The document analyzes magazine layouts, covers, and contents pages. It finds several similarities across magazines. Front covers typically feature studio portraits of artists looking at the camera. Contents pages are organized into columns with clear headings and page numbers. Double page spreads commonly have a large image on one side and the article text divided into three columns on the other, often using drop caps. One cover analyzed breaks the convention by having the subject look in a different direction. The analyses provide insights into magazine design conventions and how elements are used to effectively present information and attract readers.

1. Music Magazine Analysis
Front covers, contents pages, and double page spreads

2. DATE and PRICE is written in
the top corner in a small font
because this isn’t important
and doesn’t need to stand
out. The price of £ 2.20 tells
us which social class the
target audience belongs to.
The MASTERHEAD uses a big and bold white font
that stands out because of the red background. It is
also very simple and informal.
The LAYOUT is very clean
and minimalistic with a
colour scheme of three
different colours. The red
colour draws attention
without to much going on in
the cover. The absence of
lots of cover- lines and etc.
makes the magazine more
appealing.
The MAIN IMAGE is a close
up studio shot of the artist
Florence looking straight into
the camera connecting with
the audience. Her red hair is
eye-catching and fills the
frame making a background
for the text. The only other
colours are black and white.
Florence’s makeup is simple
and natural and her skin is
clean, something that makes
the appearance of the cover
clear and simple.
The QUOTE tells the
audience there is an
interview with the artist and
is supposed to make them
curious.
The SUB HEADING tells the
audience that this is a new
special edition cover making
it more interesting and
appealing.
COVERLINES summarizes the
contents to entice the
audience to read the
magazine.
The MAIN COVER LINE is simple and stands out
because it is written in a big, bold and black font
appealing to people who know this artist.

3. The LAYOUT is clear but full
of bright colours. The colourscheme consists of pink, black
and some yellow and white.
The subtle pink colour is eyecatching and associated with
femininity and appeals to the
female gender. The black is
contrasting to the black
making it really stand out on
the cover.
The COVER LINES are
supposed to entice the
audience and make them
want to read what’s inside.
The MAIN COVER LINE is
drawing attention with the
big black font appealing to
the audience, who most likely
know Katy Perry.
The white cover line
underneath makes them
want to know what it is like to
be such a famous pop
star, something that hopefully
will make them read the
magazine.
The MASTERHEAD is bold and
black with colour filled ‘a’ and ‘o’
making it stand out on the cover.
The DATE font is
very small to not
stand out
In the MAIN IMAGE we can
see a medium long shot of
pop star Katy Perry in front
of a pink background. She
is covered in pink and
yellow flowers and her
dress and makeup is very
stereotypically feminine.
This tells us that the target
audience are
female, maybe late teens
and young adults, because
this is something they can
relate to. Katy Perry is the
main focus on the cover
and is looking directly into
the camera to attract the
audience’s attention to this
magazine.
The PLUGlooks different from
other things on the cover in
order to stand out on the
cover.

4. The MAIN IMAGE portraits
Matthew Healy, lead vocalist
in the band The 1975. The
image was shot in a
studio, as a close up like
many other front cover
images, but is still very
different. This is because the
subject matter is looking up
to the left instead of looking
into the camera. It is also
different because of the
absent of colours. The only
colour except black and
white in the image is the
skin colour.
The MAIN COVER LINE stands
out on the cover with the
white and black bold font. The
cover line identifies who the
artist in the image is as some
wouldn’t recognise him, but
the band’s name.
The MASTERHEAD is written in a white bold font to
really stand out and is very clear and informal.
The LAYOUT is very
minimalistic because of the
simplicity and a minimal
colour scheme of only white
and black. Most front covers
stand out by using lots of
colours, cover lines and
images while this one does
just the opposite. The few
colours and absent of big
cover lines gives the cover a
natural, very mature and
sophisticated feel, appealing
to a target audience of late
teen/young adult men and
women.
The COVERLINES are small
and doesn’t stand out but
tells the audience what you
can expect to read about
inside the magazine.
The PRICE and barcode is
very small and placed down
in the left corner so it does
not stand out. The price of
£ 3.80 suggest that this is a
more exclusive magazine.

