes are used throughout to attract readers and convey a sense of direct address.
- Articles and free gifts related to fashion, celebrities, and entertainment appeal to the interests of teenage girls.
- Strategic placement of elements like sell lines, puffs and posters aim to encourage readers to purchase the magazine.
The document provides an in-depth analysis of the design elements, conventions, and techniques used on the front cover of a pop magazine to target its young female audience. Key elements analyzed include the masthead, sell lines, quotes, images of celebrities, free gifts/posters, and use of color, shapes and layout to draw the eye to important areas and encourage sales. The analysis discusses how these elements relate to audience interests and theories of magazine readership to effectively target and engage the target demographic.
The document provides an in-depth analysis of the design elements, conventions, and techniques used on the front cover of a pop magazine to target its young female audience. Key elements analyzed include the masthead, sell lines, quotes, images of celebrities, free gifts/posters, and use of color/layout to draw attention and encourage readers to purchase the magazine for entertainment, escapism, and information about their favorite artists. The analysis discusses how these elements align with audience motivations identified by communication theorists Blumler and Katz.
The student created a magazine targeted towards teenagers interested in pop punk music. They conducted research including a survey to understand their target audience. They created drafts and flat plans of the magazine layout, taking conventions from analyzed magazines. The student improved the drafts, making the design and colors more cohesive. Feedback from research and drafts helped the student create a magazine that effectively appeals to their target audience.
The document describes a student's media magazine project. The student aimed to challenge conventions by including features typically found in female magazines, like beauty tips, in an indie music magazine. The two-page spread uses large pictures and bold colors like a music magazine. The contents page blends conventions from female and music magazines. The target audience is described as female teenagers interested in indie music. IPC Media would be a suitable distributor as it has experience promoting magazines to this audience. The student learned new technologies like digital photography, photo editing, magazine design software, and online publishing through completing this project.
The document discusses the evaluation of a music magazine the author created focused on the rock/pop punk genre. Through a survey of the target demographic of teenagers and young adults, the author determined the magazine should include content about activities like concerts, movies, music and social media. The survey also helped identify the genres of indie, pop punk and rap as most appealing. The author then improved the layout, images and design elements to better match popular magazines and appeal to the target audience. Changes like adding textures, banners and in-text images made the magazine seem more professional and comparable to other publications while incorporating the author's own style.
The document discusses ways to attract and address the intended audience of a music magazine. It focuses on using eye-catching design elements like vivid colors, patterns, and font styles on the cover to draw in readers. Quotes and teasers are used to spark curiosity about articles inside. The contents page provides a variety of entertaining article options. Both established and up-and-coming bands are featured to appeal to most music fans. Humor, informal language, and exclusive news and interviews build rapport with the target male readership aged 16-25. Overall the goal is to attract potential customers and keep them engaged and coming back through attractive, interesting, and relevant content.
The document provides details about the magazine media product created by the student. In the progression from the preliminary task to the full production, the student learned to:
- Take more time choosing fonts, colors, and positioning of photos and features to better suit the target genre and audience.
- Add more writing around pages to make them look busier and more professional.
- Include typical magazine elements like the publish date on the contents page.
- Position photos and models in a way that allows space for writing and shows expression to suit the genre.
- Use the main photo as the background to fill more space.
The student gained experience with the design software and learned about including necessary features to
The document summarizes an evaluation of a student's media magazine project. The student learned about magazine conventions like featuring the main story's subject on the cover. Audience testing found the magazine appealed to its target of teens and young adults. The student gained skills using image editing software and incorporating more design elements like varied fonts and colors. Comparing the preliminary and final magazines showed improvements in making images more engaging and following typical magazine formats.
This document analyzes the promotional package for the film "The Conjuring 2". It discusses the imagery, typography, colors, and mise-en-scene used in the film poster and trailer. The imagery is dark and ominous, using low key lighting to convey fear and suspense. Serif fonts give the package a mystical feel, while dark colors highlight the horror genre. Both the poster and trailer use mise-en-scene symbolic of horror, like an isolated house and ragged clothing, to engage the target audience and brand the film appropriately.
Comparison Of A Real Music Magazine And My OwnKatieWoodcock1
This document compares the key design elements of a real music magazine to the author's own magazine. Both magazines use consistent house styles throughout with serif fonts. They feature large mastheads, advertisements, and images on the covers with main coverlines in bigger fonts. The contents pages of both magazines have ordered layouts with page numbers, titles, and categories. Double page spreads in both magazines have main images on the right side relating to pull quotes and interviews in the articles, using colors and serif fonts.
This document identifies various hazards and risks associated with filming at different indoor and outdoor locations. It notes potential hazards such as tripping over electrical equipment, injuries from broken glass or exposed wires, burns from an open fireplace, and risks of falling or being bitten. It recommends control measures like securing wires, moving breakables, checking for insects or sharp objects, and planning shoots around traffic or weather. The majority of identified risks are considered moderate and will require further precautions during filming.
This document outlines the production schedule, locations, costumes, props, and crew for a film shoot over 4 weeks. The first week focuses on indoor scenes filmed at the document writer's house, requiring casual clothes and props like a bed, phone, and mirror. The second week moves outside to the garden, needing a table and chairs. The final week films scenes of a character running away and texting friends in a park or on the street, using a bag, phone, poster and other props. Afterward, the director will review footage and determine any pickup shots needed.
