Third Analysis of Music Magazine Contents Page

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This contents page is from the Kerrang music magazine, Kerrang is a Rock genre and this has been shown by the images that have been used. The masthead shown on this music magazine's contents page has been created with yellow text and a black background. Also all of the other sub-headings that have been placed are on the opposite type of the colour scheme rather than the masthead which is that they are in black text and yellow backgrounds. The overall colour scheme that has been used on this contents page is quite plain which is black, white and bits of yellow on a few places.

The information has been well organised and presented, it has a lot of different information and there is also a box on the top left hand corner of this magazine which shows the front cover of this particular music magazine. This is good for the reader because it reminds them what magazine they are reading and that they can still see the colour scheme.

On this contents page there are also 9 images that have been used with number of the pages, they are all the same size apart from one which has been created bigger and stands out more which shows the reader that this image is the main part of this magazine and contents page.  The images tell the reader what is inside the magazine and also the images will let them know who or what it is instead of just written text being placed.

Institution & Ideology:
The institution and ideology for this magazine's content page is that they want their reader to understand the contents page correctly, understand the images and text that has been used and finally to make sure that the readers are capable of keeping on track of the colour scheme and the way that it has been presented.

Audience:
The target audience for this particular music magazine's content page would be that it is to do with rock which means that the target audience they are aiming at has to be rock genre fans. It would be towards middle aged teens up until middle aged readers. The main area is the rock genre, it is shown by the images that have been used on the contents page are linked towards the Rock genre.

Representation:
The representation for this music magazine is for rock fans, it has been shown from the way the artists on the images have been presented.

Second Analysis of Music Magazine Contents Page

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Here is a contents page from an NME magazine, it is published weekly. The masthead on this contents page has been created in a black bold font on top of a white background. Next to this is the logo of the NME music magazine, this has been placed on the white background and the logo NME has been created in red with a space outlined with a black outline which makes a white border then a black outline to the logo. The left hand side has a red background and contains the Band Index, this includes different band names and artists. On the right hand side of this contents page There are sub headings in white bold text and black backgrounds on the fonts, these show the latest News, Radar, Reviews, anything that is appearing Live and finally what the magazine Features.

The bottom of this contents page there is a black area with bright text saying that if you subscribe today you will save 33% and it also tells the reader what to do and who to call if they are interested in this.

The bands images that have been used have been taken whilst they have been performing somewhere live last week as it says this in the text below the images of the band which also tells the reader that this was them recently at a tour performing live.

Another main part on this contents page is that one part of the text overlaps the bottom of the left image saying "The moment that..." and then under neath this there is big bold black text which reads "...Oasis kicked of their world tour". This shows the reader that it links to the images that have been shown and that this is where they all started from and where they became famous from.

Institution & Ideology:
The institution and ideology for this type of magazine contents page for the NME magazine is that they want their readers to read it easily and make sure that they want to read more. They also want to make the readers want to know what is included inside the magazine and make them read more and more of the magazine. 

Audience:
The target audience that the NME music magazine and the contents page target their audience to is late teens till middle aged people, also they want to target it towards the genre of rock fans. This is because not many young teens or very old people listen to this type of genre "rock" and if they do it is only a minority that do so. Another target audience for this type of magazine/content page would be for the audience fans who like to be like the band that has been represented on this contents page.

Representation:
The representation for this NME magazines content page is the rock genre this is because the images that have been used represent rock music and it is middle aged/younger people.
It will also be represented for the audience who like to dress up as the same as the band or artists that play or sing rock music.



First Analysis of Music Magazine Contents Page

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Here is a contents page from the Q magazine that is published monthly.A contents page is to tell the reader what is included or featured within the magazine, they are always on the first page of a magazine which is a really good place for them to be because they help the reader know what each page is about and if they are looking for a particular topic, they will also know what page it is by looking at the contents page rather than searching through the whole of the magazine.

The masthead on this contents page is in white and it is also bold and stands out as it sits on the black background it has been designed on. Also next to this is the Q logo which also stands out as it is in white with a red background. The sides show that there is the monthly features in this magazine and upcoming monthly ones too, these are all designed in a red background with white text which then have the information underneath them. All of these attract the readers attention straight away as they are colourful and also bold texts, fonts and sizes that have been used. The features are what is inside the magazine, these are placed on the left hand side of this contents page as you can see from the image above. The Q magazine also add a "Every Month" section in the corner of the contents page, this will which is another thing that they have added for the audience and readers to know what is going to be included within this particular magazine for each month or the current month that they are reading the magazine in.

