1) The documents summarize magazine covers for different music magazines targeting various audiences.
2) Key details included on each cover are the magazine name and logo, target audience, dominant images, headlines to draw readers in, and section titles to help readers find content.
3) Consistent color schemes, fonts, and design elements are used across covers to create a recognizable brand for each magazine.
The magazines are aimed at different target audiences based on genre and demographic. They use similar design elements to draw readers in, including prominent logos, anchor text highlighting key articles, dominant images of celebrities, and cover lines advertising main stories. The color schemes and fonts are tailored to each magazine's brand but overall are focused on appealing to their target readership through entertainment and persuading them to purchase the issue.
This document evaluates the student's magazine project. The student used unconventional magazine designs by challenging typical conventions like using different fonts, colors and images. The target audience is young males aged 16-30, with most models and artists being black. The content focuses on up-and-coming hip hop artists from the UK. IPC Media would be a good institution to distribute the magazine as they currently only release one mainstream music magazine. Through constructing the project, the student learned skills in using software like Photoshop and InDesign, and how to take professional photos with a Canon 550D DSLR camera.
The document discusses magazine cover design elements through analyzing several music magazine covers. It identifies common elements such as the masthead, central image, cover lines, date/price, and graphics. For each magazine cover analyzed, it describes how these elements are used and their purpose. This includes how the masthead is positioned, how the central image dominates the cover, and how graphics and fonts are used to draw attention to key information.
This document summarizes what the student has learned from creating a magazine as part of an assignment. The student used various technologies to construct the magazine, including Google to research magazine covers and information, a Canon camera to take photos, Adobe Photoshop to edit photos, WordPress to host their work, and InDesign to layout the magazine. Through the process, the student learned how to use these programs, though some like Photoshop and InDesign were challenging at first. Overall, the student feels they have improved their planning, technology, and design skills from their preliminary work to the completed magazine product.
Initial music magazine case study yelloselinargyrou
Kerrang magazine targets a young, rock music audience across multiple media platforms. The magazine focuses on rock and metal bands and uses edgy graphics and promotions to attract readers aged 16-20. In addition to the print magazine, Kerrang reaches its audience through a radio station, music channels on TV services, weekly podcasts and an website with news, articles and promotions. This multi-platform approach allows Kerrang to engage its target demographic across different media that they frequently access.
Initial music magazine case study yelloselinargyrou
Kerrang! magazine targets a young audience interested in rock music. It uses bright colors and images of popular bands on its covers and articles to draw readers in. The magazine offers free posters and competitions to win prizes to further engage its target demographic. Kerrang!'s edgy style reflects the rebellious nature of rock music and works to cultivate a sense of underground community among its readers.
Annotation of two magazines front cover’sJessieGee14
This document summarizes and compares the front covers of two student magazines. One magazine appears to target female students with feminine colors and articles on topics of interest to women. The other magazine seems aimed at more motivated students not focused on parties, using pastel colors and featuring a young graduate to appeal to higher-achieving students interested in their career. Overall, the magazines appear to have very different styles and target audiences based on their front cover designs and imagery.
The document summarizes key aspects of magazine contents pages from Q, NME, and Kerrang magazines. It notes that Q uses images and page numbers to highlight important articles, while also including regular columns. NME includes a band index corresponding to its music genre focus. Kerrang splits its contents into columns and uses bold text and yellow highlights to draw readers to band names and page numbers. All three magazines utilize stylistic elements that tie back to their brand identities.
The magazines are aimed at different target audiences based on genre and demographic. They use similar design elements to draw readers in, including prominent logos, anchor text highlighting key articles, dominant images of celebrities, and cover lines advertising main stories. The color schemes and fonts are tailored to each magazine's brand but overall are focused on appealing to their target readership through entertainment and persuading them to purchase the issue.