The document outlines the shots planned for a film depicting a young girl, Lilly, who is kidnapped. It includes 47 shots showing Lilly being kidnapped, texting her sister for help, escaping from her captor's house, reuniting with her family, and smiling again at the dinner table after being rescued. The shots include establishing shots of settings, close-ups of Lilly's emotions and physical condition, and interactions between Lilly and others like her sister and a detective as her kidnapping and rescue are investigated.
1) Lilly is kidnapped after being lured to a friend's house. She is held captive and abused by her kidnapper.
2) Lilly manages to escape and contacts her sister Lacie for help. Lacie alerts their parents and friend Phoebe. A search is launched to find Lilly.
3) After escaping from her kidnapper, Lilly is reunited with and questioned by police. She is then reunited with her relieved family.
Lilly is kidnapped after school by a friend who lures her into their house. She is held captive and abused. Eventually, Lilly escapes by hiding in a shed and texting her sister for help. A search is launched. Lilly finds keys in the house and runs away, texting her sister that she escaped. She is reunited with her family after being questioned by police about her ordeal. Lilly and her family are overjoyed to be reunited after her kidnapping.
Lilly goes to a friend's house and is kidnapped by an unknown person. She is held captive in her friend's house and garden shed. Lilly escapes and calls her sister for help. Posters are put up to help find Lilly. Lilly's parents are distraught. Lilly is eventually freed when her kidnapper leaves and she runs away. Lilly is questioned by the police about her kidnapping ordeal. It is then revealed that Lilly's kidnapping was actually a dream that will continue to haunt her.
1) Lilly, a 13-year-old girl, is kidnapped after school by an unknown person and held captive in a house.
2) Lilly is able to escape from the house when her kidnapper leaves. She texts her sister Lacie for help.
3) Lilly is reunited with her family after being questioned by police about her kidnapping. Her family is overjoyed to have her back safely.
Real draft text for magazine double page spreadKatieWoodcock1
Amy-N is a 16-year-old singer and songwriter who has found success in the music industry after leaving her job as a waitress. In an exclusive interview, she discusses her career over the past six months, including her nerves performing her second show but gaining confidence from her fans' support. She also previewed her debut album coming out at Christmas, which was a personal process creating different genres of music with her sister. Overall, Amy-N feels proud of her achievements in her first year as an artist and hopes to someday tour worldwide, seeing her career as a dream come true compared to her previous job.
This document provides descriptions of images for various artists and personnel featured in a magazine. It includes details on the background, costumes, makeup, hairstyles, poses, outfits and locations for images of Amy Newell, Amellia Sindle, Ruby Parkinson, Maddi Deneri, Katie Woodcock, Ella Redhead, Emily Woodcock, Louise Woodcock and group shots of Katie Woodcock, Amellia Sindle and Ella Redhead. Descriptions are also provided for images on the front cover, contents page and a double page spread featuring Amy Newell and Katie Woodcock.
The document discusses a draft layout for a magazine about top 40 charts and a clothing line launch. The author is pleased with how the draft layout turned out but wants to make some improvements once images are obtained for the cover. The magazine will focus on remaking top 40 charts and introducing Maddy's new clothing line.
This document provides a summary of key elements found in various music magazines' media packs and covers. It describes common design features across magazines like Rock Sound, Billboard, Q Magazine, including prominent artist images, plugs and puffs to attract readers, and consistent branding elements. Information on the target audiences and what readers can access in each magazine is also summarized. The document analyzes specific techniques used across magazine covers and spreads to engage and inform readers.
This magazine cover targets an older, more educated audience interested in classical music. The masthead at the top is formal and elegant. The main image takes up the whole cover and shows a classical musician in a calm, sophisticated pose. The main cover line introduces the musician and the story in simple, understated text. Fonts and colors across the page are mellow and spread out for readability. The overall presentation is simple and professional to match the classical music genre and appeal to its audience.
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The document provides information about various music magazines, including:
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2) Bauer Media Group owns several UK music magazines including Kerrang, Q, and Mojo.
3) Rolling Stone is a US-based biweekly magazine founded in San Francisco that was started by Jann Wenner and Ralph J. Gleason.
4) Billboard is a US-based magazine that provides information about its large audience which is predominantly between 25-54 years old and has an average yearly household income.
My magazine, called Unplugged, would be distributed by a large media institution similar to the one that distributes NME, IPC Media. IPC Media publishes magazines across many genres globally on a huge scale. Similarly, Unplugged would have an ideology and target audience comparable to NME by featuring indie artists and having a rebellious tone that appeals to teenagers and young adults interested in live music performances.
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Each of the three magazine covers of 'We Love Pop' share many similarities in their design to maintain a consistent brand identity. The masthead is placed in the top left corner in the same bold, black font to ensure it catches the reader's eye. The masthead sits inside a cartoon-like speech bubble, which is also consistently placed across covers. Main slogans and sell lines above and below the masthead use short, attention-grabbing phrases about gossip, fashion, and boys to entice readers. Similar bright colors like pink and blue are also used throughout to create a fun, vibrant style befitting a pop music magazine.
