Textual analysis of magazine pages

Textual analysis of magazine pages

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  NME FRONT COVER Advertising Title Cover Line Barcode Feature articlephoto 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- futureissues 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 PAGESPREAD 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 Thepurpose 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 FRONTCOVER 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 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 CONTENTSPAGE 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 DOUBLEPAGE 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 Themain 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 Strikingbright 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 article Picture 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 fontsused 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 PAGESPREAD 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 Themagazine 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.
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  CONVENTIONS THROUGHOUT THEPAGES Front Cover: • Title – vital so people are aware what the magazine is called • Sub–Headings- Catchy and informative • Main Photo – To show what’s featured in the magazine and the style of photos to expect • Barcode – Needed on all magazines that charge a price Contents Page: • Page Numbers and Article Info – The main reason behind a contents page (to tell the audience what’s coming up in the magazine • Photos – Generally smaller and more precise in comparison to front cover photos but always tend to feature on a contents page Double Page Spread: • Columns – Every double page spread includes columns of text to create an article • Centre Photo – of the featured band/artist in a music magazine • Quotes – Interesting lexis from the article