Monday, 11 November 2013

Magazine Analysis



 This is an 'Billboard' Magazine with picture is of the famous solo artist Katy Perry. This issue was produced during spring time so the theme of the magazine is spring. This magazine would attract female attention as t is pink and has Katy Perry is more of a female icon rather than men.  The picture is a full body shot of Katy Perry wearing a short floral dress with flowers in her hair and she is holding flowers in her arms.  Katy Perry is covering the 'Bo' of the title of the magazine to make the focus on her rather that the title.

The colours used for the magazine are linking with the theme of spring, as the background colour is a pale pink an Katy Perry is wearing natural make-up with bright pink lipstick and the flowers around her are pale pink and yellow. Theses colours seem to be the main colours used on the front cover.  The title of the Magazine had the middle parts o the 'b' 'a' and 'd' filled in with different colours, this makes the magazine original and it is appears on every issue of 'Billboard'  as a trade mark.

The text around the picture are written in black to make it stand out against the pink background, different fonts are used for the different texts. The words 'Katy Perry' are printed bigger than the other text and it is very clear to see on the page for the audience to know who the picture is of. Under that text written in white text is about what it will include about Katy Perry in the magazine itself. 



This is an issue of 'Q' magazine, which is placed i the to right hand corner in a red square, like it is in every issues of the magazine. The title is very easy to see  because the white 'Q' stand out against the red background. The magazine has a head shot of the world wide famous artist Adele, who is a world wide female icon. The picture is her wearing natural make-up with purple eye shadow and purple nails varnish.  The colours used represent purity and natural.


The face shot of Adele shows glamor and I tells he reader that she will be featured in that issue of the magazine. The text with Adele's picture say 'If you've got it, flaunt it...' and 'Adele blows us away'. This gives the reader a little information on what will be in the music magazine without giving too much away.
The text on the front cover and all in different font sizes and are in the colours of white, red and black to match the theme of he magazine. Having the text in different colours and sizes allows the reader to spot easily what they would want t read about in the magazine.


Another thing that stands out on he magazine is the '300th issue' stamp on the front. This shows that the magazine is a consistent seller and seems to be very popular if they have published 300 issues of the magazine.


The is a NME music magazine and it is a very popular magazine. It is mainly and Indie/ Rock magazine. The main focus of the magazine is Reading and Leeds festival, but also The Killers. There is a face shot of the lead singer of the Killers on the front and text saying 'the big headliners' which suggests to the reader that they are the headlining act for the festivals.
The colours for this magazine are mainly yellow and red with some white. Yellow and red are the festival colours and so they may have made the colours similar to that because that is the theme and focus of the issues.

The text on the front cover is showing what will be in the magazine, like the interviews from acts that would have played at Reading and Leeds festival in 2006.  The title of the magazine 'NME' is written in bright red with white outline of the text I white. This appears in every issue of this magazine and it is in the same place, Placed in he top left hand corner of the magazine.
 This magazine would attract a mixed audience, I would attract people would are interested in The Killers and people how want to know more about the acts that will appearing are Reading and Leeds festival that year.

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