This document evaluates the student's magazine project. The student used unconventional magazine designs by challenging typical conventions like using different fonts, colors and images. The target audience is young males aged 16-30, with most models and artists being black. The content focuses on up-and-coming hip hop artists from the UK. IPC Media would be a good institution to distribute the magazine as they currently only release one mainstream music magazine. Through constructing the project, the student learned skills in using software like Photoshop and InDesign, and how to take professional photos with a Canon 550D DSLR camera.
The document discusses magazine cover design elements through analyzing several music magazine covers. It identifies common elements such as the masthead, central image, cover lines, date/price, and graphics. For each magazine cover analyzed, it describes how these elements are used and their purpose. This includes how the masthead is positioned, how the central image dominates the cover, and how graphics and fonts are used to draw attention to key information.
This document summarizes what the student has learned from creating a magazine as part of an assignment. The student used various technologies to construct the magazine, including Google to research magazine covers and information, a Canon camera to take photos, Adobe Photoshop to edit photos, WordPress to host their work, and InDesign to layout the magazine. Through the process, the student learned how to use these programs, though some like Photoshop and InDesign were challenging at first. Overall, the student feels they have improved their planning, technology, and design skills from their preliminary work to the completed magazine product.
Initial music magazine case study yelloselinargyrou
Kerrang magazine targets a young, rock music audience across multiple media platforms. The magazine focuses on rock and metal bands and uses edgy graphics and promotions to attract readers aged 16-20. In addition to the print magazine, Kerrang reaches its audience through a radio station, music channels on TV services, weekly podcasts and an website with news, articles and promotions. This multi-platform approach allows Kerrang to engage its target demographic across different media that they frequently access.
Initial music magazine case study yelloselinargyrou
Kerrang! magazine targets a young audience interested in rock music. It uses bright colors and images of popular bands on its covers and articles to draw readers in. The magazine offers free posters and competitions to win prizes to further engage its target demographic. Kerrang!'s edgy style reflects the rebellious nature of rock music and works to cultivate a sense of underground community among its readers.
Annotation of two magazines front cover’sJessieGee14
This document summarizes and compares the front covers of two student magazines. One magazine appears to target female students with feminine colors and articles on topics of interest to women. The other magazine seems aimed at more motivated students not focused on parties, using pastel colors and featuring a young graduate to appeal to higher-achieving students interested in their career. Overall, the magazines appear to have very different styles and target audiences based on their front cover designs and imagery.
The document summarizes key aspects of magazine contents pages from Q, NME, and Kerrang magazines. It notes that Q uses images and page numbers to highlight important articles, while also including regular columns. NME includes a band index corresponding to its music genre focus. Kerrang splits its contents into columns and uses bold text and yellow highlights to draw readers to band names and page numbers. All three magazines utilize stylistic elements that tie back to their brand identities.
The document analyzes the contents pages of three music magazines - Q, NME, and Kerrang - and finds that while they each have different genres and styles, they all use visual elements like images and prominent text alongside page numbers to highlight key articles and guide readers' attention in an easy to scan format.
Vibe is a music magazine focused on hip hop, R&B and urban culture. The magazine was launched in 1993 by musician Quincy Jones and Time Inc. It has since changed ownership several times but continues to profile popular artists. The cover features Drake wearing all black with sell lines and the masthead in white to stand out against the black background. Vibe provides information on music and entertainment targeting those interested in genres such as hip hop and R&B.
The document outlines key elements to include on magazine front covers and contents pages such as the masthead, issue number, images, headlines, and price. It also discusses design considerations like using graphics, headlines in capital letters, and including teasers to attract readers and encourage purchases. The purpose is to effectively showcase content and draw in the target audience through visual elements and short descriptions on the cover and contents pages.
My front cover magazine uses some conventions of music magazines like NME through the use of a bold masthead in the top left corner. However, it challenges conventions by not using eyebrows above the masthead. The main image features a centrally composed model looking at the camera lens, and the main cover line is larger and centrally placed as is typical. Colors of black, white and purple are used to appeal to the target audience.
