NME Cover Analysis
The magazine NME, abbreviation for New Music Express, was published by IPC media and launched in 1996 and targets a young adult audience, from the ages of 17 to 23.
This magazine shows a professional but messy rock look which is shown by the picture, it uses a majority of the page as it’s the main image and consists of Lilly Allen with an old shirt and pale look, which gives an edgy messed look for the magazine. The professional parts of this front cover are the banners and main masthead and logo. The picture overlaps the NME logo but as it’s a well known magazine the reader doesn’t need to see the whole title to know what magazine it is. The typeface for the magazine changes using displacement of the characters at angles. Such as “LILLY ALLEN TAKES ON THE WORLD” and the quote given by her above, gives a cut out pasted effect and is used in other issues of the NME magazine. The quote given by her has affected the way the quote is layed out, showing distress on the font and how it’s positioned. The colour scheme for the front cover is mostly red, white and black, these three colours are used commonly in rock music and is shown on this magazine in font, background and clothing on the main image. There are two other images on the front cover that highlight some of the main articles included in the magazine, such as David Bowie in the top right, with an important topic, and a picture in the top left of an artist. There are also two banners, the top one indicates there are new tunes from a band, and the bottom banner to show what other bands are included inside. The magazine uses a lot of capital letters to shout out
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Q Front Cover Analysis
Q magazine has a known logo on the front which doubles as it’s title. The publisher, Bauer Media; who also published “Kerrang” has many other interests such as TV and Radio. The magazine is released monthly, and can be subscribed yearly for £20. It is also the UK’s number 1 selling monthly magazine.
This front cover on this release can appeal to many fans and supporters of the band Metallica as the band image is on the front. This is the only image on the magazine and takes up all space. It has been taken professionally and has been edited as there is no shadow below the band members them selves. This means that a tool such as the lasso tool has been used to cute round them and placed. They are layered in front of the main magazine title, and everything else is placed on top and around them avoiding the facial area.
Although the magazine is released by the same publisher it still has a more professional look about it. The age group attracted to this would be round the ages of 17 to 29. There are spaces in parts of the front cover so it doesn’t look too complex and layed out clearly. There are small banners such as in the top left of the magazine it says, “THE LOUD ISSUE!”, so it gives a impact on the audience to say it maybe neat but it still has the information and updates on bands you still want. A bar code is on the magazine on the left for retailers to sell. So it shows it can be bought whenever not just by a monthly subscription. There is also gossip shown on the front cover with the “HARRY POTTER, confessions of a boy wizard”. So it too withholds gossip on recently released films, not just fixed on music genres. At the bottom there is another banner to show reviews on the 20 loudest albums, and everything shown on the front cover is included in the magazine itself.
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Kerrang Cover Analysis
The name of the magazine, Kerrang, is a main element to the magazine. Its font style has effects added to it, with the lines to look like broken glass. With also a spattered rusted effect. The name is an onomatopoeia, like the sound of an electric guitar.
The publisher for this magazine is Baur Media; they also publish the magazine “Q”. The publisher media company have another interest in media by TV; they too own 50% stake in the British television company Box Television, the other half owned by Channel 4.
The magazine is released weekly and costs £2.20. Kerrang reaches out to a lot of people; anyone between the ages of 14 to 24 may have an interest in it and has at least heard of it. The magazine has its own website link:
www.kerrang.com. For the magazine, the target audience is important as it consists of a large variety and range of people, mostly round the ages of 14 to 24 but also anyone interested in Rock, Metal or Heavy Metal. It targets male and female as music is universal and as a magazine, it tries to appeal to as many people as is its objective.
The main front cover has a main image of The Bronx, the main colour scheme on the front cover match the clothing they are wearing to give a professional look. The band themselves are directly looking at you to give a sense that they are drawn to you. The image takes up the entire space on the front cover and everything else such as pictures are layered on top with a slight angle adjustment and borders.