5. The LAYOUT is organised in
a way that roughly divides
the page into three
columns where the middle
one is the biggest because
this is where the main
article is presented.
The most important articles
in the magazine is shown
on the contents page with
an image and a text under
it, mostly quotes, that
informs and entice the
audience to read further
about it.
The rest of the content is
placed in the bottom of the
page and much smaller as
this does not need to stand
out
The HEADLINE is written in
a big bold font to stand out
with the date in a very
small font underneath as
this does not need to stand
out.
The PAGE NUMBERS is
written in a big orange
font to make it easy for
the reader to know
where to find them in
the magazine.
The magazine advertise
for subscription to
NME, in that way they
know the ad will reach
the correct audience as
they are already
interested in the
magazine.

6. The HEADING of the page
include the magazine’s
logo, the headline
Contents, the date and the
magazine’s website. It is all
written in a white font to be
clearly readable on the black
background. The date is
quite small and the website
address is even smaller as
this does not need to stand
out.
The contents of the Oasis
Special has its own headline
and is framed and written in
a gold colour. This is to stand
out from the rest as of the
contents as more exclusive.
The LAYOUT is organised and
and be broken down to three
columns. In the left hand
column you find the contents
listed in order while on the
while the other columns is
covered by a big image with
the reviews underneath it.
The colour scheme consist of
black, white and red.
The MAIN ARTICLE is
presented with a big image
of The Courteeners. Most of
them look directly into the
camera connecting with the
reader.

7. The only images on the
page is the two covers.
They both have a quite
minimalistic
The page’s LAYOUT is very
minimalistic not containing a
lot of images or colours as the
only colours are those in the
cover images. This minimalistic
and clean look is something
that is special about this
magazine and may make it
stand out as different.
The template of the page
divides the cover articles, the
features, the regulars and
fashion into different columns
only consisting of text in a
black font with the page
number clearly marked. The
cover articles are presented on
the top of the page and are
the biggest as these are the
most important ones.

8. The MAIN HEADING is written in a big, both
black and red font and placed the middle
covering both pages, something that stands
clearly out on the page. The words in the
heading are from one of his songs and are
attracting people who already are already
fans and also encouraging new fans.
The LAYOUT separates the text and image as they are on one page
each, though the heading is written on both pages. The empty space keep
the layout from being to busy. The article text is divided into three
columns,this organises the text and makes it easier for the audienceto read.
The colour scheme is simple consisting of black, white and red. The red
colour is found several places on the page to draw attention to this areas or
specific words, like for example as some of the words in the first paragraph
and the quote.
The MAIN IMAGE in black and
white portraits the artist ???. He is
playing the guitar and looking
down.

9. The MAIN IMAGE portraits artist Lana Del
Rey. She is represented very feminine
with make up on and her nails done. The
way she poses with her eyes closed and
the hand on her neck is also quite
feminine. This supports the Male Gaze
because the women who se this want to
be like her.
The LAYOUT of the double page spread separates the
image and the text by putting them on one page each.
The layout of the text page is based on columns, but
in a bit different way as the first paragraph is much
bigger. The colour scheme is simple consisting of only
black and white in addition to the colours in the image
which are quite subtle not drawing a lot of attention.
The MAIN HEADING is written in a
quite small font does not stand out
as most people would already
recognise the artist by the image.
The drop cap draws attention
marking the beginning of the
article. The smaller drop cap marks
a new paragraph where the actual
interview with Lana Del Ray start.
The arrows shows the reader that
the article continues on the next
side.

10. The MAIN IMAGE is a medium close up of
musician Archy Marshall/King Krule. He is
looking down and has a lot of shadow in his
face so we can’t see this eyes which make him
mysterious and maybe makes the reader more
curious about him. The contrasting colours
orange and green draws attention to the image.
The LAYOUT of the double page separates the
text and the image as they are put on one side
each. The text is divided into three columns
making it easier to read. The colour scheme is
simple only consisting of black and white and
some green picked out from the image to
connect the two pages.
The HEADING navigates the
reader and explain what kind of
article this is.
The layout is full of
graphics, found in the image
and theMAIN HEADING using
different fonts and putting them
together in an untraditional
way. This creates a unique and
individual appearance that
relates to the magazines style
and genre.
The drop cap draws attentionto
where the article starts.

11. Similarities
FRONT COVER
A convention for magazine front covers is that the image is a studio portrait (often with the subject matter
looking directly into the camera). This also applies in these front covers, they were all taken in a studio, but
Clash breaks the convention because the subject subject matter is looking in a different direction.
CONTENTS PAGE
All the contents pages are organised in columns with different headings and the page numbers are clearly
visible.
DOUBLE PAGE SPRED
The double page spreads have many similarities. The overall layout is very conventional with an image
dominating one side of the page, and the main article on the other that is divided into three columns. You
can also very often find drop caps in the articles.