This document provides a detailed analysis of the typography, layout, color, images, language, and conventions used in a music magazine cover and contents page. For the cover: the typography uses different font sizes to highlight the main story; the layout follows the eye's path and leaves space; bright colors attract readers, especially younger ones; the main image is of popular artist Justin Bieber. For the contents page: the typography is small to fit more but uses serif and sans serif fonts; the layout also follows the eye's path and uses the left column for charts; color contrasts but links to the cover; images showcase artists in the issue. Both follow conventions like using the left column and masthead prominently.
The document provides details on the layout, design elements, and content of a rock music magazine cover and article pages. The magazine cover uses design principles like the rule of thirds to draw the eye. It features iconic bands to appeal to fans. The article pages have a casual feel with images of bands relaxing and columns for easy reading. Headers, fonts, and colors create branding and guide the reader through content.
The document analyzes the magazine cover and contents page design of various music magazines. It discusses design elements like the masthead, images, color schemes, fonts and layouts used and how they appeal to target audiences. For the magazine covers, it examines how the large central images of bands, use of high contrast colors and direct eye contact from the bands help grab readers' attention. The contents pages feature bold section headings, a band index and promotional ads to easily guide readers to articles of interest and encourage future purchases. Overall the document provides a detailed breakdown of the visual design strategies employed across different music magazine publications.
The document analyzes the magazine cover and contents page design of different music magazines. It discusses various design elements and how they are used to attract audiences. For the magazine cover, it examines the use of images, logos, fonts, layout, and color schemes. It notes how these elements are tailored for the target readership and genre of music featured. For the contents page, it discusses the organization of content sections, use of headings, images and advertisements. Across magazines, there is consistency in branding elements but also uniqueness in design to suit the publication's style of music coverage.
My magazine, called Unplugged, would be distributed by a large media institution similar to IPC Media, the publisher of NME. IPC publishes magazines across many genres and has a global reach, which would allow my magazine to be widely distributed. Like NME, Unplugged would have a rebellious tone and focus on indie artists, though also feature some mainstream acts. It would target a similar audience as NME of 16-24 year olds interested in live music. To appeal to students, Unplugged would keep costs low at £2 per monthly issue.
The document summarizes the key aspects of a Kerrang magazine cover and contents pages focused on the rock music genre. It analyzes the typography, colors, images, layout, language, and conventions used. Sans-serif fonts in black, white, yellow and red are used to give the magazine a hard rock look. Images of rock celebrities and a cluttered layout are intended to attract the target audience of teenagers and younger adults. The informal language and conventional design elements establish it as a typical rock music magazine.
The document provides details about the layout and design of a music magazine contents page targeted towards teenage girls. Various techniques are used to attract and engage the target audience, such as prominent images of popular celebrities, bright colors, simple fonts, and sections tailored to the interests of teenage girls such as fashion, quizzes and gossip. Branding elements like the magazine logo and consistent design are also employed to build audience familiarity and loyalty. The overall goal of the layout is to entice readers using their favorite artists while giving the illusion of more content than is actually present in the magazine.
1) The magazine cover image challenges conventions by including balloons in addition to the artist. Other details like the masthead, tri-color scheme, and fonts conform to typical magazine conventions.
2) The contents page includes typical sections like "Features" and "What's New?" along with pictures and page numbers for articles, following conventions.
3) The interview feature uses initials as is common to save space while including relevant information. Continuity is shown through consistent colors and fonts.
- The first music magazine was founded in 1894 called Billboard which was devoted to the music industry. Music magazines became popular in the 1950s-1960s with magazines like NME and Rolling Stone.
- Some of the biggest music magazine publishers today include Rolling Stone, NME, Smash Hits, Kerrang, and Billboard. They cover various genres of music and have large international readerships.
- Music magazine covers use visual elements like photos and minimal text to attract readers' attention. Colors, layouts, and logos are consistent to help readers recognize the magazine. Covers aim to appeal to the target demographic for each publication.
Task 3 music magazine analysis, Front cover and Contents pageseleanorwardmedia
The document discusses magazine cover design across multiple magazine covers. Key points made include:
- Main images should be recognizable celebrities to draw attention and reflect the genre of music covered
- Color schemes, fonts, and layouts are used consistently across covers to create a recognizable brand
- Subheadings, artist names, and teasers are included to inform readers of content and attract different audiences
- Popular artists, genres, and exclusive content are highlighted to increase sales and appeal to target demographics
The document analyzes the cover and contents pages of a music magazine called NME. Some key points:
1) The cover uses red, white, and black colors along with isolated text and images to appear sophisticated and subtly promote content.
2) The contents page uses implicit language and thumbnail images to entice readers about stories.
3) A double-page article spread employs enlarged quotes, multiple images, and mastheads aligned with photos to engage readers.
The document discusses music magazines, including what content and images would be expected in a music magazine and general characteristics of music magazine covers. It notes that music magazines contain information about artists and genres of music through articles, interviews and images. Magazine covers typically feature a large masthead, images of relevant artists, and coverlines related to the main image and genre. Key features like the masthead and images are important for branding and appealing to the target audience. The document uses an example of Top Of The Pops magazine to illustrate a pop music magazine aimed at young, pre-teen girls based on its color scheme, fonts, language and focus on pop artists.
The document provides details about the contents page of a magazine. It describes the layout, including four categories at the top in bold and red. Headings are used throughout in bold to break up sections. There are five photographs, including a close-up of the cover artist St Vincent with red lipstick to convey fierceness. Short summaries are provided for each article, and staff names are mentioned for those interested in related careers. The magazine's website is also listed for connecting with readers online.
