Textual analysis of magazine pages

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Textual analysis of Magazine Pages Cameron Loftus

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Textual analysis of Magazine Pages

Cameron Loftus

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NME front coverAdvertising

Title

Cover Line

Barcode

Feature article photo

Menu Strip – tells you what’s inside the magazine

Headline with a red background to emphasise it

Masthead, bold and looks important

Price

Common convention you’d expect to find in all magazines. The price is normally in a smaller font.

Black background to emphasise the subject and main photo

Special is a ‘puff’ It draws in the audience and makes them feel more involved.

Sub-Heading- uses some alliteration which is catchy, so memorable for the audience

LEFT THIRD

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NME contents page

Advertising- future issues of the magazine being advertised.

Headline in bold to emphasise it.

List of what’s on each page with page numbers so you know what page everything is located on.

Different fonts are used to show the different parts of the contents page.

All capitals used for the headings.

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NME double page spread

Captions used to describe the photos

Large, colourful photo of the band being interviewed

Quotes picked out and emphasised to the reader

Headline quote in all capitals

Different fonts used to represent different parts of the article

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NME Magazine analysis• The purpose of the magazine is to keep the reader up to

date on the latest music. The effect is to use bright colours to draw the readers attention towards the magazine so then they buy it. Brand identity is popular to all ages and obviously aimed at music fans. NME’s style is quite dark colours packed with a lot of information. However photos do take up a large majority of the space.

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Q magazine front cover

Masthead- title of the magazine. Stands out because of the bright colours and huge font size.

Plug – ‘plus’ advertising everything else in the edition of the magazine

Banner – main feature in the magazine with larger font than the rest of the text on the cover

A wide range of album covers to appeal to a wider audience

Bottom Strip – advertising other features in the magazine

Barcode and price – kept out the way in the corner as it isn’t particularly key part of the magazine but needs to be there

Plug

Top strip – giving information on what’s in the magazine

Sub-Heading – giving extra information on the main banner

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Q magazine contents page

Title of the page, big font, more outstanding colours

Photos of the main artists and bands that are in the magazine

Plug – saying what else is in the magazine

Theme (red) running through the front cover and contents page

The word ‘also’ catches the attention of the reader, as it seems like there’s extra content in the magazine

Preview of a double page spread

The Q Review rhymes making it roll off the tongue and also easier to remember for the reader

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Q magazine double page spread

Consistent font used as well as the colour red and the whole article is either red or black

Heading/Masthead in all capitals and bold to emphasise it

Extra information box and must hold some importance because of its contrasting bright colours compared to the rest of the page

Separate to the main article but still relevant going down the right third

Tagline gives extra information on the story featured

Quote from the article picked out to draw the reader in

Large photo of the band featured in the article filling almost half the page

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Q Magazine analysis• The main colours red and black run the way through the

magazine keeping a consistency to it. The style of the magazine is indie and rock. The brand identity is shown on each page of the magazine to entertain and inform people about the music. The front cover is full of features which I have picked on like: sub-heading, banner and plug. A large range of colours are used throughout the magazine and a lot is going on which is quite unusual on a front cover as normally everything is ordered and spread out fairly evenly.

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Mixmag front cover

Striking bright colours draws people to see it

Menu Strip and also advertising the magazine as the best of its kind

Large animated photo representing the artist that the main feature is on

Barcode and price once again on the right third in the bottom corner out the way

Plug – ‘plus’ advertising everything else in the edition of the magazine

Bold, bright colours advertising the featured artist

Masthead at the top of the page, stands out because of the contrasting colours (dark blue and pink)

Sub-heading gives extra information about the main articlePicture in the centre of

magazine cover as it’s the main attraction for the reader

Extra information about the magazine in small print

Puff word – saying that there is extra things in the magazine

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Mixmag contents page

Interesting fonts used throughout the page

Heading of the title in brighter colours (white) and bold and then the description of what’s on that certain page in a less obvious colour

Large photos in the centre of the page to almost advertise these certain pages to the audience

Black background used on the contents page which is very much a large comparison to the front cover which was an extremely bright pink

Different types of pages and features are neatly spread out and so isn’t a conventional contents page as not everything is in order, like the page numbers

Small description about the featured artist

Contents down both sides of the page to give it an equal and balanced look

Sub-image – a preview of what images are coming up in the magazine

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Mixmag double page spread

Masthead in a peculiar position in the right third of the page so out of the way, but it works well with the contrasting colours because of the main photo in the background

Article located to the left of the page with a consistent and clear

Tagline offers information about what the article is about

Large photo containing the person that the article is about

Consistent colours throughout with black and white being the main theme

The layout of the page in general is very plain, generic and conventional

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Mixmag magazine analysis• The magazine is published to inform the reader about dance and

pop music. The logo is not consistently used and only appears on the first few pages. The photo on many pages takes up most of the page space provided with not much information within the article. All the front cover, contents page and double page spread have completely different layouts, especially looking at the background (pink, black and white). The colour theme is very bright and out there with lots of different neon colours. Images are generally large. All the pages are completely different and have different colour schemes.