The Front Cover
The magazine cover is from Q magazine, I have chosen this front cover because it is similar to the genre I have chosen (Pop). The magazine cover has 4 headline features to make sure that it appeals to their readers so they maintain their target audience.
Q magazine is usually a magazine that only interviews bands and stereotyping one genre; rock music, however in this issue they involve a pop genre by using Lady Gaga as their main feature. I find the Lady Gaga issue appealing because it is trying to aim to other target audiences, such as pop culture. The magazine has used Lady Gaga as their main feature because she is an unique kind artist by her unusual costumes and numerous number one hits. Lady Gaga is popular with the audience, therefore Q used her as an iconic symbol of Pop music today. Lady Gaga is posing half naked but with only her arm covering her breasts and leather spiky pants, this is to show that she is body confident about her pose.
Her image has inspired me to do a shot where my artist shall be leading forward to give that connection with the audience, so this will catch their eyes from all of the other magazine. I intend to do a median- close of the face because it can signal what emotion they are feeling to their interview. I would like to do my photo with highlights and shadows of the artist because I want my artist to stand out before the titles hit the eyes of the customers.
I particular like the main title because it is bold and stands in front of Lady Gaga's pose as well as behind her and I find it really unusual but professional at the same time. They use world exclusive to make it appeal as a one off interview and strikes the readers attention. Underneath the world exclusive box, states that one of most popular artist (Madonna) is being replaced by a new stronger artist (Lady Gaga) to make the reader's interest to grow.
Q magazine uses a slogan at the top of cover that it the UK's biggest music magazine, this is to ensure the customers that they are reading Thee Biggest Music Magazine.
Q magazine keeps to a certain colour scheme by wanting to keep it a very basic style to their readers. They use greys, blacks, whites and red because grey is easy to digest to other colours, the grey is used as a background and I think it highlights Lady Gaga's shot very good. I would like to use the same colour however use them differently by using a white background to highlight the shot of my artist.
For the features of the magazine I have noticed that they have used words like 'shocking', 'hell' and 'world's exclusive' because Q magazine wants to make their readers feel important by entertaining them with meaningful words to appeal to their target audience. I am thinking of words that shall attract my audience, and I am also thinking of placing a quote from the artist's interview on the front cover to send a buzz to my target audience.
The Contents Page
I have chosen these two contents pages because they are similar genre however they have different layouts for their content pages. Many magazine use the content page as the very first page in their magazine, this to appeal to their readers because determines what the reader is looking for; therefore the magazine would be showing the most important and popular bits, this to ensure sales and entertain more readers.
Double Spread Article
I have chose this double spread article because it bold and jumps of the page for the readers. The article is presented with a bold font quote from Lily Allen interview. This shows that it’s related and also Lily Allen’s name is also in this style which makes it stand out from the surrounding text. I am thinking of going for a different font than the Lily Allen article because I don't want my font to take up the majority of the double spread, therefore I want more of detailed article for my readers.
The background is white therefore it highlights Lily Allen's shot and pose. I would use white as a background because it easy to digest with other objects and colours and this indicates that the reader's attention is on the text and the picture.
I think A double page spread could consist of anything such as:
Q magazine is usually a magazine that only interviews bands and stereotyping one genre; rock music, however in this issue they involve a pop genre by using Lady Gaga as their main feature. I find the Lady Gaga issue appealing because it is trying to aim to other target audiences, such as pop culture. The magazine has used Lady Gaga as their main feature because she is an unique kind artist by her unusual costumes and numerous number one hits. Lady Gaga is popular with the audience, therefore Q used her as an iconic symbol of Pop music today. Lady Gaga is posing half naked but with only her arm covering her breasts and leather spiky pants, this is to show that she is body confident about her pose.
Her image has inspired me to do a shot where my artist shall be leading forward to give that connection with the audience, so this will catch their eyes from all of the other magazine. I intend to do a median- close of the face because it can signal what emotion they are feeling to their interview. I would like to do my photo with highlights and shadows of the artist because I want my artist to stand out before the titles hit the eyes of the customers.
I particular like the main title because it is bold and stands in front of Lady Gaga's pose as well as behind her and I find it really unusual but professional at the same time. They use world exclusive to make it appeal as a one off interview and strikes the readers attention. Underneath the world exclusive box, states that one of most popular artist (Madonna) is being replaced by a new stronger artist (Lady Gaga) to make the reader's interest to grow.
Q magazine uses a slogan at the top of cover that it the UK's biggest music magazine, this is to ensure the customers that they are reading Thee Biggest Music Magazine.
Q magazine keeps to a certain colour scheme by wanting to keep it a very basic style to their readers. They use greys, blacks, whites and red because grey is easy to digest to other colours, the grey is used as a background and I think it highlights Lady Gaga's shot very good. I would like to use the same colour however use them differently by using a white background to highlight the shot of my artist.
For the features of the magazine I have noticed that they have used words like 'shocking', 'hell' and 'world's exclusive' because Q magazine wants to make their readers feel important by entertaining them with meaningful words to appeal to their target audience. I am thinking of words that shall attract my audience, and I am also thinking of placing a quote from the artist's interview on the front cover to send a buzz to my target audience.
The Contents Page
I have chosen these two contents pages because they are similar genre however they have different layouts for their content pages. Many magazine use the content page as the very first page in their magazine, this to appeal to their readers because determines what the reader is looking for; therefore the magazine would be showing the most important and popular bits, this to ensure sales and entertain more readers.
I will be doing my contents page where I will have features in bold letters to show what are the best articles in this week's issue. This should catch my reading audience when they open the first page. I want to split it up contents in sections so my readers why it easy to find what they are looking for. I think it would be best to present my contents page on a white background to attract readers into possible subscribing. I aim that the colour scheme from the front cover will remain consistent on the contents page.
Double Spread Article
I have chose this double spread article because it bold and jumps of the page for the readers. The article is presented with a bold font quote from Lily Allen interview. This shows that it’s related and also Lily Allen’s name is also in this style which makes it stand out from the surrounding text. I am thinking of going for a different font than the Lily Allen article because I don't want my font to take up the majority of the double spread, therefore I want more of detailed article for my readers.
The background is white therefore it highlights Lily Allen's shot and pose. I would use white as a background because it easy to digest with other objects and colours and this indicates that the reader's attention is on the text and the picture.
I think A double page spread could consist of anything such as:
Interview, Music news, Music charts/Downloads, Fashion page, Main cover story, Poster, Album reviews, Confessions, 'Next issue' page, etc.
This because I think my readers deserve a variety in what they are reading therefore making the article more interesting to read.
Lily Allen's clothes match the colour scheme of the feature, her tartan shirt shows masculinity and that she is more masculine than feminine. She's stood with her hands on her hips, however her wrists are pointing up to show the reader her tattoo. This shows her to be quite rebellious. She is looking directly at the reader connoting that she's strong and demanding attention.
The article is layout in columns so make it more easier to read by scanning the page before absorbing the information.
There is some really nice analysis here, Aimee - I like how you reflect on what ideas you can use. You mention 2 contents pages, but I only see one here? Also,the double page article is really all one interview with your artist, not lots of little columns and sections!
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