Media Coursework
Caitlyn Clynes Y7145
Chosen brief:
The front page, contents, and double page spread of a new music magazine.
Q Magazine.
The logo is still present in the double page spread in the lower hand corners of the pages, next to the page numbers.
The main story of the magazine a page to itself in the magazine while the other page is taken up by a full photo. In the text half of the double page spread, the first letter is in the background of the text in the colour of the logo, and makes the large amount of text seem less intimidating, and also more aesthetically pleasing while still keeping in style with the magazine.
The highlight colour of the text is almost exclusively red combined with the generic black and white, and in the text portion of the double-page spread is the only colour present and is only on the logo and the large letter.
The name of the artist is only in small text on the double page spread and does not command much attention, which leads to assume that the audience should know the artist based off the picture alone and therefore making the full-page picture more important.
The full page image of the artist has a very clear colour theme of black, white, and ocassionally red. This seems to be the colour theme of the magazine, and red is a very attention demanding colour, but does not seem to match up with the stereotypes of lots of bright colours when it comes to more popular artists such as these two.
The magazine seems to be directed towards an older audience as the black and white wall of text would not appeal to a younger audience, and the newspaper style layout of text with larger letters to introduce paragraphs would appeal more to an older audience than a younger one.
NME Magazine.
NME Magazine.
The layout of NME Magazine's double page spreads vary from issue to issue, and appear to change their layout based on the themes of the artist. The more punk Lily Allen has specialised fonts and headings to fit her theme, while the other artist has a more professionally style to the layout.
The picture seems to stick to one side of the page on a double page spread, but as in the bottom example image sometimes crosses over onto the other page. The images all seem to be waist-up shots that show off the artists outfit as well as showing their face.
The layout of NME Magazine's double page spreads vary from issue to issue, and appear to change their layout based on the themes of the artist. The more punk Lily Allen has specialised fonts and headings to fit her theme, while the other artist has a more professionally style to the layout.
The picture seems to stick to one side of the page on a double page spread, but as in the bottom example image sometimes crosses over onto the other page. The images all seem to be waist-up shots that show off the artists outfit as well as showing their face.
Once again, the majority of the page is usually black and white with one highlight colour, and generally a warmer colour. There is little to no deviation from this pattern from the double page spreads I saw.
The name of the artist is present at the beginning of the article, but not placed on the page in any large font, suggesting once again that the magazine relies on the fame of the artist for the audience to recognise, and understand its audience enough to know that they would know the artist.
Once again, the majority of the page is usually black and white with one highlight colour, and generally a warmer colour. There is little to no deviation from this pattern from the double page spreads I saw.
The name of the artist is present at the beginning of the article, but not placed on the page in any large font, suggesting once again that the magazine relies on the fame of the artist for the audience to recognise, and understand its audience enough to know that they would know the artist.
The headings of the articles are always the largest group of text on the page, with the exception of the large letter that starts the actual article.
One of the most interesting quotes from the article for the first artist is placed larger than everything else in the centre, as the audience will read it before everything else and then be more intrigued into reading the rest of the magazine, as if they were flipping through the magazine before buying it at a shop then that would catch their attention even though they might ignore the smaller text surrounding it.
The magazine is once again directed towards an older audience as the large amount of text would not appeal to a much younger audience. However, the smaller amount of text and more chilidish layout of the heading for the second artist would be more appealing to a younger audience as there is not as much to read.
The headings of the articles are always the largest group of text on the page, with the exception of the large letter that starts the actual article.
One of the most interesting quotes from the article for the first artist is placed larger than everything else in the centre, as the audience will read it before everything else and then be more intrigued into reading the rest of the magazine, as if they were flipping through the magazine before buying it at a shop then that would catch their attention even though they might ignore the smaller text surrounding it.
The magazine is once again directed towards an older audience as the large amount of text would not appeal to a much younger audience. However, the smaller amount of text and more chilidish layout of the heading for the second artist would be more appealing to a younger audience as there is not as much to read.
Classic Rock Magazine.
The layout of the Classic Rock Magazine double page spread appears to vary based on the style of the artist. The more classic looking Joe Banamassa has a very neat, orderly, formal looking page while the band has a a more casual, immature-looking layout.
The picture seems to stick to one side on both of the different issues, but like the NME magazine the more punk-looking bands seem to keep the two-page's looking like one large page rather than two pages that link together.
Like the other magazine's, the colour scheme for the entire page is high-contrasting white and black with very limited warmer colours. The highlight colour is generally used to pick out details in the story and image.
The artist's name is used as a title in one, and not in the other. However, the band on the bottom have a very specific look that may make them easier to spot by fans, while the artist on the top does not and so use of his name helps the audience work out who it is more easily.
Like every other magazine I looked at, the headings of the articles are always the largest text on the page, with the exception of the large letter that starts the article itself.
The main body of text of the article is kept very neat and orderly, and all placed together rather than seperated in different parts throughout the page I think this helps for the reader to navigate the page without geting bored or confused.
The magazine is clearly aimed at an older audience for the top article as it has a formal style and less colourful layout, however the bottom article appears to be aimed at a slightly younger audience due to its more colourful pictures and less newspaper-style layout.