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1. Detailed Analysis of Music Magazine
Front Cover
Typography
Withinthismagazine,the fonttypesusedare sansserif.Thisis
usedthroughoutthe coveras it’sseenasa fontthat isof a more
relaxedstyle whichisappealingtothe eye.Itconnotesa freshvibe
to the magazine tooas it looksverymodern. Thistype of font
standsout as it issimple,yeteffective.The writingisquite bold
whichengagesthe readertothe mastheadmore as the cover lines
are ina smallerfont,sowouldnotbe where the route of the eye
wouldgoto first. Anexample of thisis‘MILEY CYRUS’ as thiswould
engage the readersintomaybe buyingthismagazine todiscover
similarartiststoherself. The name of the magazine usesadifferent
style of fontto all the otherfonts on the magazine whichagain,lets
the mastheadsstandout.The fontusedisthinand wide which
givesthe magazine achic and fashionable look.The fontsalso
relate tothe targetaudience of women.All of the significantcover
linesare outlinedincapitalswhichhelptogive the magazine more
variety.The typographyusedisconventional forapopmagazine aimedatwomenas it’sbrightand
glamourous.All of the textusedisinblockcapitals,givingitamore engagingfeel.
Colour
The backgroundcolouris purple,implying agirlyatmosphere,however,thiscolourthengradually
fadesawaytowardsthe bottomof the magazine intoMiley’sdarkclothing.Thiscouldconnote
dangerand mysterywithinher.The Billboardlogoisincontrastwiththe backgroundcolourand is
silver.Usingthisbalancesthe magazine out.Thiscouldconnote glitzandglamourlike girlswouldlike
ina magazine.Usingthe blue andgreencolourinthe 0’s of the logomake the logostand outmore
as thiscolourisn’tusedanywhere elseonthe magazine cover.The colourgoldisusedwhich
connotesrichnessandglamour,like Mileyhas.The yellow mastheadsof the coverlinesandthe
advertisementonthe topleft,standoutamongstthe maincolour scheme,andsodrawsthe
audience toan importantpartof the frontcover, defined as‘don’tmiss’.The coverstoriesare
writtenina white colour,whichisincontrastto the title of the magazine andstandsout amongst
the rest of the colour onthe page.Thishelpstodisplaythe importance of the waythe coloursare
used. The coloursusedare conventional forthismagazine aspurple isassociatedtoafun,feminine
colourand, as the targetaudience are mainlyfemales,theywouldappreciatethiswhenlookinginto
buyinga musicmagazine fortheirselves.
Layout
The layoutof thismagazine istypical asit usedthe route of the eye andthe rule of
thirds.The mastheadisfirstat the top, whichisconventional aswiththe route of the
eye,thisiswhere the readerslookfirst.Thishelpthe audience recognise whattype
of magazine itis,thenthe mainimage (inthiscase MileyCyrus)tohelpthe readers
identifywhattype of contentiswithinthismagazine,withthe restof the coverlines
and textaroundthe edges toengage the readerevenmore.The rule of thirdsisused
too,havingthe face of the artist rightin the centre of the page.The leftthirdisseen
as the most dominantasishas the official musicchartlogoon show,whereasthe
2. rightthirdonlydominatesthe barcode.The magazine hasthe coverlinespositionedaroundthe
artist.Thisis conventional asthismakesthe artistlookmore superiortothe reader. The masthead
too ispositionedwithin,andoverthe leftthird.The reasonforthisisso whenthe readersare
lookingtobuya musicmagazine,theycansee all whattheyneedlike the masthead,cover
linesandthe content, suchas the musicfestival placedinthe leftthird, ata firstglance.
Thisis conventionalasthe readerswill be able tosee the mostinformativepartsof the
magazine,before evenpickingitupfromthe shelf. The layoutisn’tcluttered,it’sasiseasy
to navigate aroundwhilstreading. The orderedlayoutmakesitlookmore professional and
organised. Thismakesitmore invitingforthe targetaudience. The contentof the magazine
istypical as it relatestothe targetaudience beingmainlywomenwhowouldwanttoread
aboutthe artistsinthe contentlike JustinBieber.The musicfestival advertisementalso
relatestothe psychographicsanddemographicsof the channel asfemaleslike goingtofestivalsand
the musicwouldappeal tothemtoo,as well asbeingheavyinternetusersandpeoplewhoalways
keepupwiththe latestgossip/trendswhilstonsocial networks.Thisadvertisementbeinginthe
colouryellowmakesitstandoutfromthe restof the magazine cover. The rule of thirdsisused
placingthe artistMiley rightin the centre of the magazine as itdraws all the attentiontohermaking
herthe mainfocal point.Hereyesare focusedstraighton the reader,thiscouldsignifythatif you
readthe article,youcouldfindoutmore. Thismagazine hasa house style asit hascertainfeatures
and elementsthatthe readerwouldexpectforthismagazine.
Image
The image usedappealstothe target audience asit’sa youngfemale,MileyCyrus.The reasonthis
appealsisdue to mostof the targetaudience beingof afemale gender.Thismeanstheywould
engage withthe photoandwant to buythe magazine to be able to findoutmore about it.This
image would influencethe wayyoungwomensee themselvesineverydaylife fromtheirstyleof
outfits, astheyare fashionable, tothe make-upthattheyare wearingontheirface. The shottype
usedinthismagazine isa mediumclose up,muchlike apassportphoto. Thiscouldhave beenused
for the readerstoengage withthe celebrity. The imagesare conventionalforamusicmagazine as
the artist performedpopmusicwhenthismagazinewasout onsale.The target audience reading
thismagazine wouldalsobe veryfamiliarwiththe artist. The artistiswearingblackthough(mise-en-
scene),whichsignifiesdeath.Thisisunconventionalforthistype of musicmagazine.
