music mag covers

LO: to create a music magazine cover showing understanding of representation

WWW:
Main image and background went very well.

EBI: Change the font and colour of my text.

Dirt:


I have changed fonts and colours and changed the style of the layout. I did this because it now is more of a rock magazine then a pop magazine.

Cover analysis

LO: to analyse the cover of a magazine, linking it to genre and audience.

• Baby boomer generation-Baby boomer is a descriptive term for a person who was born between 1946 and 1964. This would make you 53 - 71 years old.

• Diversification - The action of making or becoming more divers or varied.

• Audience address - How they talk to their audience.

• Discerning - Having or showing good judgment. 

• House style - House style refers to the specific usage and editing conventions followed by writers and editors to ensure stylistic consistency in a particular publication or series of publications.

• Intertextuality - One media text refers to another text

The shot type of this magazine is a mid shot.This should've been a close up but because they have put a free cd in it would've cover his face so they made it a mid shot.

the star vehicle of this magazine is Dave Grohl. 

David Eric Grohl is an American rock musician, guitarist, singer, drummer, songwriter, record producer, and film director.

Colour palette - blue,yellow,black,white,red,grey.

Bands/ artist mentioned - Dave Grohl , Ian Dury , Cat Stevens , Elvis.

Mast head style of this magazine is all caps and cartoon like.

Main cover line style of this magazine is Bold and odd colour to the main colours.

Puff tells you about the magazine statistics.

USP Free stuff given away with the magazines, in this magazine u get a free CD.

Placement of text on this magazine. the text on the magazine is all over the the cover but does not go over the main image and goes around the the free cd.

Magazine ownership & regulation

LO: research ownership, regulation & institution involved in music magazines.

• IPC media - Uncut magazines
• Bauer media-Q magazines, Mojo , the box,downtown country,magic
• Condé Nast-Pitch fork magazines 
• Immediate media-Radio times
• Hearst-no music magazines 
• BBC

The best two ways magazines make money is by people buying their magazine and the other way is by adverts, either in their magazines or on tv or advertised in the street. If they own more then one type of magazine they can advertise their magazines for free so they are not spending more money on adverts. 

Ownership 

The majority of magazines are published by nine companies but their titles make up nearly 75% of the market. This means they have a massive influence over audiences and their companies will only get bigger as they control most of the market.

Media regulation & law

IPSO is The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) is the independent regulator for the newspaper and magazine industry in the UK. Ipso makes sure the newspapers and magazines follow the editors code.

Future of magazines

The biggest thing thats changed magazines is that its gone digital. Its cheaper and production is also cheaper. Its quicker and easier to do. 

Genre & Target audience

LO: To identify target audiences for a variety of music magazine genres.

the target audiences is : this magazine is aimed for straight male around the age of 20 to 25 and a some women. it is very colourful and is based on rock and fashion.The audience who read Clash magazines are egoists- people who want the most out of life and like to enjoy life.

The target audience is: This magazine is aimed for British, male. This magazine includes music like pop, classic rock, modern rock, heavy metal, dance, hip-hop, instrumental. The age range is for 20 - 27 year olds.People who read Mixmag are most likely to be drifters-not sure what they all want in life.

The target audience is: This magazine is aimed for British, male.This magazine is based on rock music (Classic rock, modern rock, Heavy metal) The age rage is from 25-35.People who read are also drifters-not sure what they want in life.

The target audience is: Kerrang magazine is aimed for British male who like rock and pop the age range is 23-28. the social class is for working class.People who read Kerrang magazines are disconnected-detached and resentful.

The target audience is: We pop magazine is aimed for British female, age range of 10-13 year olds. and base the magazine of pop music and youtube stars.

The target audience is: Q magazine is aimed for British male who are working class or above. The age range is for 26-35 year olds. And is a rock magazine.

The target audience is : Billboard magazine is aimed at British male/female and 23-28 year olds. social class is for working class and is about pop and fashion.

The target audience is : Vibe magazine is aimed at British male who are usually black. the age range is 20-30 year olds. Social class is for working class. Vibe magazine is about Rap and RnB music.