Evaluation of house music magazine mixmag

Evaluation of house music magazine -

Mixmag

Mixmag (3 magazines)

Masthead In all three of the Mixmag magazines they all have there masthead at the top of the front page this is because the masthead is made to be recognisable to the reader. All three magazines masthead have bright, bold colours this is so that the masthead is striking and contrast with the background of the front page.

Cover image The cover images have famous house artists on the magazine, these artist would be more recognisable towards the target audience of this magazine which would be 15 years – late twenties early thirties.

The first and second magazine have the cover image in front of the masthead which shows that the cover image is more important however on the third magazine the cover image is behind the cover lines and the masthead this can shows that the information from the cover lines is more important than the cover image.

In magazines 1 and 2 it shows the cover image of the artist in a medium shot this is so the readers can see who the artist is. In magazine 2 the logo of the artists, Disclosure is used on the front of the magazine in he cover image this is o promotes the artists and brings attention to the artists. By using the logo of the group he fans will be able to recognise he logo and want to read the magazine because they are on the front page.

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Puff The Puff on the daft punk magazine advertises a “free CD” this advertises the magazine because the readers will be attracted by the idea of a free CD and would want to buy the magazine.

The puff on the Calvin Harris cover also advertises another free item. By advertising the free item it attracts the readers to buy the magazine.

In both of the magazines they use a puff to advertise free item this helps to promote the magazine and get readers to buy the magazine.

Straplines The straplines on all three of the magazines say the same thing, this shows consistence through all the magazines as well as stating that it is “The UK’s biggest dance music and clubbing magazine.” These straplines also give an insight into what type of music the magazine is based on.

Daft Punk – Mixmag

This cover line states the name of the band however the second word “punk” is coloured yellow to bring emphasis on the name. The colour of the words “daft punk” are white and silver and link with the artists image of being a robot; one is silver and the other is gold.

This cover line has a relation to film the film ninja turtles, movie fans will be interested in this as they could relate to the film and may even be fans of the film, by putting this on the front page helps to interest fans of house music and films which will make people want to buy the magazine.

The “925” is highlighted red to be striking towards the reader and makes the reader want to read what that article is about. On this cover line the writing get smaller the less important the information is this is to show the reader what the most important information and what they should look for.

These cover lines are written in bold to be striking to the reader and to tell the reader what is within the magazine.

This cover line has been highlighted in different colours to show all the different artist.

Disclosure- Mixmag

All cover lines have a consistent colour scheme of black, white and red these colours are contrasting colours which contrast against the background.

These cover lines have words that are highlighted in red to bring attention to the reader, by using the colour red it gives the words importance and makes the reader want to read the article.

This cover lines has all of the bold colours which brings attention to the words. The different sizes between the cover lines show that the word “disclosure” is more important than “bringing the heat” and “this summer.”

Calvin Harris - Mixmag

The colours of the cover lines are yellow and white which contrast against the background colours which is striking towards the reader and makes the reader want to read the magazine.

These cover lines are highlighted in different colours to show the importance of the names, the colours red, yellow and white are bold and striking which attracts the reader towards the magazine. The names of these artists that are featured in this magazine attracts fans because they are known artists.

These cover lines are written in bold to grab the attention of the readers to read these articles these cover lines also are written in bold to show the importance of the articles and makes the reader think they should read those articles first because they are written in bold. The colour of the cover lines are yellow and white which are striking colours to grab the attention of the reader.