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.
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. 
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