Front Cover

My Planning Mind Map

Analasis of Kerrang! Article

This is an article about Jared Leto, guitar and lead vocals for the band 30 Seconds To Mars , the article is about the songs that have inspired him in his life and hoe they inpired him into a music career. The image again is a close-up and is lookiing on a side towards the reader.

The heading "The songs that changed my life" could mean that these songs influenced him into taking a career in music, the article itself is different from most others as it takes about what made him the well known music icon he is today, whereas other music articles are all about the bands in the present time and what is expected in the futur. This is about his past and his secret love in music. This would help the audience to understand him more and what his childhood was like.

The article is set out in the same way as other articles apart from all the articles are all related to each other, for example all the songs he loved as a child.

Analasis of NME Article

This is an article from the magazine NME. The article is about Greenday who are a well known band throughout the world. There is only one image in this article and it is a close-up image of the band, the shoulders of the band members are cut of by the heading " Is this greenday's new album". This breaks the conventions of music magazine as if the image is a close-up you should be able to see both the head and the shoulders, however because this breaks conventions it means that the key points of the image is the heads of the band members.

The heading " Is this greenday's new album" could mean that it is asking the reader and then the reader has an opinion on whether they think it should or not. Again the article is split up into sections for the reader to read, these sections all tell different stories about the band, for example. Recent gigs, new albums/songs or band history.

There is also an advert in the article for foxbore hottubs, a band that has just brought out a new single, this is advertised so the reader will become interested and buy the single by the other band.

Analasis of Vibe Article

This is an article from the magzaine Vibe. The articles only has one image which is a medium close-up. The image looks to be pointing at the reader and could send the message that the article is only for the reader. The text looks to be in front of one of the the person wearing the hat and works its way around the person pointing, this could mean that he is the key point of the article and he is the most important thing.

The article set out into sections with each section telling a different story related to the topic. At the bottom right of the picture it says "What you lookin' at?" as if it asking the reader and the action of the pointing goes with this. It gives the impression that the emotions and feelings he has are being aimed at the reader. This could give a number of impressions to the reader.

The heading of this article is " BOBBITO plays the tracks, BLACK ROB states the facts" is what the articles about, two people talking about there past and explaining what happened and why. This would help the reader to understand why things happened if they where unclear to them before.

Analasis of Q Contents Page

This is the contents page for Q magazine, unlike Kerrang! and NME magazines this contents page only has one image. This image is what the main story of the magazine is about. Also in stead of having all the features and cover stories under different sub-headings, in Q magazine they are under the same one. This makes it easier for the reader to see the articles and chose one to read.

The main image on the contents page is a close-up (head and shoulder shot) of James Blunt a solo artist singer. The main story is based on an article about him, a recent gig or life story for example.

The other articles in the magazine are mainly stories about bands and artists instead of information about them, this makes the magazine more like a book of each artist rather then short pieces of information. these stories are usually about the past or how bands and artists started off there careers in music.

Analasis of Kerrang! Contents Page

This is the contents page for an issue of Kerrang! magazine. This contents page has more images of the bands featured rather then just the names, although it features less bands then NME magazine, it will give more information about the bands because it features less. The magazine contents page is set out in a different way as the articles are not just written they have images with them, so if a reader does not know the name of the band that is featured he/she Can look at the picture and judge whether or not they will be interested in them.

Again in this magazine there are cover stories located on the right hand side of the contents page. There are more features in this magazine then in NME. The features are; Feedback, News, Live Reviews, Features, K! Icons (Kerrang! Icons), Album Reviews, Gigs, Swag and Famous Last Words. All of these cover stories/articles have stories within that specific topic and it gives a brief description as to what is in that topic.

It is likely that when a make my contents page i will set it out in a similar way to this.

Analasis of NME Contents Page

This is the contents page for an issue of NME magazine. A good contents page has to be well presented, well organised, helpful and full of information. This contents page meets these targets as it gives a lot of information but is still well presented and tidy. The contents page has key features that are vital to its sauces. It separates each article into sections, for example. News, Radar, Reviews, Live and Features. This helps the reader to understand all the articles and chose which one he/she is interested in.

There is also a band index, this is a list of all the bands that this issue will feature, this is located on the left hand side of the page. The information about these bands could be about gigs or new albums, although the contents page has a big band index, it does not give any information about the bands featured in the list, it is just a listing of bands and artists.

There is always a main article on the contents page which is the main story in the magazine, it often gives a little bit of information about the story but not much, this could influence the reader to read the short article and then want to read the rest which is in the magazine.

Adverts are very popular in magazines as it is an easy way to advertise product as millions of people buy magazines every day, there is usually an advert on the contents page as there is here. the advert can be related to anything but is usually related to the genre of magazine, e.g advertising tickets to a gig or merchandise for a band.

Analasis of Vibe

This is a magazine cover for Vibe, This magazine appears to be more chilled out then NME and Kerrang! as the main image would suggest, the main image is a picture R&B singer Chris Brown. The genre of this magazine is R&B and Rap music and is that is the audience that it is aimed at. The Masthead is big and runs across the top of the cover, although the Main Image covers half of the Masthead we still know that the magazine is VIBE because of the font and the way it is set out.

The magazine front cover has one Main story and also ask questions on the topics instead of using punch lines. This could influence potential customers to buy the magazine to read the topics that are on the cover.

Analasis of NME

This is the cover for the magazine NME, this has much more on the front cover then Kerrang! The front cover has more stories and articles pact into one cover, it seems smaller but more attractive as there is more to see, The main image cuts through the masthead without cutting out the words.

Again all the sub-headings and cover stories are clear and snappy influencing the audience to buy and read the magazine. This magazine has a main story and two cover stories on the front cover, this gives the audience an idea as to what these stories are based on, e.g a band or concerts/gigs that are coming up.

The main image in this magazine is an image of a member of the band Greenday, which is a rock genre band. people would buy this issue of the magazine because Greenday are well known all over the world, when i create my magazine i will have to make the main image stand out from others if it is to catch the eye of my intended audience.

Analasis of Kerrang!

This is an article of the Kerrang! magazine, as you can see the main image is of 30 Seconds To Mars, which is a rock band. the close-up images is of the three members of the band. The main image slightly goes over the masthead, but we all know that the magazine Kerrang!

All the sub-headings and cover stories are clear and snappy influencing the audience to buy and read the magazine.The magazine has a main story and three cover stories on the front cover, it gives brief explanations as to what these stories are based on, e.g a specific band or solo artist.

when making my front cover i will have to research into the type of story or topics my target audience will be interested in.

Convnetions of Music Magazine

Music magazines can attract a wide range of audiences just by the genre of the music it is based on.

Some of the most popular music magazines in the UK are Kerrang!, NME and Q magazine. These magazines are all mainly based on the Rock genre.
Music magazines are mainly aimed at teenagers from the age range of 16 - 25, this is because teenagers enjoy music and are influenced by it.

There are many differences between Music magazines and other magazines in general.
The most noticeable are probably the Mastheads and the Colour schemes.
Also the sub-headings are music based and related to singers, this is so the audience knows who or what the certain article of magazine will be about.

The language used in music magazines is mainly informal, words are sometimes shortened and punctuation is missed out. The mastheads are clear and the sub-headings appeal to the reader and the intended audience.

The Main Image is often used to grab the audiences attention and to show what the main feature of the issue of magazine. The Cover Line is related to the Main Image so the reader knows if the artcials are related to the band/artist on the cover.