MixMag Front Cover Analysis

As you can see on the magazine they have put a flash box which is used commonly in magazine front covers so that the reader will read the flash box and make them want to buy the magazine even more because they want to read more about the flash box.

As you can see in this picture you have the identifier in the top left hand corner of the magazine and the reason why all magazine do this because when they are on the shelf and have other magazines on top of them covering up the name, you can identify the magazine in this top left hand corner of the magazine.

As you can see on the front cover MixMag have used a mid-shot of Caro Craig with his face looking very serious. This is good because of the way MixMag have shot from a low angle which is giving Carl Craig a sense of power over the reader. The reason why his face is so serious is because of the magazine it is a specialist, magazine for people into DJ so they do not want someone who is just smiling it gives, it makes the reader feel like Carl Craig is serious about his music and does not just take it as a joke or a way to make money. The reason that Carl Craig is holding a dog is because under Carl Craig it says ‘Techno’s top dog’ and this is the link to the reason Carl Craig is holding a dog.

MixMag have put some of the main headlines on the front cover but made them sound very interesting so that you want to read more about the headline and you want to buy the magazine for example ‘THE GREAT DJ AGENCY SCAM: The story all aspiring DJs must read’ this headline is very catchy because it will apple to all the DJs that want to be famous or want to be a DJ in their life. Mix Mag have also put a discount with their magazine this is good because it means that all the people who are already a good DJ and want to get some more samples so that means that it apples to everyone .

NME front cover analysis

As you can see NME have used flash box but have not put any writing in them and have put pictures in them which is means that people will have to pick up the magazine to see them, and also they are more likely read the head lines because they are interested in the writing and want to read more so it will make it more likely for the reader to buy the magazine to read more on the headlines.

NME have used their whole name as the identifier which is good because it means that the reader can see the full name of the magazine and it will stand out a lot more on the shelf and people are more likely to just be able to pick up the magazine and then buy it because they will not get bored of having to find the magazine and just leave the shop they can just pick it out from a crowd of magazines.

NME have used a close up shot for their front cover which shows us all of his facial expressions and make it look like he is looking right at you.LayoutThe layout of the front cover is very good because it is very east for the reader to find everything they want to find on the magazine and also it does not looked to cramped and all mess like a lot of magazine do for example Kerrang. I would say that this is a very good layout because it shows that they have put some thought into making this front cover and not just thrown it all together.

As you can see all around the front cove they have put their head lines which is grabbing people into wanting to read them, they have also put a lot of headlines in the left third which means that people can read them when they are on the shelf and it will make them want to read more and also they have put them on the left third because it makes it more appealing to the reader and when the reader will read first.

Kerrang Front cover analysis

Kerrang have used a lot of flash box this is because they want it to look very interesting and keep grabbing the reading eye in the way that every time the reader looks at the front cover they see something they did not see before, this is a good thing to do because the reader is going to keep looking at it and more than likely find something they want to read more about it so they will buy the music magazine.

If you are a big fan of Kerrang you will be able to see the identifier every easily because they use it in every episode of their magazine which is the ‘K’ they do not need to add anything else because people who know the magazine will know they identifier and not have to look for anything. Where as people who do not know the magazine but want to buy one will have to look through all the magazines and maybe get bored so they do not even bother looking for the magazine.

The main image is a close up which shows use all of his facial expressions, and he is got his finger on this mouth which is giving us the idea that he wants us to keep a secret because it is a association which he have got from being a child and being with out friend. The main image also links with the main headline which is ‘the secrets behind 2013’s most wanted album’ so then we put the to together and we figure out that he must be involved in the album.LayoutThe layout of this front cover is very busy and you have a lot of things to look at and you don’t get bored with what on the front cover you will always find something new which you did not see before, but this does not work on every magazine but it does on Kerrang.

There are not many headlines we not as many as the other but the ones on here are a lot more prominent and you get grabbed into them and want to read them a lot more because you can see them, but Kerrang do have deals on the front for example ‘win tickets’ this is likely to get a lot of peoples attention and they will buy the magazine to make sure they try and win the tickets. They also have in big words ‘Bring me the horizon’ this will also get a lot of people to buy the magazine because people want to read about bring me the horizon because they like the band and want to read the about them.