Analyzing music magazines

Vibe magazine have used a large center image of a famous singer chris brown it fills the background of the front cover. The picture is in front of the masthead to make it stand out more there is no other pictures on the cover so it shows the importance of the main picture, it is the first thing you notice when looking at the magazine. The magazine uses a colour scheme of colours white, green and red it makes the magazine look more professional. They have included the barcode into the front cover and have also there is writing around the picture telling the reader what they can read about inside the magazine making them more interested. Also there is a rhetorical question in bold that links in with the main picture.

Kerrang also uses a large center image that covers the mast head which makes it stand out. However the front page also has five smaller images which makes the cover look busy and slightly over crowded, it will take attention away from main image.  They have used a colour scheme consisting of yellow, red, black and white which makes it look more professional. The barcode is included in the front page, there is also have story titles around the main image telling people what they can read inside the magazine. Also there is 4 smaller images that can be found inside the magazine as larger posters which may make the reader want to buy the magazine more in order to get the free posters.





                                                                    

As well as the other magazines Blender has used a large center image of a popular singer. The image covers the masthead, also there is no smaller images on the front cover which means the readers attention will be drawn to the large image. There is a simple colour scheme of pink, white and black. The cover is very simple and only has a few article references, this means it doesn't look to busy but still has enough information to make people interested in buying the magazine and reading further. There is no barcode on the front which may mean that it is on the back cover of the magazine. It has included an offer of 'free downloads' and gives the page number which will  be where they can find more information on how to get the free downloads.




Like the other magazines NME have used a large image of a well known singer that takes up the whole background of the front cover, however it is behind the masthead which makes the name of the magazine stand out more. There is only really two colours used for the writing: black and white although the red hair adds a splash of colour to the cover, the colours make it look more sophisticated and professional. They have added a quote which is from the person in the main image 'I would never have got through the X Factor auditions' this makes people want to find out why she said this so they will want to read the article. The barcode is on the cover which may include the price of the magazine.

Analyzing school magazines

The magazine's name is SMS. It is written in bold green letters in a text style font so that it stands out. There is also a slogan underneath the name saying, 'your magazine, your issues!' this would be on every issue, people will remember it and associate it with the magazine every time they hear it. The large feature image is in the center of the page and is of a school girl carrying her school essentials such as folders and her pencil case, this will stand out because the image is so big. The magazine uses rhetorical questions to tell the reader about the feature stories. 'Does homework really help?' people will want to know the answer therefore they will want to read the article to find out. There is no barcode on the front which may mean there is one on the back of the magazine. There is no page reference numbers on the front page of the magazine which means for the articles such as 'does school Council work?' the reader will have to turn to the contents page to find out what page its on. There are no other images on the cover other than the school slogan this makes the large feature image stand out more to the readers.






The magazine name is also at the top of the cover in bold blue letters it links in well with the school as the uniform is blue so the colour scheme for the magazine matches. there is a slogan under the title as there was in the other saying 'business and enterprise college' therefore when people hear this they will automatically think of Heath Park school. There is a big main picture that fills the whole front cover of a student who is in a lesson working, there is also smaller pictures but they do not associate with any of the feature stories its just the schools logo in the bottom corner. There is also no barcode which may mean like with the other magazine it could be on the back. They haven't used any rhetorical questions, it is a good way to make people read your magazine if you use rhetorical questions so this could be something to improve on next time. They also haven't used any page number references this helps the reader turn straight to the article they want to read, so this could be something else they could use next time. They have however mentioned feature stories such as 'my Heath Park aspiration' which draws the readers attention to that article. 

We presented our analysis of the magazines to the class.