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The front cover of the 1995 NME magazine features close-up images of Damon Albarn of Blur and Liam Gallagher of Oasis positioned next to each other, highlighting their rivalry. Beth Ditto of Gossip is also prominently featured standing naked with a pair of red lips on her backside, representing the band's unconventional style. The magazine uses bold fonts, colors and images throughout to attract readers' attention and portray an edgy attitude.
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This document analyzes and summarizes the key design elements of magazine covers and contents pages. It discusses several examples and notes things like:
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- Important cover lines highlight the main story or celebrity and are typically in larger, contrasting fonts.
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- Page designs balance organization with visual interest through use of white space, columns, and prominent photo placement.
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This magazine cover features pop singer Katy Perry walking through a meadow. She is depicted naturally with down hair and a loose dress against a backdrop of flowers, butterflies and blue sky. The masthead is in soft white to emphasize Perry as the cover model. The main image conveys her pop rock genre through its girly, sweet depiction. The model credit "Katy sees the light" alongside the natural scenery suggests her troubles are over. No coverlines are used other than a brief description of Perry's achievements, emphasizing her status as the sole focus. The overall design and natural imagery create feelings of purity, innocence and new beginnings for Perry and her music.
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This magazine cover features pop singer Katy Perry walking through a meadow. She is depicted naturally with down hair and a loose dress against a backdrop of flowers, butterflies and blue sky. The masthead is in soft white to emphasize Perry as the cover model. The main image conveys her pop rock genre through its girly, natural theme. The model credit "Katy sees the light" alongside her name draws attention to Perry and suggests her troubles are over. No coverlines are used other than a brief description of Perry's achievements, emphasizing her status as the sole focus. The overall design and lighting create feelings of purity, innocence and new beginnings through its use of white and warm colours.
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The second targets black males aged 16-30 in the USA based on the cover image of Kanye West, whose main audience is black Americans listening to R&B and rap music.
The third targets white males aged 30-40 in the UK, USA, and Australia based on the cover image of Dave Grohl, whose music appeals more to older age groups, and mentions bands from different English-speaking countries. The working class psychographic profile C+ and C- is targeted as they prefer the genre
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Music magazine analysis
This document analyzes and summarizes the key design elements of magazine covers and contents pages. It discusses several examples and notes things like:
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- Important cover lines highlight the main story or celebrity and are typically in larger, contrasting fonts.
- Contents pages continue the color branding and use images and brief descriptions to entice readers to specific articles.
- Page designs balance organization with visual interest through use of white space, columns, and prominent photo placement.
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- Most respondents enjoy smoking and listening to music, with over 7 hours of music per week being common.
- Under 3/4 of respondents obtain music illegally instead of paying for it.
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