music magazine research: double page spread analysis
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Music magazine research into double page spreads for my as level in media studies at city college norwichTRANSCRIPT
What I look for in a music magazine is
preferably more focus on bold artistic
imagery and less on text, this image
conveys the raw, intensity and power of
music, especially playing it live, that a
simple studio shot can not convey
This double page spread of
Disorder is taken up entirely of
amateur gig photos, the slight
blur and lighting, for me, only
contributes to the edgy look of
this shot.
Before this research I had never
heard of Lodown magazine, it is
not well publicized on the
internet aside from its official
website, like Disorder magazine,
it too is a horizontally shaped
publication, and also features
strong, abstract photography as
opposed to cluttered design
layout and emphasis on text.
The strange, artistic and slick
black and white photography
doesn’t really convey the artic
le,
aside from it b
eing titled Black is
Beautiful, b
ut its still i
nspiring.
I thought I would try looking for
inspiration in both
underground/less well known
and mass-publicized more
commercial magazines such as
NME and Q, I also looked in
Borders and found a magazine
called Clash. In my previous
research I have focused more on
double page spreads occupied
by single shots, but I think in this
double page spread of Clash,
which is describing a touring
band, the informal, comedic
pictures would be suited better to
be presented in this cluttered
pin-board style layout and that it
represents the band as having a
fun, laid back attitude.