Music magazine analysisThis is a PowerPoint of me analysing existing music magazine for my course work.

Rock Sound magazine cover analysis5 main colours are white, black, red blue and yellow. Red on this magazine represents masculinity in scary way for an example blood is the colour red this adds a scary and masculine feeling to it because or the tears on their shirts on a pale white shirt shows they are no neat or tidy at all which represents masculinity. Basically two they are men. The colour black in the background shows a evil and dark side to the magazine there again this is a other way of showing masculinity. The blues and white give contrast and so the writing stands from the page. Yellow is a very bright colour this is good for advertising to crap the viewers attention.

The magazine branding is white and bold. This makes it stand out from the dark background from behind it to show that rock is a very important word. The is a studio shot of a well know rock band. This of them shows dark hair and tattoos to show that they are no the type of person who would be feminism and take care them self's. The messy hair the tattoos and the abused white shirt shows masculinity. The whole attitude of the magazine is quite masculine the wording and the image shows masculinity.

The target audience for this magazine would be people who like listening to rock music. Most young people tend to listen to rock more than older people. People such as in the teenager bracket would listen to this type of music. Possibly more males would listening to this type of music compared to girls.

The layout of this magazine is bold to show the strength of masculinity in the magazine. They have different sized fonts loads of different colours.

This magazine represents rock in a masculine way.

The side lines gives an emo feeling to it which may attracted people that very much in that kind of stuff. For an example ‘cancer bats’.

The picture of the rock band on the front of the cover show them looking down on you a little to say they are important since they are a famous rock band.

Rock Sound magazine contents analysis3 main colours are red, black and white. This shows they have carried out the same colours in the magazine. Black is a very dark colour to used which give us a feeling that rock/ metal is dark music. Red in this magazine may represent blood in this magazine, this suggests rock may be violent music. The white is used to make the words stand out from the dark background may also represent that not all rock is dark. In this contents page white is used to highlight the most important features through out the magazine on the contents page.

The image shows a guy with tattoos covering his entire left arm singing like he's screaming. There is also exposure of part of the guy, this shows he doesn’t care. That tattoos may shows a sign of him abusing his skin. The tattoos and him exposing himself shows masculinity in an abusing way to show he feels no pain and so show he's strong and not afraid. On the left hand side of the magazine there is some pictures of famous rock bands. The brand image of the magazine at the top ‘rock sound’ is white and bold this gives the brand power which can also represent masculinity.

Target audience there again is young males that like to look like rock stars because it makes them more manly in a masculine way.

The layout shows posters on the left hand side and main features of the magazine on the right hand side also have a picture of a rock star above the list of posters and contents. The posters and contents are either outlined with white or actually white this makes it stands out to say this is important you must read it to crap someone's attention.

This magazine represents rock in a masculine way again through the contents by using the same colours and the way the people are presented in the pictures.

The language of the contents shows masculinity by the words they have put in for an example ‘force’, ‘rock’, ‘damned’ etc. These are all strong words and that’s why they are used in a rock magazine to represent the masculinity or rock.

There again the camera angle of the main picture is a low angle with makes the rock star look higher. That’s means the rock star has power because of the angle of the camera.

Rock Sound magazine double page spread analysisAs you can see the they

have still carried out the 3 main colours; black, red and white. Black gives this a dark feeling however the white on this image is lighting up his face which is contrasting the dark. Red is represented as blood but in more of a Sci-Fi way. And there again white is used to make the writing stand out.

This image of a rock star shows is the good side or rock but also shows the dark/bad side of rock. The way he is lit up shows masculinity in a whole new way it shows it in a clean and that the fact the light is shining on him shows importance. However this image shows open wounds and ripped white T-shirt exposing his tattoos that have pictures of skulls this shows that dark masculinity still in this image.Target audience

there again is young males that like to look like rock stars.

The layout is a picture on the left and some white writing on the right. The white helps it to stand out from the dark background. On the page there is red creeping onto the page this gives it a scary feeling. The part of the magazine represents the future and you always think of the future ahead of yourself. Represents masculinity in two was one is in a messy and the other is in a clean way.

One side such as Oli Sykes himself says that he always looks into the future but doesn’t wish to regret the past to say he is not all bad and he can be soft at times.

Words such as horizon and future suggest when you think about the future it could link to horizon because you always look above that level when thinking about the future.

Kerrang magazine cover analysisThere is 4 main colours on this

magazine; black, red, yellow and white. On this magazine yellow is used to make words stand out from the rest of the magazine. White tends to make the brand name stand out since white is a light colour and dark black writing with a white background makes the brand look bold and stand out. Red is used in a horror way because the word Paramore has a font that gives you the impression of horror in the magazine. There's a red cross this suggests hospital but that the fact its may try to represent pain and blood. All these colours gives a rock atmosphere because the way they are used on the front cover. On the front cover there is a many studio shots of famous rocks bands. They all look suggests rock is a fun and exciting. The brand image has been shatters. This suggests that this type of music is very powerful. There is a women on the front page smiley at you and winking her eye at you. This shows femininity by maybe catching the male gaze a little because it looks like she's flirting a bit because of the wink. This magazine attitude towards rock is flirty and exciting and fun.