This document summarizes how the author's music magazine both used conventions from existing music magazines as well as developed and challenged some conventions. The magazine used conventions like matching the color scheme to the featured artist's costume and including an issue number, date, and website. It developed conventions by taking multiple images to make a whole front cover image and offering prizes through social media. The magazine challenged conventions by having unusual text alignment on the front cover and using a saying instead of "Contents" for the title of the contents page.
The document provides an analysis of a college magazine cover design. In 3 sentences:
The masthead, tagline, main image of a person's face, and prominent cover lines and main cover line are analyzed for their strategic placement and design to attract readers' attention. Specific elements like the use of red, eye-catching colors, and topics relevant to students' interests are highlighted. The overall layout is described as using bold visuals and text to catch readers' eyes as they browse magazines on a newsstand.
The document analyzes the design elements of music magazine covers and contents pages. Key elements included mastheads, slogans, cover lines, pull quotes, and graphic images to attract readers. Color schemes were used that appealed to the target audiences. Contents pages included headers, page numbers, and margins to organize information and guide readers to features. Competitions and free offers were included to encourage readers to buy issues.
This one-page magazine spread features a large central image taking up most of the page with text pushed to the sides. The layout has less text compared to images with more emphasis placed on a single large image. Typography uses both serif and sans serif fonts in different sizes. The color scheme of red, white, and black is used throughout with red representing danger, anger, and passion fitting for the rock music genre featured. Formal language is used in the interview text without slang to provide a more serious tone for the content.
The document provides an evaluation of how the media product uses, develops, or challenges conventions of real music magazines. It discusses elements like the masthead, fonts, color scheme, cover lines, photography style, and writing style. The product aims to attract teenagers aged 15-23, particularly girls, from middle-class backgrounds interested in pop music. Elements like the colors, pictures, fonts, and cover lines are designed to attract this target audience.
This magazine cover uses Florence from Florence and the Machine as the central image. She is a popular musician, making her an engaging cover subject. Around her are landmarks from different cities, implying her music is spreading worldwide. The cover also promotes free music downloads from Florence to attract fans. Overall, the cover utilizes a popular artist and free music to generate interest in the magazine's music industry content.
The masthead is large and bold, as is typical. Only a few colors are used to keep the design clean. Cover lines advertise reviews and articles about bands and songs to appeal to the music-focused readership. Placement of elements like the barcode, price and date follow standard magazine layout conventions.
Both magazines follow conventions of real magazine covers and contents pages. They each have a bold masthead in a unique font across the top, the main artist's name and image, and other details to attract readers. While they share similarities like the placement of information, they also have distinguishing styles and details fitting their unique brands.
The document analyzes the contents page and front cover of a magazine aimed at students. It discusses how the layout, images, and topics have been chosen to appeal to the target audience of students. Buzzwords, cover lines, and graphics are used to attract readers and entice them about stories inside. The magazine slants its content towards issues relevant to students such as gossip and social spaces.
The document summarizes the author's magazine concept called "Encore" and evaluates how well it follows magazine design conventions. Some key points:
- The magazine uses standard design elements like a masthead, barcode, cover lines and large cover image. However, some models are not facing the camera as is typical.
- The target audience is males aged 16-25 interested in indie music.
- Bauer Media would be a suitable company to distribute the magazine since they already reach the target demographic across different music genres.
- Various design choices were made to attract the audience like using famous artists and bold typography on the cover and contents pages.
The document provides details on the design and content choices for a magazine prototype about British hip hop music. Key points include using eye-catching photographs and poses on the cover to attract readers, including articles on up-and-coming artists with personal details to engage audiences, and representing diversity through models of different races and styles reflective of the target 16-24 demographic. Formatting and language is kept casual yet professional to match the music genre.
The magazine uses a blend of yellow and white colors. The colors both stand out individually and blend well together. The masthead uses bright yellow or orange font that immediately attracts the reader's attention.
