Music Magazine Analysis

The main focus of the magazine is the image. The way they are standing is in a dominate manner. They both have very large personalities so the way they have been situated on the cover reflects them.

The magazine follows the same conventions as many do by having the masthead positioned behind the image. The logo is also the same as it always is on their magazine, this helps promote their brand.

The main house colours are Black, Red and White which are bold colours and it makes the text stand out. This also is the case for most of their magazine covers.

Small text along the right hand column gives you an insight to what you can expect from the magazine. “The struggle of female MCs” is the tagline for the story based on Nicki Minaj.

The word domination is in a bold red text to make it stand out on the page, the word domination dominates the page which I think is the point. “The rebirth of rap royalty” attracts people to read the article.

The magazine has the barcode, issue date and website in the bottom left hand corner. Above the masthead is a tagline.

The house colour is mainly pink which has connotations of a feminine type. The other main colours used are black yellow and white for the bits that need to stand out.

The cover artist’s name is printed bold to the left hand side of the image. This tends to be the same in most magazines regardless the genre. Under her name is a little bit of what you can expect from the magazine.

The image is slightly positioned to the right; Katy Perry is seen holding a chain of flowers which also has the connotations of the feminine side.

The magazine uses shapes with text in to break it up. This is a flasher; it attracts the audience because it is different to everything else that is on the page.

The masthead is bold and powerful which stands out to the audience due to its attractive colours. More than one colour is used and it gives the masthead a slight luminous affect.

The other storylines featured on this cover have a total of 3 lines in black bold capital letters and the title is in a smaller font in yellow. This links with the house style.

This music magazine is different from other magazines because it’s much less cluttered and more or less follows the conventions of a female fashion magazine.

The pink is to stereotypically attract the female audience. The way she is positioned is almost as if she is shy and trying to protect herself.

The larger font tends to be for the more important subjects so they stand out and attract the

The image dominates over the double page; Nicki Minaj is seen in a wacky one piece which was her daily wear in this specific era of her career. Her pose is to emphasise the “icon” ring because a lot of people see her as an icon because she does whatever she wants.

There are different fonts on the double page. The title features 2 different fonts in different colours. The first part of the title is written with a calligraphy font which links with what it says. The second part of the sentence is bold and stands out because it is the main feature of the page.

The way Nicki Minaj is positioned is like she is looking straight into the readers eyes. She is posing in a fierce manner. She is clothed in a zebra print one piece and wears statement jewellery which blends in with her outfit.

The text is positioned around the main image; this is still making her the main subject of the double page feature

The pink background links with the house colour, it has connotations of femininity.

The magazine article use quotations from the interview which attracts the audience and gives them a small insight enticing them to read more

This page is following simple conventions that most music magazines follow. They have the lay out with the columns down the left side of the page

It is conventionally set out like other magazines the information is separated into different columns with page numbers.

The standard colours used are black white and red, this is the same for many magazines in this genre. It follows the same house brand colours throughout.

There are a few images on this page which attract the audience a bit more. The picture of Adele takes up the majority of the page. The image at the bottom of the page is much smaller but it is featured in the review section of the contents page.

The title of the article is in a different size and font compared to the tagline. They do this so that it can attract the audience, the then follow it with an insight to the

The “Women In Music” section has been typed in a different font, which is italic, this is to show its significance in the magazine, the text is also highlighted in a grey background, which also makes it stand out in comparison to the plain background and bold font the rest of the headers have

Down the right hand side is the contents of the magazine; the articles are split into categories of what you can expect. It also has small arrows to symbolise what articles featured on

The contents page is just like many other pages sticks with the house brand colour which is black, white and red. This is common amongst this genre of magazine.

The contents page also gives information about subscribing to their magazine for a discounted price this is advertising and sometimes is normally

The photo of Arctic Monkeys takes up quite a bit of the page; it then has section of text underneath to give the readers an insight to what they can expect to read.

The first noticeable feature on this double page is the large J that fills the second page where the article has been written. The “J” is slightly translucent so you can still see text through it if it was necessary however the only text that is positioned in it is the capital “T” which symbolises the start of a paragraph

The first page is dominated by an image of Jay Z, the image represents his personality. The sunglasses gives off a cool vibe, along with the chain has connotations of a ghetto lifestyle which fits in with his music career of hip hop and rap.

Half of his face has a red glow on it which can potentially represent his angry side which sometimes come across in his music and then the blue side will represent his cooler side which sometimes he shows in his music too.

Under the picture they have a quote from the interview which again gives the readers a little insight to what he is going to say and talk about. They also have a sticker which says “Rap Radar” to alert the readers that he is a rap artist.

The text is quite heavy and is situated around the large letter in the middle of the page. It is formatted in a different way to some interviews; it comes across more as a story.

The main colour on this feature is red; this is also the same as Q magazines house brand colour.