music magazine analysis presentation

1. Music Magazine
Analysis
Audience feedback on Favourite cover(s) out of
all of them

2. Kerrang! Magazines:
Negative feedback:
- Too Visually Busy (distracting)
- Dislike the colour schemes
- Doesn’t engage to read
- Don’t recognise some artists
- Models all look fake/boring photos
- not gender/ethnically diverse at all
Positive feedback:
- Seems like a lot of interesting info to read
- eye-catching
- recognise most artists
- mostly all rock genre means can be confident in liking new
artists featured
AUDIENCE FEEDBACK:

3. Makes it personal,
From my own questionnaire,
Q+A with artists found to be
most popular wanted article
‘KERRANG!’ catchy head title
Font is cracked as if the
sound of the music.
The Sound of the word
sounds like a musical
instrument, relating theme.
Competition, Download
festival, connection
between them
(audience/music genre)
Readers are also less
able to buy VIP tickets
(students)
15, big group, audience-
young and sociable
‘Mega comp’ language informal, shortened words,
immediate information, young audience
Title is over the Model,
connotations that they
feel the title is more
important than the
artist/model.
Model (Hayley Williams) looks
venerable, head tilted
represents innocence (childlike
behaviour)
naked arm positioned reveals
bare arms/armpit (femininity)
Facial expression:
open/revealed, no shadows
etc. pretty, sexualised with
pouting lips, wearing make-up.
Light: bright on her, especially
face, representing an open-
ness, no shadows (nothing to
hide) natural look
Clothing: Yellow, light,
feminine, slightly revealing
‘SECURITY’ eye catching with
contrasting black, matching
other font colours on mag
White, plain background
makes model stand out
All models are white,
only 1 woman
‘ON YER BIKE!’ informal
language, rock genre
Informal background here;
ripped holes (familiar with
school notebooks (audience
– students))
A lot of pictures, with poster
special (audience type to
put up bedroom posters)
Revealing what’s
inside immediately to keep audience interested In keeping theme/genre

4. MOJO Magazines:
Negative feedback:
- Some have too much writing (too small)
- some too busy (
Positive feedback:
- prefer over Kerrang!
- Like Colour scheme, not hectic
- know/recognise all artists – iconic (17year old)
- Like the diversity of artists/models
AUDIENCE FEEDBACK:

5. Overall quite basic dark
colours, not hectic (what my
audience feedback
established they preferred)
The dark background makes
Bowie stand out without
looking bare and boring.
Head title bold and eye
catching, it’s over the
artist model which could
have connotations of
higher importance, but
Bowie’s trademark lighting
strike is incorporated.
Colours, although subtle
and basic, work really
well together on this
cover, the pink runs
consistently and ties it all
together.
Clear title of artist, as big as
the title ‘mojo’ to show equal
value. And to catch
audience’s interest.
Text pull out, intrigues
audience to; those who are
familiar with bowie as well as
those who aren’t.
Iconic image of Bowie, will
be recognised immediately.
Informal language, audience will be young-ish
What's inside,
immediate info
32 pages
Model (Bowie) centre of
the mag, at eye level
(equality)
his pale skin contrasts
with the dark, makes
him stand out to centre
of attention.
His pose is interesting,
opened mouth usually
represents sexual desire,
linking to pull out quote
‘there was nothing I
wouldn’t try’ and
Bowies sexual
orientation rumours
through his career, it
entices the reader to
buy the mag to read the
article.
No extra pictures of
artists discussed inside,
gives bowie the spotlight

6. Negative feedback:
-Too much writing around the edges
- Not drawn in by the rapper artists
- Feels as if it lacks depth (articles)
Positive feedback:
- Like the colour schemes; particularly red,white,black
- Interesting pictures
- Like the diversity of the artists
AUDIENCE FEEDBACK:
Rolling Stone Magazines:

7. XXL Magazines:
Negative feedback:
- Sexist! (lack of women)
- lack of racial diversity
- Seems ‘fake’; not interesting artists' articles
- Not familiar with artists
- Dislike photos; too similar, not visually engaging
Positive feedback:
- Colours aren’t too hectic
- Background makes photos stand out
AUDIENCE FEEDBACK:

8. Negative feedback:
- Too busy, too many pictures
- not very interesting pictures
- Photos; too close-up
- Colour schemes too hectic (pinks/yellows)
- Too much writing
Positive feedback:
-Familiar with artists
- Good diversity with models; race/gender
- Not sexualised images
- Confident in enjoying the articles inside
AUDIENCE FEEDBACK:
NME Magazines:

9. Featured picture inside; her double page
article
Model (Lady Gaga is over the head title ‘NME’ representing importance.
Subtitle ‘LADY GAGA’
clear title of featured
artists, as big as
magazine title and is not
hidden – represents the
importance of the artistBold and brightly contrasting
blue and yellow, this title is
attention grabbing, also with
a slight 3D shadow behind, it
stands out more then the
‘NME’ title
‘Unzipped’ referring to
the zips on her bodysuit,
but also enticed the
reader to think Lady
Gaga is being more
honest than usual in this
article.
Reference to swearword,
the aimed audience will be
swearing themselves, might
even entice younger viewers
to read just because it
swears.
‘YOU?’ also personalises it.
Overall still quite crowded,
a variety of colours, fonts
and sizes
Lots of text of the
information inside the
mag, a variety of
music genres to get
the attention of a
wider audience group.
Gold as colour has connotations of wealth and power,
representing what Gaga aims for
Lady Gaga, although
looks revealing, she
actually seems less
sexualised than
Hayley Williams on
Kerrang, Gaga is in
control of what is
seen and what isn’t