Indie Rock Magazine Analysis

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The text Blows Us Away

suggests to the audience thatAdele is an amazing artist and isnothing like we have heard before.This would intrigue the audienceas they would feel as if they weremissing it if they did not purchase

this magazine.

The mid-shot of Adele clearlyshows the audience that thisimage is focused on her. Theimage relates to the text belowit, Blows Us Away, as her hair

looks as if she is being hit bywind. This links the text andthe image together making itclear to the audience. The factshe is staring directly into thecamera suggests she iswatching you, making theaudience feel obliged to

purchase the magazine.

The title of the magazineis put clearly in the lefthand corner. The factthe background of thetext box is in red makesthe letter Q in white

stand out to theaudience. The sloganunderneath sayingDiscover Great Music

suggests that thismagazine is the one tobuy if you want to be upto date and find thelatest gossip from the

artists.

The list of articletitles on the lefthand side, showthat they havesparred littlespace on thepage, which couldsuggest that thereis so much in thismagazine and isfull of news andupdates to do with

these artists.


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The washed out pale greenbackground creates a calm andpeaceful mood, suggesting thatthis magazine will relax you. Itcould also reflect the mood ofthe genre of music thismagazine represents,

alternative rock. The outfitFlorence is wearing alsocreates that calm and vintageeffect towards the audience, asshe wears a stylish blouse withher top button buttoned up anda waistcoat. This would suggestthat image is important inhelping to portray a particular

mood and effect towards anaudience.

The colour from Florences hair

sets the colour theme of thisissue. The deep orange colourcontrasts the pale greenbackground. This could suggestthat this genre of music that themagazine is representing wouldbe a contrast to the mainstream

music that society listens to.

The image of this malesmoking has been used tocreate a particular message tothe audience. The action ofsmoking isnt something that

society would particularlysupport, but would instead

shun. This shows this male asa rebel and deviating fromsocial norms. It shows that heisnt afraid to make and

impact on an audience andstand out from the crowd butwould much rather set hisown image.

The two lines of artist names give the audience an idea of other articles and artiststhat will be talked about in this issue.

The title NME is written in

block capitals to make it standout from the rest of themagazine. The fact its only

initials suggests its a well

known magazine and can berecognised simply by this

rather than a full name.


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The text Mumford & Sons

tells the audience that thisissue is focused on them. Thisimmediately gives the idea thatthis magazine is targeted atthose interested in the

alternative rock genre and inparticular for this issue,Mumford and Sons. The factthis text is in a larger font andin capitals make it stand out tothe audience so they can makethe relation between the imageand the text.

The image of the group of malesimmediately tells us a bit about thegroup. Their body language tells usthat they are close as friends, forexample, one of the males has hisarm around another member of thegroup. Their facial expressions

suggest they are up for a laugh andare enjoying life. All members lookhappy, for example the male on thefar left is shown smiling. Overallthis image shows the group as verysociable beings which wouldsuggest this magazine is one not tomiss out on.

The fact the message Free! 2 Albums is in a separate text box suggests that it is important news. This is

reinforced by the fact the text is given a red background, this suggests urgency.

The text Summer Live Guide suggests this issue of Spin

magazine will make sure your summer is full of excitement.Without it, it suggests you will be missing out on all the fun eventstaking place.


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The title of themagazine is writtenon this page asway of remindingthe audience whichmagazine they arereading.

The image ispositioned in thecentre of the page.This is the mosteye-catching pointof the page so thereaders will beimmediately drawnto this image and

the articleunderneath. Thearticle underneathis written in abigger font to tellthe audience it isthe main article andwill be one of themain focuses ofthis issue.

Despite the ArcticMonkeys being themain story of themagazine, thearticle is on pagenumber 45. Thiswould mean the

audience would bepersuaded to readthe entire magazineto reach this article.This would givereaders a chance tounderstand thismagazine and canmake a true

judgement onwhether they like itor not, if they like itthey will be moreinclined to purchaseit again in the future.

