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- 1. General questions aboutmusic magazines
- 2. A musicmagazine is a magazine dedicated to music and music culture. Music is a specific genre of magazine which contains sub-genres of different music categories such as: Pop, Rock, Hip-hop, Classical etc. They are created for a specific target audience that are interested in the specified music genre.
- 3. You wouldexpect to find text about individual music artists. Music magazines typically include music news, interviews, photo shoots, essays, record reviews and concert reviews. The news is likely to be about new or upcoming singles and albums, they might include the music chart according to the genre of music that the magazine is focussing on.
- 4. You wouldexpect to find images of the music artists associated with that genre of music. You might also find images of things generally associated with that style of music, for example: violins and pianos on a classical music magazine and drums and electric guitars on a rock music magazine. The images might be stereotypically darker on a rock magazine to reflect and appeal to the target audience. Whereas they may be brighter and happier on a pop magazine.
- 5. Masthead thatlinks to the music genre The cover lines and main image will link to a music artist who is likely to be well known or a newcomer within the genre. The date, price and barcode are a legal requirement You are likely to have direct address in the main image A skyline/strapline will call the readers attention to special features and featuring music artists Anchorage text about a main artist
- 6. Questions about musicmagazine front covers (looking at 4 covers)
- 7. Large mastheadis positioned at the top of the cover Main image of a music artist or band Main sell line/anchorage text linked to the main image Cover lines are either side of the image Rule of thirds is used and the main image is most likely to be central
- 8. The mastheadinstantly tells the reader the name of the magazine and often suggests the genre by the use of font and colours The main image is likely to be of someone that the target audience are familiar with so this attracts the right audience to the magazine The main cover line will tell the audience who the main image is and may give a quote or link to the article about them Cover lines are placed either side of the image so that they do not obscure the image up. Rule of thirds is used to follow conventions of magazines and so that specific images or text are positioned in hotspots.
- 9. The sub-genreof this magazine is Pop. We instantly know that this is the sub-genre because the masthead is ‘Top of the Pops’ which was also a well known pop music show. The main image is of the famous boy band One Direction who fall into the genre of Pop. Other more subtle things suggest the genre, such as the bright colours which you are unlikely to see on a Rock magazine. The cover lines show images of the other music artists that feature in the magazine who also sing pop music. The header ‘50 Huge Chart Hits’ suggests the sub-genre of Pop because the main music chart is dominated by Pop music.
- 10. The targetaudience is likely to be pop music fans and particularly One Direction fans. These tend to be children or young teenagers, the magazine is also likely to be targeting girls because the colour pink features a lot and the puff in the top right hand corner says: ‘132 Perfect Party Buys’ and girls are stereotypically interested in clothes and shopping. The magazine may have a second target audience of parents because children interested in the magazine are unlikely to be the ones buying the magazine. The cover appeals to parents because it is appropriate for children and looks childish.