contents page done on quark.

this is my draft double page spread which i completed on quark.

generic elements
by- line= credit to photographer and journalist

Generic elements that you find on a contents page
1) masthead
2) images
3) competition
4) captions
5) page number
6) editorial
7) sub heading- different sections of the magazine
8) date
9) house style
10) subscriptions
11) magazine personal
12) issue number
13) small advertisement

Yesterday i learnt how to use different fonts and text styles to make the mast head more effective.

The fonts that i used for examples for my magazine were:
radioactive, fire
smoke, small noisy border
pepper

This magazine is one of the most popular music magazines, this weekly magazine featues comprehensive gig guide for the UK, reviews for gigsd, albums, singles, and comments from lots of oppinionated writers, NME magazine feature a lot of new music that is to soon be released or has just been released, their main genre focus’s are indie, rock, new rave and any bands which may have an out of the ordinary sound, but NME magazine doesn’t tend to feature bands for the more dancy genre of music, such as r’n'b, hip hop, rap,

Starter task

Circulation- how many unit products are sold
Readership- how many people actually read it
Mainstream- target a wider audience

yesterday i learnt the different types of magazines and why they chose to call it that specefic name and what and why they chose to appear to that specefic audience.

Textual analysis

The magazine that I chose to do was NME; it is an indie/rock kind of magazine. The masthead is in the top left hand side it is the same colour and the same writing like in every issue so it’s easier for people to recognise so they can buy it. The main colours used are red which represents passion and danger and black which represents dark and evil; which also relates to the picture of Lilly Allen because she has her hair black and has black eye make up around her eyes and she is wearing a red manly shirt. By doing this she is representing both masculine and feminine qualities so the magazine appeals to both sexes. Also by using unisex colours the magazine appeals to males and females. Also the way that Lilly Allen is dressed it shows that she isn ’t a traditional girly girl, she isn’t wearing a lot of make-up she is wearing a red shirt which could be worn by either male of female. The reason behind this is so the magazine appeals to both girls and boys. For example if she were dressed all in pink it wouldn’t really appeal to the male audience because it would look like a girly magazine.

On the left hand side there is red bubble writing tilted to the side of the magazine it quotes Lilly Allen saying “I can’t keep living like this, its doing my head in”. This is a feminine thing to say and therefore it will relate to the female audience also it will make the reader want to know more about what she has to say so they will want to buy it. They have chosen to write it in that style because its edgy and disorderly also because the background is white the red writing stands out straight away so it makes it eye catching; the size of the writing isn’t as big as the other writing saying “Lilly Allen” this is because the readers are more interested who is in the magazine and not why they are. The mast head is in red bold capitals with a white border, this connotes that it wants to grab the audiences attention and that is one of the first things that you see and so it’s got to be eye catching. The Mise-en- scene is a picture of Lilly Allen; her facial expression shows seduction which will engage the male audience to buy the magazine.

There is use of banners for example there is a yellow background with big capital red and black letters, the reason for this is to grab the readers attention and make you want to know more about the story and so you will buy the magazine. Also there is four main colours used constantly which is red, black, yellow and white the reason for this is by using the same colours over and over again the buyers of the magazine will find it easier to recognise the magazine. Pictures on the magazine from previous issues shows that the clothing the celebrities wear is black, yellow, white or red to keep the trend of the magazine.
There are other stories on the front of the magazine the main headlines are in a bigger bolder font either in black or yellow and then the taglines are in as smaller font and are either red or white. This is so you read the main headlines first and then the taglines gives you a teaser so you will have to buy the magazine to know more about the story. At the bottom of the magazine it says “Franz Ferdinand” “Babyshambles” in a smaller font again this is giving you the names of the people in the magazine but it’s not giving too much away and so you will have to buy the magazine to find out more. Under the masthead it tells you what NME stands for which is “New Musical