The advertisement for acompetition is clearlyseparated form the rest ofthe contents page as it isgiven a black background.This would suggest it is anopportunity only for thisissue of the magazine,

rather than occurring inevery issue.


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There is one main imagewhich sets the background forthis page. The image of Duffytells the audience the focus ison her. Her body languagesends a strong messagetowards the audience. Theway she is holding the guitarabove her head is portrayed ina playful way, this is reinforcedby her facial expressions andthe way she appears to belaughing. The fact the guitar ispink shows that the image isfar from aggressive as stereo-

typically pink is a girly colourand women are usuallyrepresented as the gentlersex. Overall this image showsDuffy as carefree and breakingfree from the norms of society.This could reflect the genre ofmusic this magazinerepresents. For example; this

magazine is focused on thegenre of indie/alternative rockmusic which Duffys music

represents. This imagesuggests if you read thismagazine, your life too can becarefree and playful just likeDuffys.

The quote on theright hand-side nextto the image of Duffyhelps the audienceassociate themtogether. This quote

gives the audiencean insight to whatDuffys interview will

be about.

The page numbers ofthe articles give aslight insight to thecolour theme of thisissue. The blue colourhas connotations of

calm andpeacefulness,suggesting thismagazine will have acalm and peacefuleffect on your life, thisis something manypeople would beinspired to have due to

the hectic life styles oftoday.


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Q MAGAZINE

The image of LadyGaga takes up theentire left hand page,

making quite an impacton the audience. Sheappears to be naked asher hands are coveringher breasts. Her hair ismade to look messyand out of control whichsuggests this reflects

her character. The wayshe is looking at thecamera suggests she isa strong and confidentcharacter and not afraidto stand out fromsociety. This couldpotentially reflect hermusic as it would

suggest her musicwould be different fromall the other musicwithin that industry.This re-enforces theidea that this magazineis representing theindie/alternative rockgenre of music.

The Q logo is small but still visible, re-enforcing the idea that they are reading Qmagazine. By placing this logo on each page the name of the magazine becomes more

visual in the readers mind and next time they come to purchase a magazine, Q will be atthe front of their mind.

The Capital L represents the artist Lady Gaga. The fact its in red compared to the rest of the page

being in black and white re-enforces the idea that she is a bold character and is not afraid to stand.Once again this could represent the genre of music this magazine is promoting.


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NME MAGAZINEUSA written in such a bold font makes it a dominant aspect of the page. This implies its quite

an intimidating place. The text got the love overlapping the USA text suggests that America is

not an intimidating place for Florence and she can succeed there. The fact its written in italicsmakes it appear very feminine and stereo-typically we do not associate females as being strongcharacters. This would imply she is unique which she reflects this through her music.

The way Florence is

sitting on the stepsmakes her appearlike a dominantperson. The fact sheis sitting confidentlyon the top stepsuggests she hasclimbed up the ladderto success and has

now made it.

Her red hair showsshe is confident andhappy to stand outfrom crowd. Thefact her hair iscurled makes herappear veryfeminine and lessintimidating to theaudience.

The wordsgot the love

suggests thatFlorence hasappealed tothe American

audience andhas now gotmany fansthere. Thisshows her asa successfuland popularartist.

The capital D is written in a larger font compared to the rest of the article. This would

suggest that it is a big and powerful article, one not to be missed. However the fact itswritten in italics makes it less intimidating to the audience.


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SPIN MAGAZINE

The fact her image takes up more than just one side of A4 paper makes her very dominant of the double spread.However her facial expression is far from intimidating as she appears to be caught mid-movement. The way her

mouth is positioned makes it appear as though she is singing. This would suggest that she is passionate abouther music she is signing all the time.

Florence and the Machine has been written in capitals

making it eye-catching to the audience. It immediatelyhelps the audience relate the article to the image.

The fact thebeginning letter

of the sentenceis written in acircle makes itstand andimmediatelybrings theaudienceattention to thearticle making

them want toread it as itappears excitingand different, ashumans its ournatural instinct tobe curious andfind out what its

about.

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