The document discusses various music magazines and analyzes cover designs. It examines logos, images, headlines and copy used on covers of magazines like Q, Uncut, and NME. Layout techniques like color schemes, puns and listing appealing artists are described. The contents pages of Q, Kerrang and NME are also analyzed, noting the use of central images, pull quotes, sections and a variety of visual styles. A potential new sub-genre of "British Indievasion" based on popular British indie bands is proposed as a unique selling point for a new magazine.

1. Liam Drake
Media Studies

2. Current Music Magazines
• NME
• Q
• Kerrang
• Uncut
• Mojo
• The Music Magazine (TMM)
• Future Music

3. Magazine Logos

4. Q Magazine Covers

5. Q Magazine cover analysis
Logo of Q easily identifiable.
Smashed/Cracked affect represents Matt
Bellamy as wild and crazy.
Big Headline on left third of cover, so it stands
out on the shelf of a shop. Largetst text on
the page, impying that Muse are the featured
article in the magazine. Being on the left third
the text will be the stand out selling point of
the magazine whilst on the stores shelf.
Conventional of a magazine to feature a
barcode, however you would not expect it
usually to feature on the cover.
Use of copy running alongside the feature
article can persuade fans of certain artists to
buy the magazine.
Off-centre image of The Beatles connotes that
they are unusual and go against the
trend, representative of the mystery that
surrounds them, and the things you didn’t know
about them

6. Uncut Magazine cover analysis
Conventional colour scheme of red, yellow and black.
Reinforced by the black and white image. Creates a
professional, yet stylish cover. Backed up by the
expressions of the Gallagher brothers the
connotations of sibling rivalry and bitterness prevails.
The use of a pun is evident, the target audience will
recognise this and be influenced to purchasing the
magazine.
Copy along the right third of the cover gives an
idea of who the target audience is, by listing bands
who will appeal to them.

7. Cover House
Styles
and
Examples

8. Maximum Photo
Impact

9. Neat, Clean and
Controlled

10. Busy House Style

11. Special Graphical
Effects

12. NME Magazine Cover

13. Contents
House Styles
and
Examples

14. Multiple picture
reference

15. Controlled
section

16. Double Page
Front Page Reference

17. Use of split Page effect in Kerrang
magazine is used effectively.
The page features all of the conventions
of a magazine contents page. Different
sections are highlighted by titles as the
page is split into more manageable
sections. With page numbers to help the
audience locate articles.
The colour scheme continuity provides a
professional design to the contents
page.
The presence of an editors notes section
allows the reader to relate to the
magazine, the use of an imagine of the
editor adds personality to the text, a
synthetic relationship is created
between editor and audience is created.
Especially the signature, which creates
the illusion that the editor hand signed
the magazine herself. The text in her
notes uses a direct mode of address to
talk personally with the reader.

18. Q Contents page is very clean cut with a
simple layout that is very effective.
The use of a central image diverts the
audience’s eye, attracting their attention to
an article about The Courteeners. The
target audience will know of the band, this
is why they have been used to be the
featured artists. They use of a pullquote
from the article implies that the interview
with the band is humorous. The image has
positive connotations of the band. They are
stood on top of a rural hill, with a town
beneath them. Implying that they “the
world at their feet” The band are wearing
casual attire, mimicking the way in which
their fanbase dresses to create a personal
bond with Q readers.
Colour Continuity is used to create a
professional contents, with only 3 colours
featuring on the page. Red, Black, White.

19. This contents page is taken from NME
magazine and it takes a picture reference
approach. Very little typography features
on this page, instead the audience is lead
by the images and pullquotes.
The variety of images used creates a
quirky contents page. Juxtaposition of
the Klaxons bassist playing a gig, with
camera effects of black and white tone
along with backlighting creates a stylish
presence on stage. This image is placed
next to one of a man who appears to be
a farmer stood in a boggy field, wearing
a gaudy red sweatshirt.
More traditional elements of a contents
page can be seen with the use of a list
format to display other features of the
magazine. However there are no
captions to partner the text.

20. New Sub-Genre
• British Indievasion
• Adapted from the genre British invasion from
the 1960’s.
• A genre that is based on all Indie Bands that
are Brtish such as: The Enemy, The Arctic
Monkeys and The Wombats
• This could be the Unique Selling point of a
new magazine but introducing a new sub-
genre