The target audience would be young guys that like to listen to rock and have a bit of fun.

The layout of the magazine very busy with images or famous rock bands to catch someone's eye. It has slanted text this may show masculinity that is not perfected but messy and untidy.

Side lines are names of bands. All and these text are all to do with rock music.

The main image is at a eye level medium shot. This shows no power and no0 masculinity in anyway. It shows a friendly side to rock.

The whole mode of the rock magazine shows a friendly but exciting and fun mode/ language.

Kerrang magazine contents analysisThey carried out the same colours in the contents, red, yellow, black and white. Yellow in this has been used to highlight the important bits of the contents page. White is used for the background of the contents page to make the black stand out. And red is used in a grotty/ horror way.

On the contents page there is the kerrang logo that gives you the impression of how powerful and strong and masculine rock is. The main image shows a guy dressed in black this may suggest he is a dark person. On the image it shows him holding up some cards suggesting he plays tricks on people.

The target audience for this is there again young people that like rock and that are people who like to play tricks.

The layout of the magazine has a big picture at the top and the contents below the image in columns. The layout of some the main headlines and slightly slanted which gives it s masculinity effect as well with the font.

The main image is taken from the a low angle this shows he’s has the power which shows masculinity. Which makes rock more manly.

Kerrang magazine double page spread analysisIn this part of the

magazine the main colours are grey, black, white and red. The colour black is used in a masculine way to make a femininity disappear from the picture. The Grey compliments the black and white. Since the grey compliments the black and white colours such are red can stand out.

The attitude of the magazine gives a masculine effect. The studio shot of the women has messy hair she's dressed in black and is wearing punkie gloves and wearing dark makeup around add likes a mysterious effect, this links to a dark personality. This image suggests this women is a tomboy. Her punkie style may attract the male gaze because there is many young men that dress punkie.

The target audience for this is there again young people mostly male that like punkie clothing.

The layout of it is a rough border around the edges this gives it a rock feeling.

The whole mode of this part of the magazine shows women in a masculine role not a femininity role.

NME magazine cover analysis

The 4 main colours on this magazine cover are red, white, yellow and black. In this magazine the red seems to represent sexiness. The white acts out as a stand out. Also the black is representing femininity in a sexy way because of the clothing she is wearing . The yellow makes the outline of the image of Florence stand out.

The main image shows femininity in a sexy and lushes way this may catch the male gaze. The brand image is bold and so it can stand out.

Target audience will be young males because of the sexy main image of Florence.

The layout of the whole magazine is big an bold and bright with the writing to make it appealing to the customers eye.

The whole mode of this magazine is its representing music is a sexy way which make catch the male gaze.

NME magazine contents analysis

3 main colours they use in this is white, red and black. The black and white are used to make the text stand out and so you can easily read it and most people are used to reading in black and white, however the red is used to make the contents stand out and so you can see the contents.

There is a picture been taken on a stage of a artist.

Target audience will be young males and females for this contents page because there not sexy images like on the front cover that will catch the male gaze.

The layout of the magazine is you have the image on the right hand side and all the contents on the left hand side in a column.

The mode of the contents page is passionate for music because of the a the picture of artist sat on the chair performing his song live shows passionate and the way he's looking to the microphone shows he love performing with his guitar and singing.

NME magazine double page spread analysis

The 4 main colours are white, grey, black and red. Black to represent the sexiness and classiness. The Grey compliments the black and white. Since the grey compliments the black and white colours such are red can stand out.

This image is a studio shot of a attractive lady since she is wearing a leather outfit this will attract the male gaze. The way she's posing and showing off her legs will catch the male gaze.

Target audience will be young males because of the sexy main image. But maybe females as well because shes an imspration Florence because she looks attractive.

The layout is there's a attractive image of a famous young lady and on the right there's story.

The mode of this magazine is a classic, sexy mode.

Summary All my magazines use all colours such as white, black and red. Black and white is the most common colours for reading. Plain and boring colours such as black and white make other colours such as red or yellow really stand out to the audience and so it catches the audience/ readers eye. This is way yellow is a good colour for pointing out advertisement. However you wouldn’t want to many harsh colours like yellow because it will make the magazine hard to read. All the pictures are images of famous artists, this grabs the viewers eye especially if they are a fan of them. All the magazine brands are big and bold and so it makes the branding stand out. Because of this, you are more likely to remember the brand name because it stands out to the reader. The all have similar layouts because the audience find it easier to understand the magazine.

End of Presentation on analysis of magazinesBy Lara .C.