The document discusses magazine design elements like cover photos, layouts, and target audiences. Photos often cover mastheads to draw attention to the featured artist. Layouts are tailored for different genres and age groups, with indie magazines having more text and older audiences preferring formal presentations. Quotes are highlighted to emphasize important news stories about bands. The target audience and style of each magazine depends on the genre of music covered and intended readership.

1. With the photo of Kanye covering the page and the writing is surrounding it and not overlapping it, also the photo is covering the masthead to show that he is more important than the magazine. With the photo covering the masthead it shows the confidence that the editor has because he thinks that everyone should know the name of the magazine. The photo is used to address the reader because it makes you think that Kanye is looking straight at you. They use a blue and pink colour scheme them two colours work well on a grey background to draw the attention of people. The target audience for this magazine is 15 years+ who are interested in pop music. Gender are mainly girls.

2. The editor uses the image to cover the name of the magazine because he expects people to already know the name of the magazine so that it doesn’t always have to be on show. With the photo covering the masthead it could suggest that the person on the front cover is the main attention The side headlines are overlapping the picture but not on his face so people can se who it is and then want to know why he's on the cover. The photo that is used is an important photo as he is looking straight at you so it makes the reader feel like he is addressing you. The target audience for this magazine is 15 years+ who are in to rock and roll music.

3. The main photo again covers the masthead to show the editors confidence in the popularity of the magazine. The side heading are all tilted to the side to shape his face also it makes you take attention of his hand gesture which young readers would find cool where as an older audience would find it disrespectful The photo is used to make teenagers idolise Usher as he is wearing an expensive watch, sunglasses and ring. Which will make the reader want to be like him. With the photo covering the masthead it shows that he is the main attention and more important than the magazine. The target audience for this magazine is 15 years+ who are interested in pop music. Gender are mainly girls.

4. The use of the photos are taking all the attention away from the features column, this can be a good thing as people will see their favourite band and go straight to that page. There are numbers on the photos to show the page number of the magazine which that band are on this is a good thing because now there is more room on the page for writing about other subjects. The contents page has a text box on the page with exclusive in it they have used a white font colour to make sure every reader notices it. On the page there is no white spaces on it as the whole contents page is full to show the magazine is full of all the latest news and gossip. Target audience is 16 years+ mainly boys and who are in to indie music

5. With there only being 1 photo on the page it suggest the seriousness and the sadness of the magazine because its about one of the greatest venues is being closed. The main target audience with this magazine is 15+ years and who are interested in indie and rock music. The way the photographer has took the photo because it’s a low angle shot which gives the affect of looking up at the venue also how big the venue is as well. By giving sub headings it makes it easy to for you to navigate round the magazine and find what your looking for.

6. With the magazine only having 1 main photo and a small minor photo it could suggest the seriousness of the magazine The main photo is there to take up all the screen and get the attention of the reader and show that they are the main subject of the magazine. With there not being much white spaces on the page it suggest to the reader that the magazine is full of information. The photo of the band standing on top of a tall hill it could be interpreted as they are at the top of there genre of music. Target audience for this magazine is 15+ mainly boys who like indie music.

7. The target audience for this magazine is 15+ years and although it’s a double page spread 1 of the pages is taken up by a photo. The pictures on the right hand page alter the way the text is formatted as the pictures are in the middle of the text which makes it hard for the reader to realise where they are reading. The quotation stands out as it has a white background box behind it which could suggest its very important. The colour scheme of the double page spread is a dark red which makes the white background with the text stand out.

8. Again with this magazine they take up a whole page with a single photo, which shows that it is a simple design and easy to read. The target audience for this magazine is an older woman who is still interested in the latest music The layout with all the information set out is very formal which again suggest that its aimed at an older audience The photo even suggest that the magazine is aimed at an older audience as it is a dull photo with not much going on just a close up of pink smiling.

9. The magazine is a more formal as the information they are talking about is because its an important story and effects lots of people. The quotation stands out more than anything they do this because its an important quote about the band who might be splitting up at this time The target audience for this magazine is 16+ years who are more into the more formal magazine with more information than photos