The images are taken inside the magazine to highlight major artists to the audience. There are three banners also, at the bottom, showing a list of other bands included in the magazine. Underneath the main band to highlight there location on tour and at the top there is another one that is a main topic too. The typeface/font is almost exactly the same through out the front cover and on a majority of the main and sub titles, with the characters all bold and capitals. The bold and caps gives everything a loud explosive feel to the magazine. Colour scheme occasionally changes on the front cover but mainly uses red, yellow, black and white. The broken glass effect on the title gives a basic impression to show heavy music, and is normally white in the magazine but can vary sometimes. A bar code is on the front of the magazine for retailers to scan and gives another effect to a typical magazine. The appearance of the magazine looks professional with it having some pictures on angles the layers of banners and titles, gives a good effect on the genre of Rock.
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NME
- Launched in 1996
- Price: £2.20
- Publisher: IPC Media
- Target Audience- Late/Teens, 17-24
- Musicians, Contempory music.
Q Magazine
- · Launched in 1986
- · £20 yearly subscription
- · Monthly distributed
- · Publisher: Baur Media
- · Target Audience: Young adults with a passion for rock music.
- · UK’s best selling monthly magazine.
- Launched in 1981
- Price £2.20
- Weekly
- Publisher: Baur Media
- Target Audience- Teen agers, 14-24, Musicians.
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For my coursework I plan to design my own music magazine. For my plan I'll require to look at other magazines to come up with newer more original ideas by analyzing the magazines. I will need thorough research on most magazines to see which is the most popular this could be done by questionnaires. After my data is completed I can confirm the audience I would target, whether it be male, female, both, and by there age.
In my work I'll need to make practice pieces of articles, contents and front covers in photoshop to build an idea for a final piece. I'll use Photoshop to create these practice and final pieces and analyze them. Take professional photos at some point and take as many as possible to have a large selection of photos. With these photos I must come up with new ideas to edit these photos for front covers and articles.
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Magazine
Evaluation
The practice magazine I’ve created is based on the Woking college “Zine” magazine; I’ve created two drafts, the first of the front cover. The front cover I’ve used a basic layout, with a main picture covering the background. The name of the magazine to the top of the page, and feature pictures for the magazine to the side. I’ve used a variety of font for the front cover; there are 5 different fonts, each with a different colour.
The main Zine title I think personally would be eye-catching as it’s like a circus type, and when anyone hears circus the
instantly think of fun or entertaining; another reason why I picked this specific font.
If I were to of done this front cover again, I may have limited the amount of colour on the font, as well as the variety of the font.
Using Photoshop has helped me build on top of the knowledge I already have using different tools, such as the blur sponge tool to blur the background so that the centre image will be the main attraction. And I’ve brought the person to the foreground more by pulling up the contrast.
I’ve removed blemishes by using the airbrush tool as well.I’ve also added another picture into the front cover, the filmstrip covers up a darkened area on the background.
I used a filmstrip to show another feature to the magazine, with movie reviews, not just music. For the Contents page I’ve used the gradient tool to blend from a black to white. The font colour is inverted oneach side of the page, such as text used in the black section will be white, and the text used in the white either black or gray. The title down the side is the same font used on the front cover I thought I’d used this font as it stands out boldly and clear on the black. For the font there is also a contrast of colours using black white and red.
If I were to of done this again I probably would’ve experimented with the Photoshop tools more and created different effects. Time management would also have helped with completing work appropriately rather than to rush the contents page as I used a majority of my time on the front cover.
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For the AS Media course, we have created a draft piece for a magazine so far. Making the front cover and the contents page. I've used Photoshop before and had some knowledge about it, and when creating the draft I've had a chance to use it again and build on that knowledge in detail.
Using Adobe Photoshop for a draft piece has helped me explore further with the tools and layers of the software. My task aim for the front cover was to attract men and women from the ages of 16 to 18. I accomplished this by using a picture of a teenager in the age boudaries and used various fonts and colours. For the main picture I've used tools to edit the background by blurring it and using the dodge burn tool. The main person in the picture is given a glow and i've learnt how to pull the contrast up to make her the main object in the picture.
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