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The document outlines plans for a new music magazine targeted towards 16-24 year old students in the UK. It will focus on popular genres like pop and chart music, covering mainstream artists and music news. The magazine's branding will use silver, black, and white colors and focus on creating a unisex design. Feature stories will include double page spreads on individual musicians or bands with photos, interviews, and articles.
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The document discusses the music magazine NME and provides examples of its front covers, contents pages, and spreads. It provides background information on NME's history dating back to 1952 and its target audience of 15-24 year olds. The document also discusses the music magazine Q, providing examples of its covers and contents. It details Q's target audience of 14-24 year old males and history launching in 1986 focusing on older music buyers. Finally, it outlines possible ideas for the student's own music magazine covering indie/rock music and targeting 16-24 year olds, including festival reviews and band interviews.
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Q Magazine and Kerrang are popular music magazines in the UK. [1] Q Magazine is published by Bauer Media Group and uses a color scheme of black, red, and white on its covers. [2] Kerrang also uses red, white and black but with lighter shades. Both magazines feature celebrities on their covers and advertise artists inside. [3] The New Musical Express was originally a newspaper that was bought and relaunched as a music magazine, creating the first UK singles chart.
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This document analyzes design elements of the cover of a NME magazine issue. It notes that the unusual bright yellow masthead will draw attention. It also highlights the use of expletives and names of big music artists in bright yellow to intrigue audiences and fans. The three things mentioned in the main cover line are linked to the main image. Larger articles are given more space than smaller stories. A photo of Iggy Pop and details about his career and a referenced album will interest fans and newcomers to learn more.
Double page spread 2
The document provides an analysis of a double page spread from the weekly British music magazine NME (New Musical Express). Some key points:
- NME targets 16-24 year olds, mainly male readers, and became the best-selling British music magazine in the 1970s.
- The layout is designed to guide the reader's eye in a natural "C" shape across the pages using techniques like bold fonts, images, and positioning of elements like captions and pull quotes.
- Details are given on the magazine's use of color, fonts, language, tone, and other design elements and how they work together to engage readers.
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Q Magazine and Kerrang are popular music magazines in the UK. [1] Q Magazine is published by Bauer Media Group and uses a color scheme of black, red, and white on its covers. [2] Kerrang also uses red, white and black but with lighter shades. Both magazines feature celebrities on their covers and advertise artists inside. [3] The New Musical Express was originally a newspaper that was bought and relaunched as a music magazine, creating the first UK singles chart.
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This document analyzes design elements of the cover of a NME magazine issue. It notes that the unusual bright yellow masthead will draw attention. It also highlights the use of expletives and names of big music artists in bright yellow to intrigue audiences and fans. The three things mentioned in the main cover line are linked to the main image. Larger articles are given more space than smaller stories. A photo of Iggy Pop and details about his career and a referenced album will interest fans and newcomers to learn more.
Double page spread 2
The document provides an analysis of a double page spread from the weekly British music magazine NME (New Musical Express). Some key points:
- NME targets 16-24 year olds, mainly male readers, and became the best-selling British music magazine in the 1970s.
- The layout is designed to guide the reader's eye in a natural "C" shape across the pages using techniques like bold fonts, images, and positioning of elements like captions and pull quotes.
- Details are given on the magazine's use of color, fonts, language, tone, and other design elements and how they work together to engage readers.
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Cover analysis 2
The document analyzes the front cover of the NME (New Musical Express) magazine. It discusses the target audience of 15-35 year olds interested in indie, rock, and mainstream music. It notes the magazine's circulation numbers and status as one of the most popular music magazines in the UK. It then examines specific elements of the cover, including the long-standing recognizable logo, the large primary image of rock icon Dave Grohl to draw readers, and the attention-grabbing cover lines about Grohl and a story on Kaiser Chiefs.
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The document proposes a new rock music magazine called "Mordant" targeted at females aged 16-20 in the UK. Key points:
- The name "Mordant" was chosen as it means sharp/critical and fits the cynical tone of rock music. It also stands out on shelves.
- Rock music was chosen as the genre since existing magazines are aimed at older audiences or based in America.
- The target audience of 16-20 year old females was selected as there is a gap in the market for women and to tailor content to them.
- The magazine will include information on bands, gigs, competitions and posters, with more images than text per reader preferences.
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The We Love Pop cover's key signifier is Olly Murs in a bright jumper. Pink is used to appeal to the target audience of young females. The contents page again features Olly Murs with articles about romance and bromances between boy band members.
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This document analyzes the covers of several existing music magazines to understand their target audiences and design approaches. It finds that the magazines commonly feature popular artists prominently on the cover to attract fans. They also tend to have simple, minimalist designs that let the cover photo be the primary focus. Based on the analysis, darker magazines seem aimed at younger males while brighter ones target teenage girls. Fonts and color schemes are chosen to match the music genres. The document concludes the best design approach is to feature a prominent artist with a simple, minimal aesthetic and photography-focused cover.
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The document proposes a new rock music magazine called "Mordant" targeted at females aged 16-20 in the UK. Key points:
- The name "Mordant" was chosen as it means sharp/critical and fits the cynical tone of rock music. It also stands out on shelves.
