Main Task: Music Magazine analysis

to make this document I used; Microsoft PowerPoint and Photoshop

Front Covers:

 firstly I had to pick from a wide selection of music genres, I looked for the magazines that caught my eye and made sure the three I chose were different from one another. I chose to pick magazines from: Classic Rock, Metal Hammer  and Rolling Stone.

                                                                      Metal Hammer:
With the Metal Hammer magazine I picked this cover because it has enough codes and conventions to talk about and I found the central image appealing to people from their proffered demographic. despite how this was the first magazine I picked to talk about I found this one to be the more difficult of the three to analyse mainly because the other two had a lot more detail and unique features.

                                                                    Rolling Stone:
I found the Rolling Stone magazine to be the best one to talk about, it was an easy choice as the central image and typography has so much creativity and colour compared to my other two choices. this cover, I feel, would appeal to a wider range of people since, as shown in its cover lines, there are a larger range of content in the magazine which includes both music and politics.  the artistic style of the cover would attract more people as well for many reasons, for example art students could use this for inspiration.

                                                                       Classic Rock:
I picked this Classic Rock magazine mainly because it features 'Guns N' Roses' on it. as I put in my analysis, this magazine would attract fans of the band due to the attention to detail (with the fonts) and the central image. I found this magazine easier to talk about compared to the 'metal hammer', this one had more content such as graphic features and variation between colours and fonts.

                                                                        Comparison:

Contents Page:

                                                                                Vibe
This contents page from vibe magazine, I feel, lacked in content but I feel its strongest aspect and main focus was the central image; the central image features Kanye West, one of the biggest selling artists and one of the most famous celebrities in the world, the image is also in monochrome with a single red heart. this image is both pleasing to the eye and includes a well known artist so it was an easy choice.

                                                                                 Kerrang:
This contents page contrasted Vibe's Heavily, while Vibes main focus was on the use of its artist and the monochrome lighting of its central image, Kerrang's main focus was the complete opposite, this contents page was more information focused, this contents page included graphic features in the form of advertisements and subscription offers. The magazine takes care to not conflict the info with the images, this includes the use of a dogs leg, the other images are small and not as detailed/ artistic as Vibes.

Comparison

  Double Page Spread:

For my Double Page Spread's I decided to use pages from, again, Kerrang and one from American Gothic. I used these because they are both in different genres of music.

American Gothic:

I used this Double Page Spread since it suits the Gothic style and contrasts the other double page spread. The main focus of the double page spread is the central image which includes; black and white, cloudy skies and religious buildings which suit the Gothic style. the typography I also found interesting, the font was in a Gothic style and lacked colour; using only white and bronze, the giant letter I could also be seen as a human bone.

Kerrang:

This Double Page Spread I found to be more difficult to analyse than the American Gothic page, the central image lacks in content and creativity which contrasts the American Gothic page, this Page seems to focus mostly on the information rather than the central image. The typography I found to be very interesting, the spontaneous change between Fonts and Text Sizes was appealing to look at, the use of pink text to highlight key words (like names) made the page eye catching, the use of white boxes to highlight the titles of the contents was a good way to separate the titles from the text. 

Comparison