Analyses of my music magazine

Front cover analysesThe background is black. Black is the first colour which is associated with Rap.

The image shows an artist in a medium close up shot. He is wearing a cap and a black T-shirt. His arms are crossed and he is looking right into the camera this gives him a dominant look and makes him look more authentic.The lighting is fairly strong and comes from the right so the image goes well with the black background

The Masthead is very large and it is vertically stretched. It is underlined with a yellow line which makes it look more interesting. The fact that the image covers some parts of the masthead makes it look more professional.

The Headline is in three different fonts which perfectly match the meaning of the word, for example the word evil looks a bit creepy. It is large but smaller then the Masthead.

The cover lines are in white and yellow which makes it look more professional and gives a good contrast to the background and the image.

The plug is a white circle with text inside it. The text is tilted so it catches the eye of the audience.

Contents page analyses

The main image shows two rap artists back to back. One is looking direct into the camera and the other one is looking away.The one on the left is wearing headphones and a beanie hat and he has his hands in the pocket which gives him a dominant/relaxed look. The one on the right has a cap and has also his in the pocket and he looks even more dominant/relaxed, because he is looking away and has his back towards us.

HeadlineKept simple and easy

Date

ImageRelated to an article in the magazine. Matches the whole colour scheme of the page.

Content The name of the article,The page numberAnd a comment, which is muchWritten in a lighter colour.

Background goes from blue to white, makes it look more appealing.

Page number of the mainArticle is shown very big compared to the other page numbers

More information about The free gift which is given inThis issue of the magazine,Information about the album andThe names of the tracks whichAre in the album

Double page spread

The text matchesThe outline of the imageWhich gives it a professionallook

The article is structured in different paragraphs, so it looks more professional and another thing which is done is that the text varies from yellow to white.

Image of a rap artist who poses with his forearms towards the camera to show his tattoos. He looks direct into the camera is dressed in a hip hop style.

Image of a rap artist who has his arms crossed and is in ¾ angle and he is also looking a bit down on us which makes him look superior.

The Title is very large, bold and in yellow. The font is different in the middle so it looks more interesting.The second part of it is much smaller ant is in white, but the highlight behind it gives it a professional look.

The images in the background have a lower opacity and are fairly visible, but they create a depth of field, because the article is over them and the other images. This creates 3 layers the foreground with the article and the main images, The middle ground with the two images with low opacity and the black background.

The quote is in blue and goes still well with the colour schemes, because you also see some blue in the images. It is larger than the other article and looks isolated.

I think this is a really good magazine, taking in count that I never did this before and I had no idea how to use Photoshop at

the beginning of year 12.I believe that all the research and

experimenting made me more confident in producing this magazine.

I think I can be really proud of this.