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MAGAZINE ANALYSIS-K RR NG
Photographic image
placed in fron t of
masth ead. This
show s that not the
whole m asthead
needs to be seen in
order for the audience
to see it. It also gives
i t a dramat ic look
because the art is ts on
the main im age are
the first thing youre
drawn to .
The colour
yel low is used
for surround ing
the cover l ineswhich is a clever
technique
because it
makes i t stand
out and gives
clear direct ion
as to wh ere the
audience shou ld
be drawn to f i rst .
There is a
variety ofcolours used
for the cover
l ines to make
cer tain wo rds
or images
stand out .
Fonts used is sansser i f which s uggest
they are going for a
more modern sty le
approach to the
magazine and also
suggests the mus ic
art ists featured are of
mod ern sty le rock.
The image on the
front is related to themain story featured
insid e and relates to
what type o f ar t is ts,
the audiences
interests are. Fans o n
YOU ME AT SIX wil l
be drawn into reading
the magazine.
The cloth ing is a
basic sty le
( jeans, t s hirt)
that the target
audience wou ld
mos t l ike ly wear
themselves.
This means that
the audience
can relate to
them as art is ts
as well as the
magazine as itg ives a good
representation
of the bands
appearance.
Their poses are them all standing
stra ight facing the audience with adirect gaze. The impress ion it
creates is that they are looking at
the audience of the magazine which
capt ivates the audiences and makes
them want to read the story inside.
Main co ver l ine use
bold text to draw
attention and the
name of the band is
highl ighted to show
its importance to the
reader.
Text is of a decentsize therefore it is
able to read from a
good distance which
is wh at the intended
audience wou ld look
for because they
wouldnt want to
spend lots of t ime
reading the front
cover .
Lots of puf fs to make
the audience more
incl in ed to read- free
st ickers is one
example. Thisobvious ly appears to
the younger
generation.
The names of ar t is ts/bands
are high lighted and are in
bold wr i t ing in order to
capture the g aze of th e
audience.
The current publ isher is
Bauer Media Group.They also are the
publ isher of Q music
magazine.
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Yellow is used to
highl ight the
di f ferent sect ions
of the magazine.
The image is
placed to the left
s ide of the
contents page
whi le the text is
placed on the
r ight . Which is a
very simple
layout for the
audience,
therefore m aking
it easier to read.
Modern text is
used (sans s erif)
because the
magazine is about
modern rock .
The image
represents the
type of audience
interested in the
The person in the
image is facing the
crowd which g ives
the impression
that th is person is
very popular and
also because he
isnt facing the
camera i t can draw
the reader in
because they want
to f ind out who
that person is.
Highl ighted the
tit les of each
sect ion of the
magazine to give
clear direct ion to
the audienc es
interests.The older
generat ion isnot addressed
because its a
mod ern sty le
magazine w ith
features that
wou ld on ly
interest
younger
generation due
to the sty le of
bands featuredin the
magazine.
Same sty le is con t inued on the dou ble page: spread