Language/Mode of Address
The language usedonthe frontcoveris informative,andchallengesthe audience astowhetherthey
wantto findout more.Anexample of thisis‘What’sreallybehindthe DOJ’SITunesinquiry’.This
makesthe audience wanttoread more and findoutaboutthisevent.Thistype of coverline fitsin
withthe target audience astheywouldmostlybe aware withthe software of ITunes. These cover
linesare conventionalformusicmagazinesasitmakesthe frontcoverlookmore finishedandmore
excitingtoreadwhenshowingshortsnippetsof anarticle.The mode of addressisinformal as there
isthe use of the words‘biz’and‘tween’. Although,thisisconventional forapopmagazine asthe
target audience will relatetothese wordsandtheywill be able tofamiliarise them whichiswhythis
magazine haschosenuse thisspecificdialect.The magazine isverylaidback,yetinan order.This
couldrelate tothe type of people reading thismagazineastheyare feminine.Femalesare seenas
the more organisedgendersothisconnectioncanbe clearlymade. Thisalsohelpstoconvey the
‘pop’ vibe towardsthe reader.The tone of thisspecificmagazine isone whichusesexcitement.The
waythis hasbeenconveyedisthroughthe colourssuchas purple andblackas theycontrast well
3. togetherinorderfor the frontpage to stand out. As there isonlyone image,thishelpsthe audience
to engage withthe covermore and as well,the publishers,PrometheusGlobal Media, have chosen
to use appealingcoverlinesinwhatthe targetaudience wouldbe interestedinsuch as‘ITunes’and
‘JustinBieber’.Thiscanalsobe classedasintertextualitythatthe readerswouldbe more familiar
with.
Conventions
I have chosento mentionmostof the conventionsforthismusicmagazine throughoutmyanalysis,
such as the layoutof the magazine inthe ‘route of the eye’and‘rule of thirds’,aswell asthe colours
used.The frontcover associatestothe popmusicgenre as there are bright,girlycoloursused
throughout,basicallycancellingthe blackof MileyCyrus’outfitout andpurple beingthe
predominantcolourdue tothe targetaudience beingmostlyfemales.Itisalsoseenasa magazine
whichcouldbe quite exciting. Thisisshownthroughthe image usedonthe frontasthe target
audience mayidoliseherorknowher. One of the bestconventionsisthe mode of address.Thisis
because itreallydeterminesthe type of audience,andwhetherthey wouldliketoreadthe magazine
as theyneedtobe intriguedin the contenttheywouldbe reading. If MileyCyruswastalkingabouta
topicthat the readerswouldnotbe interestedin,thenthere wouldbe nopointingivingthe article a
place inthe magazine.
ContentsPage
Typography
The fontson thispage are a mixture of serif andsans-
serif.Thismakessome of the textstandout more than
otherssuch as ‘contents’, ‘No1’and‘home front’.This
bringsan elementorseriousness,yetexcitementto
thispage,whichwouldmake the readermore excited
to start readingthe magazine asthere are so many
interestingthingstoreadabout,such as the musicin
the charts, to the latestgossipfrommajorselling
artists. The mastheadhas a stencil effectforwhich
givesita modern,standingouteffectandisinblock
blackcolourto make itengage the reader. All this
relatestothe target audience of femalesastheyare
encouragedtoreadit. However,the fontsdoseem
more male relatedtothat on the frontpage,so are
more unconventionalthanusual. The wayinwhichthe
imagesandarticle typesare numbered,give thispage
more of a life andfun-filledfeel towardsthe audience
as theywouldwantto readon. The ‘contents’textis
writtenatthe topof the page,as thisis where peoplewouldnormallylookfist.Itconnotesasense
of superiorityandwealth/originalitytothe magazine,aswell asrelatingtothe targetaudience,
wantingtoread a magazine thatis fun,butinformative atthe same time. Itconnotesa sense of
independencetooasthisis one of the onlytypesof magazine thatusesthistype of fontina
magazine thatismainlytargetat women. Itremindsthe audience thateventhoughthisis
4. stereotypicallyassociatedwithwomen,mencanreadit too. There are alsosome kickersusedand
pull quoteswhichare usedtograb the readerintothe contentspage,justlike the onesthatwere
usedon the initial magazine. The use of a subheadinginthe bottomrightcoverconnotesasense
that typographyisveryimportantforthismagazine asit helpsthe readerintopointingintoareas
whichtheyshouldreadintofirst.
Colour
The colourson the inside contentspage donot follow the conventional colourscheme of yellow,
silver,purple andblack.Instead, theyuse white,black,blue andgrey.The greycolourisusedforthe
musiccharts, on the leftside of the page,whilstthe white isusedasthe backgroundcolourandthe
blackand blue are usedfor emphasisoncertainpartsof the page and forthemto stand
out/contrast.These coloursare usuallyassociatedwithmalessodonotrelate tothe targetaudience
at all.The contentspage hasa whole differentfeel andvibe tothe frontcover.Italmostfeelsasif
theyare fromtwocompletelydifferentmagazines. The white bringsinasense of freshnessand
puritywhichcouldlinkintoall the articlesbeingnew andonesthathave neverbeenseenbefore.