The document provides details on the layout and design elements of magazine covers and pages. Key elements discussed include the masthead, cover lines, images, headlines, and indexes. Different formatting and stylistic choices are presented, along with explanations for how elements are used to draw attention, convey information, and anchor various parts of the design together through consistent colors, fonts, and themes.
1) This document provides an analysis of the covers and contents pages of music magazines like Mojo and NME. Key elements like the cover image, magazine name placement, and price visibility are examined.
2) Target audiences for Mojo and NME are described as generally young but covering a wide range of music styles. Sales figures show NME typically sells around 200,000 issues per week.
3) Background information is given on NME, including that it is owned by a company and has its own award show. The site has over 7 million users per month.
The document provides analysis of magazine covers to determine their target audiences. Analyzing one cover, the response summarizes that the magazine is aimed at teenagers aged 14 and up who enjoy alternative pop music. The social groupings would include those interested in fashion and photography industries. A second cover is analyzed, with the summary stating that magazine targets teens born in the 1990s from 13 up who enjoy mainstream pop and hip hop genres. Both magazines seem aimed at younger, mainstream audiences interested in music and celebrity gossip.
The document provides an analysis of the ways in which the student's media product, a music magazine, uses, develops, or challenges conventions of real music magazines.
The student drew inspiration from magazines like Q and NME for elements like the masthead design. Graphics were added to backgrounds to make the magazine stand out. The target audience of 19-24 year old aspiring musicians was not fully served by existing magazines.
Conventions like cover images, callouts, mastheads, and contents pages were incorporated but also developed, for example by adding graphics and changing layout angles. The student learned about manipulating images in Photoshop and the importance of colors, fonts, and production quality through developing the magazine.
The document provides details on the layout and design of magazine covers and pages. Key points include:
- Magazine covers feature recognizable mastheads, cover lines that stand out, and photos of popular celebrities/artists to draw in readers.
- Inside pages use mastheads, bold headings, and color blocking to identify sections and make content easy to navigate.
- Articles are broken up with photos and captions while maintaining a clean, readable layout.
- Interviews are formatted with questions in one color and answers in another to clearly separate elements.
The document analyzes the contents pages of three music magazines - Q, NME, and Kerrang - and finds that while they each have different genres and styles, they all use visual elements like images and prominent text alongside page numbers to highlight key articles and guide readers' attention in an easy to scan format.
Vibe is a music magazine focused on hip hop, R&B and urban culture. The magazine was launched in 1993 by musician Quincy Jones and Time Inc. It has since changed ownership several times but continues to profile popular artists. The cover features Drake wearing all black with sell lines and the masthead in white to stand out against the black background. Vibe provides information on music and entertainment targeting those interested in genres such as hip hop and R&B.
The document outlines key elements to include on magazine front covers and contents pages such as the masthead, issue number, images, headlines, and price. It also discusses design considerations like using graphics, headlines in capital letters, and including teasers to attract readers and encourage purchases. The purpose is to effectively showcase content and draw in the target audience through visual elements and short descriptions on the cover and contents pages.
My front cover magazine uses some conventions of music magazines like NME through the use of a bold masthead in the top left corner. However, it challenges conventions by not using eyebrows above the masthead. The main image features a centrally composed model looking at the camera lens, and the main cover line is larger and centrally placed as is typical. Colors of black, white and purple are used to appeal to the target audience.
This document summarizes how the author's music magazine both used conventions from existing music magazines as well as developed and challenged some conventions. The magazine used conventions like matching the color scheme to the featured artist's costume and including an issue number, date, and website. It developed conventions by taking multiple images to make a whole front cover image and offering prizes through social media. The magazine challenged conventions by having unusual text alignment on the front cover and using a saying instead of "Contents" for the title of the contents page.
The document provides an analysis of a college magazine cover design. In 3 sentences:
The masthead, tagline, main image of a person's face, and prominent cover lines and main cover line are analyzed for their strategic placement and design to attract readers' attention. Specific elements like the use of red, eye-catching colors, and topics relevant to students' interests are highlighted. The overall layout is described as using bold visuals and text to catch readers' eyes as they browse magazines on a newsstand.
