music magazine analysis

The main colour scheme for the front cover of the NME magazine is Black, White and Red. There is a large image which is a mid shot of 3 people from the group Gossip, which is a classic convention of magzines, which overlaps everything except the text that is placed over the main person from the group and also the stapline at the top which covers a tiny bit of the top the womans head, they have done this as it has text on it which the audience needs to read to make it a selling point whereas the NME logo is half covered by on of the groups head which shows us that it is a very well known magazine and that you do not need to see the whole masterhead to know what magazine it is. The shot that has been used is a staged, studio shot in which all members of the group are making eye contact with you, which is mode of address, and the fact that she has pulled her glasses down to show you her eyes makes it feel as if there is more of a connection. The group 'Gossip' are a very famous band and so it brings star quality to the magazine as it is people that the audience will recognise ecspecially the woman,which is why she has been put in the front. the barcode is small and out the way on the magazine but is eaisly able to locate if needed which show that the price of the magazine is not a big selling point and is probably the same price every week so it show it is a magazine that is regualry brought by the same people. and also the fact it is a weekly magazine show that it has a constant stream of interviews and stories that it is able to fill up a magazine every week and also it show it has star quality as they would need a well known band/singer to fill the front cover every week

There are many similarities between this cover and the NME one I previously anaylised, such as the main image being a studio shot and taking over the whole front cover and covering more masterhead. Unlike the NME magazine cover they have put smaller images of groups and text in front of the large image that covers the bottom third of the page. Across the top there is a small banner which has names of a few other famous bands that may attract readers that pay closer attention to it. Over the large studio shot there is the name of the band in large font which shows us that the name of the band is more noticable than the faces of the people in the band, unlike the band U2 where Bono is really famous and his face is known around the world. This front cover reaches out to many different ages with the images of different types of rock like metallica which reaches out to the older generation, and paramore which is for the younger people and also panic at the disco is for young people as it is modern rock and has more of a pop factor to it but this is a good way of covering a larger audience. there are many coverlines to attract people to buy this such as the 'FREE live poster special!' this attracts customers as they see this as them getting somithing extra and the fact they use the word special makes it sound like your getting something unique and better than others like it. also at the very bottom there is a banner which is a list of other bands that appear in this issue of the magazine, they are less famous than the rest of the bands but they must be known a bit to even bother putting them on there. like NME music magazine, Kerrang is also published weekly and offers a different famous band/singer every week and includes reviews, interviews, compotitions etc. the colour scheme of this magazine is similar to NME's by using mainly black and white, although this magazine uses much less red and also uses yellow for the arrow as it makes it stand out from the dull background

This is a contents page from a kerrang magazine. The colour scheme is similar to the front cover which suggest that they use a continuous colour scheme throughout the whole magazine also it is very picture based which show that there main selling point is the bands and artist that make the music which show that it is purely for people that buy this magazine for. the pictures consist of studio shots and shots taken at live Giggs and there is one of AC/DC which is there logo, and out of 9 pictures 8 are the same size and there is one which is larger and takes up the space of 4 smaller photos so this must be a really famous band to attract more space in the magazine so must be a big selling point for when people look at the contents page. the layout is set out well and you can grid the whole page by 4x4 and 3x4 is taken up by pictures and small information and the 1x4 is the right hand column which contains just text about other pages in the magazine which might not attract as much attention as the others.in the top right corner there is the text contents in yellow against a black background which makes it stand out. then lower down it says this week which is black on yellow and along list of what the magazine contains, and this reminds you that it is a weekly magazine and the vast content they are able to get in a week.

This is a double page spread in a edition of NME it features the band green day, a very famous band from America and that have gone world wide. when looking at double page spreads they mostly feature really famous bands as they have to cover 2 pages near the front of the magazine so they need to attract a lot of attention from audiences. half of the double page spread is taken up by a studio shot of the band posing with the lead man in front as he has the most recognisable face by people who are not great fans of them. also anyone who is a fan will see that in their hands they are holding a red grenade in the shape of a  heart which is also there album cover of there most famous single 'American idiot'. then the second half is text about the band and about there new album it has a image of the album cover near the top accompanied by it's name. the background colour is a sort of light beige and shows off the black text and the colour scheme is white, black, red and other mixes of red like beige and orange this keeps it very simple and makes it look good.