What i have learnt from my music magazines from my research!

Front Covers

• The masthead needs to be catchy and needs to fit the genre of music which you do for your magazine, the masthead needs to be the biggest text on the page and needs to be eye catching for the audience
• The color scheme needs to match- preferably having 3 colors which will give the magazine a neat look.
• Not too many subsidiary images, as the page could look messy and the main image needs to be the most eye catching.
• Not too many sell lines as you don't want to give too much information away.
• A footer line and header bar is needed.
• The main image needs to look professional and big as it's the most effective looking on the page; the main image also needs to relate to the splash.

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Contents pages

 I chose this contents page firstly because 'NME' is the magazine which attracts me the most meaning that i may look more into the 'NME' magazine styles. This content page stands out to me. The header conveys the 'NME' 's logo, so many readers will realise who produced the magazine. More-over it is a very clever way of putting the header as it reads 'NME THIS WEEK'. Not just 'CONTENTS', this form of header gives something new to the magazine, giving it a new edge. The layout of the magazine is very conventional to any other NME magazines, the layout is very clear because everything is sectioned off leaving the reader to know what stroy/caption goes with what header/title. One of the main feastures on this contents page is the 'BAND INDEX', this is useful to the reader because if a reader saw this and are influenced by one of the bands, it influences them to buy it to look up. The colour scheme on this contents page is the conventional colours of the 'NME' scheme (Red, Black, White, Yellow/Gold). The colour pallete is used effectively to contrast certain words, in this case it enforces 'NME THIS WEEK' to stand out. It also ensures that the main story stands out and catched the readers eye by using the colour black and using the font in a bigger size than the rest of the magazine information.

I chose this contents page from the magazine 'KERRANG!', i chose this as the main image stood out for me showing the lead guitarist from the band  'Guns n Roses'. The header 'CONTENTS' stands out to me as it formed in the same way as 'KERRANG!' is done and gives the shattered look giving it a bright edgy eye catching look for the readers. This contents page is very different from the magazine 'NME' which is why i have chosen to anaylise it. I think that Keranng! looks different in a various different ways- rather than having not much text and  look ing clear and formal; Kerrang! is bold, messy and definitely visible audience targeted at the younger people (16-25 year olds). Kerrang! is a quirky magazine which stands out to people visually by looking at the pictures and different band goss. The colours on this magazine are contrasting both bright and dark colors which gives it a good effect to help the readers view the magazine.

Magazine Front Covers

'NME' is a very popular pop/rock/indie magazine company and has been going since the 80's/90's. The target audience for NME ranges between the ages 18-30. 73% of the music magazine audience are male. I really like this music magazine as it looks classy and affective. The masthead is bold which is shown in a block bright colour (red). The main image is Ian Curtis from 'Joy Division' smoking a cigarette, The image shown is emotionless but simple and could imply that he is  rebellious as he is smoking.  The contrastive and abstract colours really bring out the image of Ian Curtis in a powerful and striking way. The colour had a larger significance to the age of the image, which could of been taken in the 70's or 80's so it gives the main image a traditional and classic characteristic.  The sell lines are in white as they are contrasting against Ian's black coat, this makes them look eyecatching because they are not only white but they are in a different font which looks funky and bold. 

 The magazine 'Kerrang' has a huge audience between the ages of 16-30. The audience members that read 'Kerrang' are into rock/heavy metal/grunge music. 54.7% of their audiences are men. The masthead on this magazine is in bold reading 'KERRANG', As we can see the 'KE' of the mast head has been shattered- this could be showing that it has been broken like a glass from the loud music. This is a very informal masthead. The masthead has been cut out by the image, this shows that the main image is more important and the main focus is the female singer 'Hayley Williams' from the band Paramore. The main image is of Hayely as i have just stated. She is from a band- but as shown she is the only one shown as the main image which implies she is the most important band member. She is doing a informal pose by putting her two fingers up- this shows that she is being rebellious as it's physically showing that she is swearing. This image of Hayley is showing the reader that she is confident and that she doesn't care, this is stereotypically showing that she is a rock singer. Her facial expressions imply that she is arrogant and care free. Her clothes and dyed hair are matching with the magazine colour scheme (orange). The reader can tell that her hair is un-natural/dyed as you can see her roots coming through, this is showing her off to be a unique, edgy character who is fashionable in the rock genre. The sell lines on this magazine offer 'Free Panic! at the disco poster' this will especially attract the younger audience as they can put the posters up around their bedrooms. The Splash on this 'Kerrang' magazine is 'PARAMORE' and links with the main image who is part of that band. The footer line has many band names on showing that there is more than one band information in the magazine. This grabs the readers attention as they will know at least one of the bands. The subsidiary images are the posters that are inside, this doesn't only attract the fans but it promotes the band in so many ways.

  
I wanted to look at a completely different genre music magazine and decided to look at the 'Classical Music Magazine'. The mast head of this magazine looks bold and is in the colour white, it looks gentle, neat and classy and matches the colour scheme of the rest of the magazine. The main image is a medium shot of 'Nicola Benedetti' standing up looking to the side of her. The image is of her smiling, this is inviting for the audience and the colours that she is wearing shows innocence and class, as she looks smart and pretty. The main image of her looking to the side looks very naural.  It also matches the colour scheme of the magazine. The layout of the magazine is very neat and sophisticated, this contrasts the genre of music. The Splash 'Nicola Bendetti standing up for music' goes with the main image as she is standing up.