The image of a band that has been displayed on this contents page would be a full low angle shot, this is because all of the band members are seen from head to toe and they are all stood higher than the camera has been placed. This shows that the band are in a higher position than the readers which could suggest that they have more power than us and that they are more popular because of the music that they produce.

 

Institution & Ideology:

The institution and ideology for this type of contents page for the Q magazine is that they want there target audience to see it as an easy to read and understandable page to make readers look at it and continue reading what is inside this magazine and what else is included.

 

Audience:

The Q magazine generally targets it's audience at younger and older generations, this can be seen in some of there magazines they have young bands represented on there covers, contents pages etc but also on some they have older aged bands. But the main target audience for the Q magazine is rock fans, they always look at the target audience's who like the genre of rock music. Finally the age group for this contents page would most probably be more of a younger up middle aged people.

 

Representation:

The representation for this particular Q magazine's content page would be of the rock genre because it represents a young band that are well known to the fans of rock and they are liked by their target audience.

 

 

Third Analysis of Music Magazine Cover

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This music magazine is by XXL, the artist on the front that is shown is P-Diddy, he is a famous artist that alot of people will know about. The masthead which is the name of the magazine "XXL" has been overlapped by the artists head in the photograph, this has an affect as it shows that the artist is over powering the masthead and he stands out in the whole splash. Another thing is that the artist has been captured in a black and white photo where as the masthead is in colour. The name DIDDY is center framed in this splash and it has been designed an created in big bold black text. The masthead has been created in a big bold and red font style and text which makes it stand out and lets the audience know what magazine this is even though it is not fully shown. The camera angle that the artists image has been taken at is a medium-close up, this is shown because the artists body has been shown and not the full body but not just the head either, it is from the below the chest and above.

Ideology and Institution
The designers and creators of this music magazine have created it to be aimed at the audience who like music within the genre Hip Hop music. This is shown by using the artist which has been shown on the front cover of the music magazine, he is dressed like most hip hop artists dress for example with chains and sun glasses.

Audience
The target audience that this magazine has been aimed at is people who like the genre Hip Hop music, or even like the artist that has been advertised on the front cover of this particular music magazine. XXL which is the name of the music magazine is a famous music magazine for the Hip Hop genre, which means that the target audience will always know when they see the masthead of the magazine in shops.

Representation
The representation of this music magazine has been shown from what the dress sense of the artist on this music magazine is wearing. This could target towards people who like to wear the similar sort of clothing accessories such as chains and sunglasses.

Second Analysis of Music Magazine Cover

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The masthead on this KERRANG music magazine cover has been created in a very affective way. The masthead's style is as if it has been smashed with something, this can also be seen as strings of a guitar the way the lines of the cracks on the masthead have been laid out and also the sound of a guitar string is a similar sound like "kerrang". The font of the masthead is also BOLD this makes the masthead stand out and it creates a strong and aggressive sort of tone to the audience it appeals to and represents itself to. This bold and black tone on the masthead also links to the artists that are shown on the front cover of the magazine, the main artist who in the center of the splash "Simon Neil" has be presented in the middle of the magazine in the white hooded top. This makes him stand out of the band as the other two band members are in black clothing. The link between the artists and masthead are that the main thing on the magazine's front cover is the masthead as it tells the audience which magazine it is, and then the main artist from the band is in the same colour and represented with the same boldness style which shows the target audience who the main artist is within this magazine.

There are two camera angle shots that have been used on this magazine's front cover, the first one is the artist that is centered in the middle of the magazine's cover, he is shown as a medium close up. The other two artists on either side of him are more of a close up shot as on the two artists behind the main centered artist, they are closer in towards there face where as the main artist has more of his center and upper body showing in the image.

There is also advertisements that have been promoted and shown on the bottom of the magazine's front cover, this shows that there has been a lot of money put into this magazine and it is a decent magazine to purchase.

Ideology & Institution

The people who have designed and created this magazine front cover have designed it to be aimed at the target audience who like rock music. This is shown because they have used the images of artists and the band who play rock music and the target audience will know this when they see the images of the band displayed on the front cover of the music magazine. Another thing is that Kerrang is a rock magazine, so when the audience see this they will know 100% that this relates to them if they have interest in this type of genre in the music side. 

Audience

The target audience that this music magazine relates to is people who like the genre of rock music, this is shown by the name of the magazine which is the masthead saying Kerrang as it is well known to be one of the top rock music magazine's and also the main band that is represented on the magazine shows that it is a rock music magazine of the way they are presented to the target audience. 

Representation

The representation for this music magazine's front cover has been aimed at the target audience which is for the people who are like the band shown on the cover or who like the music that the magazine represents. The type of clothing they wear could also be a representation to the people whom it targets towards.