The document analyzes the design elements of music magazine covers and contents pages. Key elements included mastheads, slogans, cover lines, pull quotes, and graphic images to attract readers. Color schemes were used that appealed to the target audiences. Contents pages included headers, page numbers, and margins to organize information and guide readers to features. Competitions and free offers were included to encourage readers to buy issues.
This one-page magazine spread features a large central image taking up most of the page with text pushed to the sides. The layout has less text compared to images with more emphasis placed on a single large image. Typography uses both serif and sans serif fonts in different sizes. The color scheme of red, white, and black is used throughout with red representing danger, anger, and passion fitting for the rock music genre featured. Formal language is used in the interview text without slang to provide a more serious tone for the content.
The document provides an evaluation of how the media product uses, develops, or challenges conventions of real music magazines. It discusses elements like the masthead, fonts, color scheme, cover lines, photography style, and writing style. The product aims to attract teenagers aged 15-23, particularly girls, from middle-class backgrounds interested in pop music. Elements like the colors, pictures, fonts, and cover lines are designed to attract this target audience.
This magazine cover uses Florence from Florence and the Machine as the central image. She is a popular musician, making her an engaging cover subject. Around her are landmarks from different cities, implying her music is spreading worldwide. The cover also promotes free music downloads from Florence to attract fans. Overall, the cover utilizes a popular artist and free music to generate interest in the magazine's music industry content.
The masthead is large and bold, as is typical. Only a few colors are used to keep the design clean. Cover lines advertise reviews and articles about bands and songs to appeal to the music-focused readership. Placement of elements like the barcode, price and date follow standard magazine layout conventions.
Both magazines follow conventions of real magazine covers and contents pages. They each have a bold masthead in a unique font across the top, the main artist's name and image, and other details to attract readers. While they share similarities like the placement of information, they also have distinguishing styles and details fitting their unique brands.
The document analyzes the contents page and front cover of a magazine aimed at students. It discusses how the layout, images, and topics have been chosen to appeal to the target audience of students. Buzzwords, cover lines, and graphics are used to attract readers and entice them about stories inside. The magazine slants its content towards issues relevant to students such as gossip and social spaces.
The document summarizes the author's magazine concept called "Encore" and evaluates how well it follows magazine design conventions. Some key points:
- The magazine uses standard design elements like a masthead, barcode, cover lines and large cover image. However, some models are not facing the camera as is typical.
- The target audience is males aged 16-25 interested in indie music.
- Bauer Media would be a suitable company to distribute the magazine since they already reach the target demographic across different music genres.
- Various design choices were made to attract the audience like using famous artists and bold typography on the cover and contents pages.
The document provides details on the design and content choices for a magazine prototype about British hip hop music. Key points include using eye-catching photographs and poses on the cover to attract readers, including articles on up-and-coming artists with personal details to engage audiences, and representing diversity through models of different races and styles reflective of the target 16-24 demographic. Formatting and language is kept casual yet professional to match the music genre.
The magazine uses a blend of yellow and white colors. The colors both stand out individually and blend well together. The masthead uses bright yellow or orange font that immediately attracts the reader's attention.
The document provides details on the layout and design elements of magazine covers and pages. Key elements discussed include the masthead, cover lines, images, headlines, and indexes. Different formatting and stylistic choices are presented, along with explanations for how elements are used to draw attention, convey information, and anchor various parts of the design together through consistent colors, fonts, and themes.
1) This document provides an analysis of the covers and contents pages of music magazines like Mojo and NME. Key elements like the cover image, magazine name placement, and price visibility are examined.
2) Target audiences for Mojo and NME are described as generally young but covering a wide range of music styles. Sales figures show NME typically sells around 200,000 issues per week.
3) Background information is given on NME, including that it is owned by a company and has its own award show. The site has over 7 million users per month.