Thisis whatpeople wouldwanttosee withinthistype of magazine.The blue couldrepresent
happinessasit’sa lightblue.Thiscouldbe whatthe publisherswantthe readerstofeel whenthey
are lookingatthe magazine. The black,again,represents death, soit’sprobablyonlyusedforthe
certainparts of the page to standout more than the rest. The highlightedarticlesandimagesare
clearlythe mostimportantpartsof thisspecificmagazine,withthe restof the articlesbeingina
smallerblackfontas theyare lessimportant.Usingthese differenttypesof colourshelptodraw in
the audience froma distance away.
Image
Some of the imagesusedappeal tothe targetaudience,howeversome of themdonot.This isdue
to the target audience whowouldbe readingthis,wouldn’t alwaysbe familiarwiththe artists
featured.I,asa girl,donot have a clue whoany of these artistsare and itdoesn’tgive any
informationonthe contentspage asto whotheyare either. Thismagazine isanAmericanbased
one,therefore thisartists mustbe more famousinAmerica,thaninthe UK musicindustry. From
whatI know,theymustbe or a musicbackgroundoriginas if theywasn’t,theywouldn’tevenbe
featuredwithinthisarticle.The publishersof thisarticle have chosentovarythe shot typesof the
images.Thismakesitmore excitingtolookatfor the readeras it isn’tjusta plain,boring,style.
Examplesof thisare that theyhave useda wide shotwithinthe image onthe leftof the magazine to
showthe personand theirsurroundings.The nexttwoimagesare more of a close-upshot.This
engagesthe characterwiththe person/artistastheyare able tosee theiremotionandhow theyare
feeling. A lastshottype usedisa mediumclose-up.Thisshowsthe whole bodyof the personandis
almostcentredinthe middle of the page.Thiscouldhave beenusedtomake sure that the reader
seesthisimage first,andthenthe onesforthe cover stories. However,usingthistype of shotis
unconventional foramusicmagazine asthe readerslike toquicklyidentify whothe people are,yet
usingthisshotmakesit more difficultforthemtodo this. The mise-en-scene usedonthisimagesis
high-keylightingas thishelpstomake all the imagesstandout.The image of the man in a close up
makeshimlookquite dominantashe lookslike he’spokingoutatthe screen. The costume thatall
the people are wearingare all seenascontemporaryandmodern.Theyare all fashionable and
wouldappeal tothe target audience astheywouldrelate tothe clothesandmightevenwanttobuy
them. The imagesare conventional forthisgenre of magazine asthese artistsandconventional to
the pop musicindustry.
5. Layout
The contents page has an orderedlayout.Thisfollowsthe patternof the
frontcover beingorderedtoo.Thisgivesafeel thatthe publishersof this
magazine wantedittobe a verymodern,yetsophisticatedmagazine. It
wouldappeal tothe target audience astheywouldeasilybe able toread
and navigate aroundthe page due to certainparts of the page,having
certainplacesto be. The route of the eye isused.Firstly,the readerssee the
masthead,inthiscase thisis the ‘contents’.However,due tothe sizing,they
mightalsosee the ‘No.1’.Thisisusedto helpthemrecognise whatpage
theyare onand to recognise the magazine even
more,than justfromthe front cover. Then,itgoes
throughto what ison eachpage of the magazine in
orderto helpthe readersnavigate arounditeasily.
Withinthis,the chartspart of the magazine whichis
positionedtothe leftof the page,comesinto eye line.The publishershave
usedthistechnique inorderforthe readerto now engage onthat too,and
not justskipoverit.Lastly,there are some longerfeaturespositionedatthe
verybottomof the contentspage. Thisgivesasneakpreview intowhatthe
magazine will include andgivesthemadditional information.Subheadings
are usedabove eachsectioninorderto space out the writingandgive itan
organisedfeel toit. Thiswill encourage the readerstowantto readthe full
article,sotheywill readon. All of these positionsare conventional asthey
start fromthe mostimportant,toleastimportantpart of the page. The rule of thirdsprinciple isalso
used.The mainpart of the contentspage isin the verycentre third.Thisisconventional forthispage
as it’smeantto be an informative page sothe readerscanfindout exactlywhatwill be featuredin
thisspecificmagazine. The route of the eye alsogoesstraightthroughthe middle of the page sothis
isanotherreasonwhythe mostinformative partsare positionedthere. The thirdleftatthe topof
the page,has beenused forthe chart billboard.Thisrelatestothe real magazine name.Thisinforms
the readersaboutthe hottestcharts/singlesof the week.Thisisconventional asit’samusic
magazine soshouldinclude thingsaboutthe charts.Choosingtouse alayoutof a billboardto
achieve this,reallygivesafeel tothe magazine asitmakesthe readersfeel thatthe magazine has
reallybeenthoughtaboutandnotjuststuck together. Thisisthe mostdominantside of a page,
hence whythe publisherschose topositionit there. Whenthe readersopenthismagazine,thisis
the side whichtheywill see firstsowill like this. The magazine name ispositionedinthe thirdleft
too. The writinghasbeenplacedina veryspecificwayaroundthe image of the womantoo.As she is
crouchingdown,theyhave chosentoplace the writingaroundher.Thismakesthe contentmore
interestingandintriguingforthe audience.
