magazine analysis

This morning we learned about media within magazines. The magazine we was given was Kerrang. kerrang was written in large letter that were slashed.This catches the eye of the reader as it makes the magazine look more edgy. There are graphics all over the front cover. This highlights special offers in the magazine. For example '' free giant poster''. Readers are always attracted to free gifts so this also makes the magazine more attractive. There is a strip at the top of the magazine with lots of diffrent names of people who will be in the magazine. This is called the banner. The main cover image is very important because this is what sales the magazine. On the cover there are 5 men who all have long hair and are dressed in black. The man in the middle has red nail varnish on and is carrying a coffin. This directly draws in the audience which are young people who are into rock music and like wearing black clothes. This exericse has helped me realise how important it is for the front cover to portray the right images and appeal to the right audience.

Magazine Analysis

This morning I was asked to analyse a music magazine and suggest it's target audience. The publication I was asked to analyse 'Q' magazine. I concluded that the targeted readers are people who are interested in rock/indie music, possibly likely to be white or caucasian males in their early 20's. The cover image shows a close up black and white photograph of a member of the band Oasis, when he had started with the band, showing the Oasis history. The main cover line is 'OASIS ARE BACK!' and below the the main cover line is cover lines and boxed text. Also, there more cover lines on the bottom left corner (Kings of Leon...). Furthermore, there is a bar code, price and issue date on the bottom right corner.

Magazine Analysis

The magazine we were asked to analyse was 'Q' Magazine, we had to look at the technical elements such as Masthead, cover lines etc. also the main image and to try to guess their possible target audience. The cover featured a giant 'Q', with the slogan 'Britain's Biggest Music Magazine', this in total is called the masthead but it is also a logo. The main cover line is 'OASIS ARE BACK', the cover line is the line that sells the magazine, in this case to attract fans or admirers of 'Oasis'. There are also smaller cover lines 'KINGS OF LEON Vs KAISERCHEIFS', these are to help attract and sell the magazine too. The main image is an old photo of Liam Gallagher, its very black & white, grungy, reminiscing of the old days. The target audience is a caucasian male, aged 22-35, who are fans of soft rock and indie music     

magazine analysis

This morning we learnt about media within magazines such as mastheads, strapline, cover lines etc. The magazine given to us was 'kerrang', in order to analyse this magazine, we had to observe the images used within the magazine cover as well as the fonts used on the page. We noticed that the masthead used 'Kerrang' reflects the actual type of music itself. The music played on this music channel is very loud which represents the sound effect 'kerrang'.  We predict that the audience for this magazine would be young adults and teenagers white males interested in punk and rock. The graphics within the magazine cover involves a 'free poster' offer which we believe would attract young adults or teenagers to purchase the magazine. this is due to the idea that, ia poster would be more likely to be hung up in someone's bedroom wall rather than somebody who owns a house or a flat.