The document provides analysis of magazine covers to determine their target audiences. Analyzing one cover, the response summarizes that the magazine is aimed at teenagers aged 14 and up who enjoy alternative pop music. The social groupings would include those interested in fashion and photography industries. A second cover is analyzed, with the summary stating that magazine targets teens born in the 1990s from 13 up who enjoy mainstream pop and hip hop genres. Both magazines seem aimed at younger, mainstream audiences interested in music and celebrity gossip.
The document provides an analysis of the ways in which the student's media product, a music magazine, uses, develops, or challenges conventions of real music magazines.
The student drew inspiration from magazines like Q and NME for elements like the masthead design. Graphics were added to backgrounds to make the magazine stand out. The target audience of 19-24 year old aspiring musicians was not fully served by existing magazines.
Conventions like cover images, callouts, mastheads, and contents pages were incorporated but also developed, for example by adding graphics and changing layout angles. The student learned about manipulating images in Photoshop and the importance of colors, fonts, and production quality through developing the magazine.
The document provides details on the layout and design of magazine covers and pages. Key points include:
- Magazine covers feature recognizable mastheads, cover lines that stand out, and photos of popular celebrities/artists to draw in readers.
- Inside pages use mastheads, bold headings, and color blocking to identify sections and make content easy to navigate.
- Articles are broken up with photos and captions while maintaining a clean, readable layout.
- Interviews are formatted with questions in one color and answers in another to clearly separate elements.
The generic conventions of magazines coverJenny McNulty
The front covers of magazines aim to attract buyers through eye-catching design elements. They establish a consistent house style through fonts, layout, color, and logos to build brand recognition and loyalty. Covers typically feature a central high-resolution celebrity image looking directly at viewers to create engagement. Additional cover lines advertise internal articles to entice purchases. Dates, prices, and web addresses round out the nonverbal communication on magazine fronts.
The document discusses magazine cover design elements. It analyzes the covers of three music magazines: Q Magazine, Kerrang!, and Vibe. Some common elements identified across the magazines are a masthead, main cover image, cover lines providing information on articles inside, and sell lines to attract customers. Based on this analysis, the conclusion is that an effective magazine cover design should include a main image making eye contact, a color theme matching the image, readable masthead, issue details, website link, barcode with pricing, and an attention-grabbing sell line.
This document provides guidelines for designing effective magazine covers. It discusses elements like the masthead, main image, cover lines, and house style. The masthead should be prominent but allow the main image to overlap it slightly. The main image typically features a well-known singer looking at the audience to create an immediate connection. Cover lines highlight important stories to draw readers. Elements are arranged following principles like the rule of three to maximize visual impact and clarity.
The document describes the typical layout and elements of a magazine cover and contents pages. The cover usually includes the masthead, date and price, a large main image, and lines promoting stories inside. The contents page lists article titles and images with their page numbers to entice readers. Both pages aim to attract the audience and encourage purchasing or reading the magazine further.
The magazine front covers are summarized as follows:
1) The NME magazine front cover uses a color palette of white, red, and black to match the genre of punk bands featured. It is aimed at an older audience of mostly men familiar with bands from the late 1970s.
2) The Kerrang magazine front cover keeps a typical house style with different fonts and is aimed at a younger, male audience as a rock music magazine.
3) The Mojo magazine front cover features Paul Weller to attract his fans and a new audience, keeping a traditional magazine style while also promoting a website for modern technology. It is aimed at an older, male audience.
This document provides an analysis and deconstruction of magazine covers. It summarizes the key elements typically found on magazine covers such as the masthead, barcode, date, issue number, main image, skyline, left third, and cover lines. It also analyzes how several example magazine covers adhere to or break conventions regarding the placement and purpose of these standard cover elements.
The document summarizes key details found on the front covers of three music magazines: Q Magazine, NME, and Kerrang.
Q Magazine targets a wide audience with a variety of genres represented on its cover through prominent placement of artists like Cheryl Cole and U2. NME focuses on indie/alternative genres with the lead singer of Muse as its featured artist. Kerrang specifies in heavy/alternative rock and uses images over text to draw viewers in. Common techniques across magazines include dominant artist images and placement of logos and text to attract potential readers.
The document analyzes the front cover of a magazine. It contains several key elements:
1) A large masthead at the top left identifies the magazine title.
2) A large, eye-catching image of the featured artist follows the rule of thirds and draws attention. Their name is anchored to promote awareness.
3) Additional text provides insights into the magazine contents through headlines, pull quotes from interviews, and brief descriptions to entice readers. Standard elements like the barcode and publishing details are placed unobtrusively.
The two magazine covers target different audiences through their designs. Both use large mastheads, images, and slogans to catch readers' attention and influence them to purchase the magazine. However, they appeal to different age groups - one aims for teenagers with a funky indie rock theme, while the other's more grown up style targets women in their 20s. While the layouts and appeals differ, both magazines effectively use design elements to attract their intended audiences.
The document describes the layout and design conventions used in a music magazine. It utilizes bold fonts, bright colors, large images and headlines to attract readers' attention and guide them through content. Key details like the band name and release date are highlighted for easy viewing. Interviews and reviews are presented across multiple pages in a consistent visual style that flows between articles. The overall design aims to engage readers by making important information immediately noticeable and easy to navigate.
The document summarizes the key design elements of magazine covers and how they are used to influence readers. It discusses main headings, subheadings, images, use of color and font, issue dates, prices, slogans, and barcodes. It analyzes how these elements are aimed at attracting buyers and portraying the magazine's content. It also compares two magazine covers, noting similarities like large mastheads and influences, as well as differences in target audiences and layout appeals.
This document analyzes and deconstructs magazine covers. It discusses several key elements of magazine covers including the main image, left third, skyline, masthead, barcode/date, and cover lines. It notes that the magazines featured target young people interested in charting mainstream music. While some elements like the barcode are sometimes missing, most covers follow conventions to attract and inform readers. The document concludes that the analysis provided useful insights into targeting audiences and design conventions for an upcoming magazine concept.
The document discusses the layout and design elements of magazine covers. Key elements include the logo, masthead, skyline, cover lines, barcode, price, and main image. The logo and masthead identify the magazine brand for readers. Cover lines are used to promote stories inside and attract audiences. Imagery and text are tailored to the target genre and audience. Pricing and barcode information is placed strategically to not interfere with the overall design.
The front cover of VIBE Magazine features Justin Bieber as the main image. He is dressed casually in white clothing to portray innocence as a young artist who has already achieved success. The masthead uses bold black letters and varied colors to represent the magazine's genres. A pull quote about Bieber's intentions to become a superstar entices readers to learn more by purchasing the magazine. The background is a plain pale blue that complements Bieber's white outfit and draws attention to him as the focal point.
The document provides an analysis of NME Music Magazine's Dizzee Rascal edition from 2009. It examines the front cover design including the main image of Dizzee Rascal, use of colors and fonts, and placement of elements. It also analyzes the contents page layout, a double page article spread, and concludes with background information about NME magazine. The document conducts a thorough visual and textual analysis of key magazine pages and elements to understand how they are designed to attract NME's target audience of 16-25 year old music fans.
The document summarizes key design elements of a magazine cover and how they work to attract and engage the target audience. The large masthead at the top catches readers' eyes and establishes brand recognition. Additional headlines and images throughout the cover promote featured stories and draw readers further into exploring the magazine's contents. Quotes, models, and direct addresses are used to create a sense of interaction and pull readers into the magazine's world. Consistent colors, fonts, and design elements reinforce the brand and make the magazine easy for the audience to recognize.
The double page spread from Q magazine profiles singer Cheryl Cole. A large photo of Cole takes up the entire right page with bold red text and captions. The left page contains a brief article about Cole in a simple font. Together the pages use visuals and text to provide readers with key information about Cheryl Cole in a stylish layout that matches the magazine's theme.