- Rock music was chosen as the genre since existing magazines are aimed at older audiences or based in America.
- The target audience of 16-20 year old females was selected as there is a gap in the market for women and to tailor content to them.
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The document analyzes the front covers of three music magazines from different dates and featuring different artists: NME (Sept 2009 featuring Dizzee Rascal), Kerrang! (Dec 2005 featuring Foo Fighters), and Vibe (Dec 2009 featuring Drake). It examines elements of each cover like logos, images, headlines, colors and layouts to understand how they target and appeal to specific audiences. Key details about the target demographics, music genres, and design approaches of each magazine are also summarized.
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Emma Watson profiles her ideal magazine reader as a 16-18 year old British or LGBTQ+ girl who enjoys pop punk music such as All Time Low. She would spend time online, enjoy wearing distressed black clothes, playing instruments, and dislike girly or conformist things. Stereotypically, this reader is an angsty person who uses rock music to express themselves and defy social norms through their dark style. Examples of popular pop punk bands given are All Time Low and Panic! At The Disco.
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The six magazine front covers all follow typical conventions like featuring a popular pop artist as the main image and including additional photos related to content inside. There are also repeated visual patterns across the covers like the artists smiling casually dressed and the masthead appearing in the same place with pink or white colors. Additional shared elements are feature article photos promoting posters, fashion or interviews, bold colorful fonts, and a consistent layout with images on the left and main text on the right. These repeated visual elements help maintain Top of the Pops magazine's recognizable brand identity issue to issue.
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Pop Punk magazines feature bright colors like red, yellow, black, white and blue to make elements stand out. A popular band or artist's name is often overlaid on the magazine's title to suggest wide appeal. Artist photos in magazines emphasize dark makeup and hair to make facial features pop and emulate the rebellious styles of 1980s and 1990s punk scenes. Pop punk emerged as a music genre hybrid in the late 1990s through the work of bands like Blink 182, whose music and visuals defined the new subculture.
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The document analyzes and compares the title blocks of four different music magazines: Kerrang, Rolling Stone, NME, and Vibe. Kerrang targets a rebellious male audience aged 16-20 with its loud graffiti style font and black and red colors. Rolling Stone has a retro feel aimed at a more mature 18-25 audience. NME appeals to a younger hip audience aged 14-20 with its bold simplistic design. Finally, Vibe is a mainstream pop magazine targeting a diverse teen audience with its adaptable white font and colors.
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The document provides an analysis of the front cover and contents page layout of two magazines - Kerrang! and We Love Pop.
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The We Love Pop cover's key signifier is Olly Murs in a bright jumper. Pink is used to appeal to the target audience of young females. The contents page again features Olly Murs with articles about romance and bromances between boy band members.
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The document provides an analysis of the design elements and signifiers used on the front covers of rock and pop music magazines. It examines features like the masthead, headline, cover lines, images, colors and slogans and how they signify the genre of the magazine as either rock or pop. For the rock magazine cover, it identifies dark colors, images of artists with long hair and dark makeup, and content about touring and new artists as signifying the rock genre. For the pop magazine, it finds brighter colors, an image of a pop artist, gossip-focused content and a slogan about getting to the chorus as signifying a focus on pop music.
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Music magazine presentation
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Task 9
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Radial Analysis
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Texual analysis
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Codes and Conventions
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Evaluation – question 1
This document provides an analysis of the front and back covers and contents page of an indie music magazine. It notes several key points:
1) The font on the front cover creates a distinctive style for the magazine and the artists pictured suggest they "are coming for you", emphasizing the direct address of magazines.
2) The contents page continues the indie color scheme and styles and lists the important stories from the front cover to make them easy to find.
3) The double-page spread features pictures of the two artists together to emphasize their unity, with article fonts and styles continuing the indie genre theme.
4) Details like not showing the artists' full faces and article topics emphasize the focus on
Tasks 4 and 5
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Radial Analysis
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LLIAR Anaylsis Front Cover
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Codes and Conventions
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AS Media Magazine Case Study
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Task 5
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Task 5
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- 3. Possible names TUNE REFRAIN
- 4. Target Audience Age: 16-Demographics: E Gender: Male/Female Occupation: Unemployed, Buying habits: Adidas, Hollister, Nike, Apple Current Lifestyle: Student Media Interests: Eastenders, Step Brothers, Big Bang Theory, Friends etc.
- 5. What music will it cover? The magazine will cover the genre of pop, it will include mainstream/chart music articles. Popular artists that are in the news will be covered, such as Adele and her song that was used for the new James Bond film SKYFALL. There will also be chart updates and news on upcoming artists.
- 6. Brand Identity The magazine will use three main colours throughout the magazine. The colours will be silver, black and white. This will create a unisex feel to the magazine to attract both male and female audiences. The magazine logo will also be repeated throughout the magazine.
- 7. Double –Page Spread My double page spread will focus on one main story. The two pages will include images, interviews and articles about that particular musician or band. The pages will include the main colours from the front cover as this will create continuity and will reinforce the house style of the magazine.