MAGAZINE ANALYSIS

Content:

Front coverContents page

Double page spread

By Kenya Lall

The masthead (title of magazine) is a wob because it is white text laying amongst a red background. A small area of the magazine has been overlapped by the main image. This may be because the magazine is a well known magazine which readers are strongly familiar with. In terms of the style of the masthead, it is similar to NME and Q which also consists of white text amongst a red background. All 3 masthead style differs in the style of text.

A talkie quote is used which links with the main headline. I am sure that most readers can relate to the quote.

The main headline is fairly basic. It includes the name of the artist and the name of the article. In comparison to previous magazines that I have analysed, the text is much smaller in size and the colour used is basic.

The subheadings are brief and literate. The names of each artist are in large text and includes a small sentence describing the feature

The main image appears to distribute across the entire page. It is a close up shot. It appears to be dominating the masthead since it is overlapping the title

FRONT COVER

CONTENTS PAGEThe contents page differs from other magazines. It is on the left hand side of two facing pages. The contents page only addresses the features that were put on the front cover. It doesn’t include other contents in the magazine. This may be because the important crucially need to be read first. It is almost as if the magazine wants to give readers a surprise when they discover contents that haven’t been mentioned such as fashion pages. The main headline is at the top of the list which shows its importance in the magazine issue. Its been addressed in white as well as black which differs from the subheadings (features) which are only in black. Additionally, the page number for the main headline is in big bold sized font. The image used for the contents page is a long shot which captures the entire body from tip to toe of the same artist that was displayed on the front cover. The background also remains the same as the front cover – combination of pink and green spot lights.

On the left hand side, there is a image that distributes across the entire image. On the recto, it consists of body which fills the entire page.

I have noticed that there is no title for the DPS. Perhaps the pull quote is the title of the article. It has been enlarged in very big font which literally stands out amongst the body that appears to be in much smaller text. Additionally, the font is also in bold black text. The colour black was probably used to compliment the black and white effect of the photograph.

On the recto there is barely any negative space because the page literally consists of text which fills the whole page. perhaps this is because of the margin measurements.

Drop cap has been used at the beginning of the body which drops into a few lines. This gives an exciting start to the article

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD