Established magazine, confident the readers know who they are, the title is behind the image making the image more important.

Holding a guitar, connotes that they can play it, are musicians, yet these are just actors pretending that they are related to music.

They use a bold square font making it stand out, more masculine because it’s square.

Welcoming main image, bright, inviting use of colours In their clothes. Their ties connote a typical school boy style, which appeals to a younger audience. Also it links to the article on work experience.

Masthead

Pull quote

Main image

Lead articleCover lines

Cover lines attract the readers to buy the magazine as it has other relevant information about artists and gossip

They have used the colours red and white font to make it bright and to keep it simple. It is also a good contrast with the bright colours used.

NME Front Cover

This pull quote font makes it look like someone had actually hand written it as a joke between them and the magazine company

This magazine image has been set up in a studio, with planned poses.

Kerrang Front CoverMast head

Skyline

Main imagePull quote

Cover linesLead article

This is another well known magazine as they are confident enough to put the main image in front of the mast head

The cover lines make you want to buy the magazine more because they relate to the age group and similar bands.

The target audience for this magazine is teenagers because of the music and bold, explicit house style

The main image has been posed and set up in a studio, it focuses on one artist.

The font is bold, square and connotes a gothic style, which again relates to the other artists in the magazine and the genre of the band ‘My chemical romance’. They also stick to black and white which is bold and gothic.

The main image used is also quite welcoming as he is smiling and has his arms open towards the reader making it more appealing to those looking at it.

The lead article is about the band ‘My chemical romance’ which will appeal greatly to their fans.

Mast head

Main image

Lead articleFlash

The mast head for mixmag is very bold and black font, making it stand out. The letters are rounded making it less alarming portraying a relaxing image.

This magazine has less information on it than the other two making it spacious and modern.

The main image is a different style to the other magazines as it is a negative image which isn't central like the others, giving it a fresh and different look. It’s welcoming for it’s target market (teenagers and young adults that love music) because of the headphones which connote that it’s related to music. The people smiling, makes it friendly and inviting.

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For the main image they have used different existing images to make up the overall image, instead of being set up in a studio.

The lead article is about the greatest DJ , which will appeal to the target audience of young adults and teenagers who love loud music and parties.

The cover lines make you want to buy the magazine more because they relate to the age group and relevant parties and gigs.

Cover lines

They have used the colours orange and black for the font to keep it simple yet eye catching as it is vibrant and a great contrast as the orange its almost fluorescent yet the black is dark.

Mixmag Front Cover

NME Contents Pagemasthead

Main imageThe readers attentions are automatically drawn to the article on the Kings Of Leon. This is because it is in the centre of the page and larger than the other images, drawing you eyes to it.

In most of these articles featured in the magazine, they have used a pull quote. This is quoting an interesting point that the band/ artists have said, which is linked to what the article is about. This is a persuasive technique used to make you want to read on as it only gives you a little taster on the article making you want to find out more by buying it.

Pull quote

Advertisement or special attractions

These are used to attract the audience and gain their interest, making them want to read further into the magazine to find out more or sometimes a chance to win something.

There are lots of images on this page, helping to attract the readers along with a bit of information. They may recognise the people in the images before they read about it. It also helps brighten up the page and make it more interesting.

Page numbers

Issue Date

The purpose of this page is to give the reader a guide of what the magazine features. Every magazine has a contents page.

Kerrang Contents PageMast head

Issue Date

Main Image

Page Numbers

Advertisement or special attractions

The readers attentions are automatically drawn to the article on The Xcerts because it is the largest image on the page attracting your attention to it. It is also a very gruesome, sinister image making it more interesting and different, making the reader want to read on. These are used to attract the

audience and gain their interest, making them want to read further into the magazine to find out more or sometimes a chance to win something. In this case a good deal on purchasing the next few issues of NME.

There are lots of images on this page, helping to attract the readers along with a bit of information. They may recognise the people in the images before they read about it. It also helps brighten up the page and make it more interesting.

Editors introductionHere is a short introduction to the magazine by the editor, it also features an image of her. It is usually a summary to the reader of what’s included in this issue.

The bottom half of this page features subheadings and page numbers as a guide of what is included in the magazine. Every magazine will have a contents page.

Mixmag Contents Page

Mast Head

Issue Date

Page Numbers

Main ImageThe readers attentions are automatically drawn to the main image. This is because it is near the centre of the page and larger than the other images, drawing you eyes to it. It also links to the magazine which is in the music genre as it has people dancing.

Advertisement or special attractionsThese are used to attract the audience and gain their interest, making them want to read further into the magazine to find out more or sometimes a chance to win something. In this case there is a CD that comes with the magazine.

The purpose of this page is to give the reader a guide of what the magazine features with page numbers and a few subheadings to summarize each page. Every magazine has a contents page.

This page layout is simpler than the other two, and in a certain order making it easy to read.

NME Double page spread

Mast Head

This NME contents page features lots of images. There is no main image as they have presented it as a step by step storyboard of the boys actions in the NME office. This makes it more interesting and gives it a different effect. The boys are portrayed as school boys on work experience in the magazine by how they are dressed and their actions, as they are causing mayhem, a stereotypical teenager

They have used numbers to display the order in which the storyboard should be read.

Images

Numbers

They have written a short description of what is occurring in each image. The photographs used are staged in the NME office, they portray the boys as teenagers on work experience, making the teenage audience feel they can relate to them. The photos connote their childlike actions of misbehaving and trouble causing.

This DPS is jam packed with images and writing, it is not very spacious and a large article, this is why they have printed it as a double page spread to fit it all in.

This page is the lead article that is shown on the front cover. One of the main appeals of the magazine and the reason why many people will buy it.

This page is mostly picture lead as its is telling a story. It has one long text column on the left-hand side of the page in 4-5 paragraphs.

The editor introduces the article by talking about the people they have for work experience at NME. Getting straight to the point of what the DPS is about.

The masthead refers to them as ‘Kids’ which links to how they are staged in the images. They same font from the contents page is used, making it a consistent house style.

Kerrang Double Page Spread Main image

Mast Head

This contents page is jam packed with images and some writing, it is not very spacious and a large article, this is why they have printed it as a double page spread to fit it all in.

Images

This double page spread is all about You me at Six plus Kids in Glass Houses. This is a large article, hence why the editors have displayed it over a double page spread to fit it all in.

They have featured a quote from the vocalist of the band talking about his experience. This is to make the reader want to read on to find out his opinion, especially if they are fans!Advertisement or special attraction

These are used to attract the audience and gain their interest, making them want to read on to find out more as it could be a chance to win something.

The main image fills the whole of the background of this double page, the other images and writing have been pasted over the top, this is yet another way of presenting the pages.

This DPS is picture lead, with two columns of text in the bottom left hand corner in four paragraphs.

The images used in this DPS are all taken from a concert. The main singer is positioned near the centre of the DPS to attract attentions to him as he is important in the article. These images give the band an exciting, lively image as a rock n roll band.

They have used a white font for the mast head which is the consistent house style colour of the magazine.

Mixmag Double Page Spread

Images

Mast Head

This article is advertising ‘The Longest Rave’, which is abroad. The paragraphs of writing give details on it and when it is along with accommodation etc. Making it different to the other two double page spreads.

Two Main imagesThese two images attract the reader as they look lively and exciting making them want to go their, they are also large and colourful, which draws your eyes to it.

Again, these images are used to liven up the page and attract you to read on and visit this place.

There is less going on in this double page spread compared to the other two but with the amount of information given, as double page was needed.

This page is spacious and clean making it modern as it has a lot of white which connotes purity and fresh feelings.

This DPS is picture and text lead as there is an even amount of both. There are five text columns and they are laid out in a large paragraph in the centre of the page.The photos are taken from the rave to appeal to the audience making them want to go their as it looks like a fun and lively place to be with lots going on and a lot of partying. The images connote lots of excitement and energetic movement, making young people want to go their for the music and sunny weather.

The masthead is short and sharp, attracting the audience to it as its not just any rave, it’s ‘The Longest rave’. Again they use the same font as the contents page, making it a consistent house style.

The editor uses roughly 8 direct quotes taken from an interview with people who have visited the Rave and the owners to display how great it is.