The document discusses how the magazine addressed its target audience of rock music fans. It chose a masthead featuring "BASS!" to signal it was about rock music. The color scheme of white, black, and red matches other rock magazines. Font styles were chosen to look informal and attract rock fans. The front cover image featured a young rock artist to relate to the target audience. Coverlines and articles discussed rock bands and guitars to interest fans of the genre. Images throughout also featured rock musicians and instruments. The layout made content easy to find. [/SUMMARY]
NME is the longest-running music magazine in the world, published weekly in the UK since 1952. It provides authoritative coverage of new music across genres, including award-winning features on new releases, concerts, interviews and profiles of emerging artists. The current editor is Mike Williams and the magazine retails for £2.40 in most stores and through postal subscription.
The front cover of NME magazine from September 2009 features Dizzee Rascal to appeal to its target youth audience interested in genres like hip hop and pop rock. The bright red masthead and graffiti background aim to attract fans of Dizzee Rascal and urban music. A pull quote from Dizzee Rascal promotes the main article to entice readers. At £2.20, the magazine is affordable for its target audience of 25 year olds in social classes C1 to E. The magazine has shifted from exclusively rock music to also feature hip hop in line with changes in popular music genres and tastes of its younger readership.
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4. Magazine – NME
Anchorage– Draws Three main colours – Red, White
Anchorage– Draws the reader in, to buy and Yellow
the reader in, to buy the magazine Target Audience – 15 – 30 year old
Magazine Logo – NME the magazine males students, because of the
language used.
Dominant image – Long
shot.
Cover line – Main article to
try and persuade the reader
to buy it
Main cover line – Main
article to try and persuade
the reader to buy the
magazine
Barcode
5. Magazine – Kerrang
Three main colours – Black, White
Anchorage– Draws and Yellow
the reader in, to buy Target Audience – 15 – 30 year old
Magazine Logo – Kerrang the magazine males.
Dominant image – Mid
shot.
Barcode
Anchorage– Promotions
to draw the reader in, to
buy the magazine Main cover line – Main
article to try and persuade
the reader to buy the
magazine – Links with
image, sweet and icecream.
6. Magazine – NME
Three main colours – Red, White
and Yellow
Logo – Colours match the colour screen of Target Audience – 15 – 30 year old
the whole document. Image to draw the reader in males students, because of the
language used.
Helps the reader find the band they
want to read about, without looking
through the whole magazine.
Titles of the different sections
to break the articles into
categories, so it’s easier to find
what you want.
Main article
Advertisement
7. Title of the Magazine – Q
Logo – Colours match the colour screen of page. Three main colours – Red, White
the whole document. and Black
Target Audience – 15 – 30 year old
males students, because of the
language used.
Image to draw the reader in
Titles of the different sections
to break the articles into
categories, so it’s easier to find
what you want.
Main article
Page numbers match the
colour scheme
8. Magazine – Kerrang
Three main colours – Black, White
and Yellow
Title of the Target Audience – 15 – 30 year old
page. males.
About this issue
Titles of the different sections
to break the articles into
Main article and image categories, so it’s easier to find
what you want.
Colour scheme matches
9. Magazine – Kerrang
Three main colours – Black, White
and Yellow
Target Audience – 15 – 30 year old
Eyecatching font males.
Quote and article
headline
Dominant image,
overlaps onto two
pages
Main article
Drop cap
10. Magazine – NME
Text overlaps two Three main colours – Red, White
pages and Yellow
NME, magazine name
Target Audience – 15 – 30 year old
Dropcap males students, because of the
language used.
Headline
Dominant image
Extra artists
Quote with drop Website
cap
11. Magazine – Q
Three main colours – Red, White
and Black
Target Audience – 15 – 30 year old
males students, because of the
language used.
Dominant image – Question to draw
Overlaps onto a the reader in
second page
Drop cap
Page number
Main article colour matches
the consistent
colour scheme