Language/Mode of Address
The language usedonthe contentspage isquite formal.Thiscouldbe due tothe magazine
publisherswantingthe reader’s firstimpressionstobe goodones,especiallywiththe target
audience beingmainlyworkingwomen. Itincludescoverlineslike‘upfront’and‘features’which
wouldn’tbe usedineverydayconversation/language.Thiswould make the audience wanttoread
intoit more as the language isverysophisticatedandmodern.The languageusedvariesassodothe
coverlinesinorderforit to appeal toany person,as differentpeople have differenttastessothere
needstobe somethingforeveryone.Examplesof thisare ‘countrymusic’and‘Latinmusic’.These
6. are twoverydifferentcontrastinggenresof music,therefore the publishershave done theirjobto
give somethingforeveryone.The mode of addressismore formal onthe contentspage than itis on
the front coverof the magazine.Thisisdue tousingthe wordsthat I have alreadyspokenabout
earlieroninthisparagraph. It is conventional forthistype of magazine asitrelatestoall the genres
inwhichthisAmericanmagazine portrays. Italsohas to appeal toa target audience thatismainly
women,however,the contentspage failstodothisas not all womenwouldwant toread intoso
much detail,theywouldjustwanttoknow the facts. It failstouse the dialectthatthe target
audience wouldbe familiar.It’smore eccentricandover-the-topthansome magazinesusuallyare of
thisgenre. The magazine speakstoitsaudience inaveryinformative manner,like all of theirreaders
are seenasimportantto them.Thiscouldbe due to these kindsof wordsrelatingtothe professions
that theirreadersdosuch as workinginan office.Theycouldfeel asense of securitywhilstreading
this,feel athome andin an environmentinwhichtheyfeel comfortable in. Thismagazinehasavery
informative tone toitthroughthe use of primary,contrastingcoloursandby usingveryspecific
image shotsas well asappealingfontsandwordslike ‘Ineveryissue’and‘Live fromPuertoRico’.
Conventions
I have chosento mentionmanyof the conventionalelementsof thiscontentspage
throughoutmyanalysis.However,one of the conventionsisthatthe publishershave chosen
to keepthe Billboardlogoonthe lefthandside of the page. Thisistraditional tohave ona
contentspage,therefore itsignifiesthatBillboardisaveryprofessionalcompany. Thisis
conventional asthisiscarryingthe mastheadonfrom the frontcoverintothe contentspage.
The contentspage is less conventional thanthe actual frontpage of this magazine asit
doesn’tuse the conventional coloursthatare associatedwithfemaleslike pinkandpurple
etc.It is also conventional due tothe layoutasithas contentslistingsandsmallerimages
whichhelpindicate smallerarticles. All the imagesusedrelateto the genre of the magazine
and the articles tooas theyall relate tothe widergenre of itjustbeingaboutmusicitself.
Thismakesit more eye catching. The layoutiswell orderedandstructured meaningthatitis
easyfor the readerto navigate around.Thisconnotessophistication.
Double Page Spread
Typography
The fontsusedacross thisdouble
page spreadare serif andsans
serif.Sansserif isusedasthe
mastheadof the spread.This
couldhave beenusedasit’sa
more relaxedfontandismore
appealingtothe eye.Itconnotes
a freshand youngvibe toit.The
boldtextof the font usedfor
‘PrimaryColours’andthe red
colourusedbehindithelpsitto
be more appealingtothe eye
and helpsthe audience be more
engagedwithinwhatthisarticle
mightbe about. The serif fontis usedfor the standfirstinorderforthe audience tosee itand read
more informationonthe article before readingthe whole of it. Aswell asthis,the Byline isinthe
7. same font,but isinitalicsso can be seenevenmore clearlywhilstthe restof the otherfontsare
aroundit. The whole article isinthe sansserif fontwhichhelpsthe readerengage intoitagain,as,if
it wasin an olderlookingfont,like serif,thentheywouldn’twanttoreadthe article as much as it
wouldn’tlookverymodernorsophisticatedlike articlesinthe Billboardmagazine shouldbe. The
publishershave alsocleverlychosentocall the article ‘primarycolours’.Thiscontrastswiththe
coloursthat are presentonthisdouble page spreadastheyare red andblue.The typographyis
bright,cheerful andfun. Thissubconsciouslyallowsthe targetaudience tofindthisstyle of font
more appealingtotheireye. The typographyisconventional foramainlypopmagazine genre as
theyhave an energetic,funkyfeeltothem. The whole of the mastheadiscapitalised, once again
givingitan energeticfeel. The ‘Billboardbiz’ logointhe bottomrightof the page isalsoassociated
withthe restof the page as it’swritteninaprimarycolour again. A kickerisalsousedat the start of
the copy witha ‘T’.This has beenusedtograb the readersin,yet,alsoitcouldrelate to the artist,
withhername being‘Taylor’.
