MUSIC MAGAZINE ANALYSIS

Main Title: This is the mast head. The red background makes the white ‘Q’ stand out more

Strap Line: makes magazine more appealing to the audience

Bar Code: Essential for people to buy magazine

Pull Quote: Engages the reader and makes them want to read the whole story

Banner: Gives an advanced look as to what is inside the magazine

List: Lets the reader know what exactly is in the magazine

Main Photo: The photo is made big to draw the attention of the reader

AUDIENCE

The target audience for the magazine ‘Q’ is mainly teenagers who have an interest in music. Q magazine is sold at £4.99 which is relatively cheap so is targeted at working/middle class audience.

LANGUAGE

The feature I found in the magazine Q was an article on Noel Gallagher. The writing is quite informal as in his speech he uses informal language such as “summat” instead of “something”. This shows that the magazine is addressing younger, working/middle class audiences.

The magazine ‘Q’ sells this issue of the magazine with two different covers which they say “collect them both” on them. This shows that they are trying to convince people to by both of them but also so that the magazine appeals to both people who would prefer one of the band members being on the cover than the other. For example, the two band members on the covers (Noel Gallagher – left) and (Liam Gallagher – right) are brothers who aren’t particularly close anymore so they’ve sold the magazine as two different covers to make it look like they have a rivalry.

Cover number 2– Liam Gallagher