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The use of pinks and blacks give the magazine cover an impression that their audience is stereotypically women.
Its bright red logo stands out well over the pink and black bled image, attracting the buyer to their famous brand.
Its use of a mixture of serif and sans serif fonts give the impression that the magazine
is full of different content, this also helps distinguish between the different cover
lines.
The stand first text addressing the cover photo uses a very connotative feminine
typeface. This implies that Florence’s character is stereotypical of an indie rock
star.
I believe that Florence is a representation of the indie rock community. She uses a direct mode of address to engage
and attract the buyer.
Florence’s pose is direct to the audience, singling out the viewer in a personal way.
Her prop, a microphone is an obvious signifier that the magazine is a music magazine. With Her style that is
stereotypical for an indie rock star such as her vintage but modern pink jacket.
The cover lines are deliberately large, some using sands serif fonts making them even
easier to read from a distance. The sizes of the cover lines are clear indicators of their
importance in the contents of the magazine.
Its bold white stand first text telling the
audience exactly what this issues main
story is about therefore attracting
the correct audience.
I think that the cover is very effective one of the reasons is the bold contrast of its
cover lines and bright logo. This
helps the audience remember their
brand.
Published monthly by Bauer Media Group.it also publishes Empire a UK monthly film magazine.
They are distributed in bookshops, supermarkets and online in the UK.
There is a variety of colours used. This gives the connotation that they are attempting to attract as
many types of ‘music lovers’.(male and female)
I think It gives a nice professional tone, summing up the style of the magazine.
The text has been used in a clever and informative way. The main artist’s names have got bold/large sand serif font, with folios highlighted in speech
bubbles. Its clever because people who look at the contents page can quickly find their favourite artist
and read the pages that are relevant to them.
It Has a variety of different genres of artists covering a wide range of audiences just on the contents page. Each of them representing their
genre of music.
In each photograph the subject appears to be relaxed posing in their own ways relating to their
character. They never use the same colours/lighting/pose twice because they want to
show the diversity in their magazine.
Names of artists are bold and large because they are the most important articles/people in the magazine.
The designers have used stereotypical pink colours to represent the main artist Florence. They have
tried to give the double page spread a feminine tone with text in a ‘hand written’ style giving innocence to
her.
The covers house style has been transferred onto this page with the black and pink stylish colours.
In the centre of the text an everyday image of Florence has been used to help the reader to relate
to her indie rock lifestyle and help describe the article.
The pose gives the feeling of innocence, her head down and hands folded together.
The caption is slightly larger than the body copy meaning it catches people’s eye and
attracts them to read it, then hooking them into reading the full article.
I think that the double page spread is designed to appeal to women who aspire to be her. The article gives an inspirational
view of her struggles that are relatable for the reader.
The designers have used used very bold outstanding colours that are good at attracting the eye when on magazine shelves. The mixture of black and neon colours give a fun tone that people will be attracted to.
There is a wide variety of fonts and font sizes used to distinguish between different cover lines even when it’s tight on space.
The Larger the cover line/masthead suggests they are more important.
I feel the design is a fight for dominance with the different cover lines, creating a very powerful front cover.
The designer’s use of large scale photographs of celebrities attracts their fans to buy the magazine, increasing their target audience/readership.
I believe that the cover photo is a representation of the entire contents of the magazine not just the feature story, Readers would only be able to judge the contents through the cover of the magazine.
His pose is very dominant, the low angle shot gives him a powerful look. With his use direct mode of address to capture the reader’s attention.
The large cover mount draws fans of that genre to buy the magazine.
The designers deliberately used bold titles to highlight the famous artists and
gain their audiences.
Their
use of personal pronouns gets the
reader involved with the cover line making
the magazine more personal.
I believe the cover is designed to appeal to a
wide variety of different fan bases
therefore gaining as large of an audience as
possible.
Published by Bauer Media Group,
Distributed around the UK. They are also publishers of Q magazine.
They are also publishers of Q magazine.
The use of back gives the contents a stereotypically rock look for the genre.
I has a very structured feel that is simple to read because of its bold and
capitalised folio titles.
There is a strong house theme using sand serif fonts through the cover, contents and
cover story. It gives a modern feel to the magazine reflecting their young target
audience.
The contents page gives the impression that the magazine has a small amount of content, I believe their young audience
would want.
The photo is good because it makes you feel involved/ engaged, as if you were on stage with the artist.
His pose gives the impression that he is a outgoing character readers may idolise, engaging his audience makes magazine
readers feel more involved.
I think that the contents page is effective because it has a small amount of text alongside
photographs and graphics perfect for their young target audience.
The graphic /crosshead is effective because they have props connotative with the rock
genre. The folio titles suggest the interests of their target audience.
Green is connotative of safety this helps gives a calm tone to the double page spread.
Its sands serif font used with a drop cap at the beginning of the body copy gives the double page spread a modern feel, Perfect for their ‘modern’ audience.
Their use of phrases such as ‘bloody’ and ‘zillions’ is typical language used by their audience attracting them to read the full interview.
I believe the double page spread is very effective because of its large modern
style masthead that catches your attention when flicking through the
magazine.
The limited amount of text is good because their young audience can become uninterested with large
amounts of text.
The low angle shot of the band gives them the impression they are people of
value.
Their location gives them a relatable aspect, unlike some artists features
who’s photographs are taken in there celebrity lifestyle.
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