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Page 1: Music magazines

Magazine Front Cover Analysis

Nick McCabe

Page 2: Music magazines

Do a mood board of different music magazines…..

Page 3: Music magazines

Stick your magazine cover here and label each part… like this below

Barcode

Masthead

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Main Image

Celebrity credit

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Page 4: Music magazines

Title of Magazine

Stick the magazine image here >

Tell me some info about the magazine here. E.g target audience, type of music, numbers of sales etc

The target audience for this magazine will have an age range of around 13-20 of the people who listen to rap , they will no the game because he's had a big impact on the genre rap , so people seeing this magazine will recognise the magazine its self (xxl) and the rapper and buy it.

Page 5: Music magazines

Masthead & Selling Line

Stick the magazine image here >

Tell me something about the logo & selling line

The logo Q is one of the biggest selling music magazines as it states at the top and as you can see on the magazine the Q is the biggest thing on the front of it and is most recognisable, The selling line is at the top which states that it’s the uk’s biggest music magazine.

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Main Image

Stick the magazine image here >

Tell me some about the main magazine image

The main image within this article , attracts men obviously because of the beautiful person on the front of it and the body she has , as well as men women see fergie as an icon in the pop industry so it appeals to all.

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Cover Lines & Main Sells

Tell me some about the cover lines and main sells

The cover line states what the whole article is going to be evolved around for example “10 years in music” with artists all around that comment who relate to it. If there's a big story inside like “The story of the decade” this will challenge who evers interested in that genre to most definitely read it

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Do the same thing for another magazine…

“Our biggest fashion issue of the year” the cover line, they make it sound so exiting and attractive that it just draws customers towards it .And with Katy Perry being on the front of it which is allot of men's dreams and women's icons it’s a big seller.

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Comparisons

The difference between these two magazines are obvious , the colours used in both articles are opposite because they both have opposite target audiences, also the layout in the NME one is more narrow and straight forward were as the Katy Perry one is all spread out around Katy Perry focused more on the image rather than the text.

Page 10: Music magazines

Ideas for your own magazine