Media AS Hannah Penton Front Cover Magazine 1
The masthead denotes a broken ‘Q’ with chunks breaking away from it. The burst pieces are a result of the swinging guitar that the image is capturing. Also this image connotes the iconic rock and roll which is the magazine is known for. The masthead has also gone along with the convention of a magazine where is normally placed in the top left.
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November 2011
This magazine is a subscriber only, suggesting that they are wanting to appeal to a specific target audience and a certain type of music fan will buy this magazine. The skyline on the magazine denotes a bold printed slogan with a black on white effect – this makes it prominent on the front cover for the readers to identify.
The lead article re-establishes the main image of the artist smashing his guitar against the masthead. By stating he is ‘out of control’.
This type of magazine is seen as quite masculine with the smashing of the masthead and the aggression on the cover artist.
The cover is consistent in its use of colour – it has a red, black and white theme. These are used in the masthead and lead article; then complimented in the styling of the artist.
The main image focuses solely on the artist being centre and medium close up. His expression connotes aggressiveness and intention of smashing the guitar against something.
The front cover has very little on it in terms of pull quotes and cover lines. This keeps the focus on the artist being featured. Otherwise known a poster style.
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Contents Magazine 1
The skyline illiterates what magazine is called. This will go along with the forms and conventions of the layout in every addition of the magazine
The lead image of the artist on the front over connotes a complete opposite to how he is captured in the contents, this suggest that he has control and the magazine will show that there may be another side of him that the readers don’t know – this can attract readers to find out more.
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November 2011
The contents page is quite simplistic as they only have a few pictures and limited writing. However the pictures that are shown are noticeable with their corresponding page numbers, this helps the readers to quickly identify where they will be situated. The largest image being that of the lead artist from the front cover. The artist is dressed in smart and rocker clothes connoting that he is important and stylish with the shine on the jackets could symbolise that of lights on stage where he is always performing on.
The layout of the contents page and the list of the articles featured inside are situated on the left third. This is important because subconsciously readers will look to the left of pages when flicking through- so by positioning the list of pages on the left readers will become more aware of what they see and then pick up of particular pages of interesting articles. 2
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Media Production
November 2011
Double Page Spread Magazine 1
With this double page spread there isn’t one lead image. By using various articles the readers can pick and choose with ones they find more appealing.
The DPS is consistent in its layout and design with the Contents page, these include the use of red banners and black coloured font as it is easier to read on top of the white background.
The images uses caption the help the readers understand what is going on – and what the camera has captured in that moment.
The skyline provided extra information about what is coming up in the next few pages – this helps to give the readers a preview and makes it easier to navigate if they are looking for something specific to read. By using pictures it makes the skyline more noticeable and alluring.
The tone and register of the descriptive language used compliments the style of the magazine. E.g. “heavy” and “madness” all symbolise the feeling of rock. As it is denoted in bold these appeals to the magazines target audience because it blatantly seen.
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Media AS Hannah Penton Front Cover Magazine 2
Media Production
November 2011
The type of artists that are identified of the front cover (MIA/Rolling Stones) showed what Denoted on the front cover is a particular the focus on Pop/Rock The lead article is ae.g. direct quote The main imageaudience and thethe magazine are wanting
masthead, lead article as well as the cover lines all coincide with each other as they all denote a yellow, red and white theme. However the colouring connotes hotness or fire possibly suggesting that the contents of the magazine has hot topics inside it, this could attract readers.
As the magazine is well known, despite the fact the main image is covering part of the masthead, the most regular buyers are able to distinguish that it is NME.
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The front cover of this particular magazine uses of surveillance and information suggested by ‘Bulmer & Katz’ – the readers are able to learn about how the cover artist is known globally. Therefore creating curiosity for the readers. 4
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The idea of a contents page is to help the reader navigate the magazine. Therefore to help achieve this NME has made the contents page clear and easy to use.
November 2011
Contents Magazine 2
It is effective that the main stories have been made prominent by making then enlarged along with the page numbers they are situated on. The connotation of this may show that the most interesting and important stories that the magazine thinks will then appeal to potential readers.
The images used denote particularly attractive, up to date and popular artists, this helps magazine be a magnet for specific readers they are aim towards, this then make readers appreciate the magazine more.
The font used is black and bold on top of a white background this makes it easier to read and the writing becomes more perceptible. 5
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Media Production
November 2011
Double Page Spread Magazine 2
The lead image is consistent in the colouring and style. This is an additional photo from the same photo shoot shown on the font cover. The artist is position in a way that shows she in charge and rebellious. This is a representation of her image in music and how provocative she can be.
The headline used is a direct quote from the singer positioned in the main image. The font used is continuous from the front over. This is consistent with the house style of the magazine.
The standfirst is introduced in a full on description on how the interview took place and how the meeting started out. It is a personal expression of what M.I.A looks like and the first impressions that journalist see’s. Yet this helps the readers to create an image of how the interview looked like.
The magazine has used some Photoshop effects – for instance the use of multiply in the Pull quote allows the reader to see another image behind it but still able to read the quote. The connotation of this may seem that the imagery of the artist in the photo is like she doesn’t want to be seen what she is doing because it could be frowned upon or provocation (also stated in the standfirst) – therefore she is hiding behind the writing.
The layout and design of the article is simply set out making it easy to read and it more attractive for readers – this will keep their attention for longer. The columns are laid out in two blocks on the bottom of the right page. They are quite short because they don’t want to bore the readers with lots of writing, making them lose interest. The writing used it quite informal which is good because they don’t want to confuse the readers or make them feel inferior. The writing is also popular to how the target audience may speak. The highlighted colour in the standfirst correlates with the colouring of the house style in the imagery, this helps to pull together the theme of the article.
The colours red, yellow and purple denoted all symbolise that of fire and heat. Also purple symbolises wealth, which can be related back to the quote M.I.A said on 6the font cover about how ‘rich’ she is now.