Colour
The main coloursusedare red,blue andblack forthe article.The reasonthe publishershave chosen
to use these coloursonthisdouble page spreadisdue to thembeing‘primarycolours’thatrelate to
the mastheadof thisarticle. RedcouldlinktoTaylor Swift,the artist’s,album.Yellow couldconnote
happinessandfun,whichiswhatthe readerwouldwantto feel whenreadingthisarticle.The grey
backgroundbringsa sense of sophisticationtoitas greyis associatedwithbusinesswomenwho
wearsuitsetc. The mastheadiswrittenina differentcolourtothe mainarticle,makingitbe the first
thingthat the audience looksatonthispage. Thisclearlydisplayswhatismore importantand
attractive to the readers. Theylookat the keycomponents,beforethe rest. The coloursusedare
conventional asthismagazine like tocreate a funand energeticfeel toall theirarticles,inhope that
people willalwaysgetthe nextmagazineafterreadingtheircurrentone.
Image
The image usedappeal tothe targetaudience asthe personinthe image isa celebritywhothe
target audience of thismagazine will be familiarwith,(TaylorSwift).Thisimage will influence the
target audience of mostlywomen,due totheirstyle,make-up,ortheirline of business.Inthiscase,
a musiciananda fashionicon. The shottype usedis a wide shot.Iknow thisas it showsthe
surroundingsandbackground of the artist,as well asshowingherwhole body. Thisenablesthe
audience toreadaroundthe artistand recognise themfromfarawayeasily. The clothesshe has
chosento wearare quite casual,however,theyare quite fashionable atthe same time. Taylorisalso
seentobe quite youthful,confidentandgood-looking.Thisup-to-dateoutfithelpstoconnote the
modernvibe of thismagazine,aswell asimage consciouspeople. Thisisaconventionalwayto
displaythe artistas ithelpsgrabthe readerin. Thiscan encourage girlsthattheydon’thave to wear
the most fashionableclothestobe able tostand out fromthe crowd. The image usedisconventional
as the artist performsmusicsorelatestothe overview of the Billboardmagazine.TaylorSwiftisalso
recognisedbymanypeople,socanbe identifiedreallyeasily.
Layout
8. The layoutof thisdouble page spread hasa simple,yetorderedlayouttomake itmore
sophisticated.Thiswouldappeal tothe Targetaudience asitconnotesa more organisedmannerto
it.This double page spreadusesroute of the eye,drawingthe
audience acrossthe mastheadtohelpthemrecognise whatthe
article will be about,thentothe coverartist,to intrigue theminto
readingthe article,andthen across to the contentsof the actual
article,whichencouragesthe wideraudienceassomeone may be
intriguedintowhatthe contentistalkingabout. The masthead isn’t
veryconventional.Thisisbecause theyare usuallyinthe topleft
corner,howeverthisisinthe right.Thiscouldbe because the
publisherswantthisspecificarticle tostandout. The neatorganisationof the textonthe right hand
side of the spreadconnotessophistication. The principleof thirdsisalsoused.Thisisbecause onthe
vertical lines,boththe image of TaylorSwiftandthe copyare there forthe readersto clearlysee.
Alongthe horizontal lines,the same thingsare there,inordertoyetagain,give the spreada sense of
sophisticationandmodernity. The publishershave alsochosentoplace the image of TaylorSwifton
one complete side of the double spread.Thisengagesthe audience withthe artist theyare reading
due to the organisedlayoutof thisspreadasit’sseenas more eye-catchingandoriginal.The vertical
textof the article andthe horizontal image contrasttogethertoletthe reader’s eyeseasilytravel
across the page,lettingthemviewthe entire article.
Language/mode of address
The language usedonthe frontcoveris sophisticatedandmightexcite the audience intowantingto
readthe copy.For example the caption‘The storybehindTaylorSwift’sblockbuster‘Red‘,makes
the audience wanttoread itand challenge whatitsays,as it’slikelytheywillbe able tofindout
more about thiswhenreading onfromthe standfirsttothe copy. Thisstandfirstisusedwell asit
exaggeratesthe mostinformative partsof the copy,makingmore readerswanttofullyreadon.The
mode of addressis formal, withthe use of the words‘palette’and‘experiences’.Thisisseenas
unconventional forthe Billboardmagazine asit’smeanttoseem‘hip’and‘downwiththe kids’kind
of style,howeverthisspecificarticle ismore formal whichwill be able tointriguemore thanone
type of specificaudience. The double spreadspeaksinaverymodernandsophisticatedmanner,
whichrelatestowhatthe targetaudience wouldwant.The spreadalsoaddressesthe audiencein a
conventional way,byusingastandfirsttostart the copy/article off.The tone of the magazine is
intriguingandsophisticated.Thisisshownthroughthe use of brightprimarycolours,abig clear
image andappealingwordsthatrelate tothe artist suchas ‘emotions’and‘songwriters’.
Conventions
I have chosento mentionmostof the conventionsforthisdoublepage spread,throughoutmy
analysis.Examplesof conventionsae the brightuse of typographyandthe imagesusedrelatingto
the musicgenre.TaylorSwiftwill be afamiliarfigure thatthe targetaudience will know,like or
idolise.The magazineassociatesitself throughthe predominantuse of primarycolourswhichrelate
to the target audience.A keyconventionisthe mode of address,whichplaysakeyparton whether
people willchoose toreadthisspecificarticle ornot.Anotherconventionisthat the content
includedinthisarticle issomethingthatthe audience will be able torelate toquite easily. A last
conventionisthatthe copy/article textisarrangedincolumns.Thismakesthe texteasiertoread
and lookmore professional,aswell asmakingthe audienceinterestedtoreadon.