L- The masthead/Title of the magazine is the brightest and most recognisable thing on the page, it is placed in the top left hand corner which is keeps the conventions of any magazine, because even if the magazine isn’t music related, the masthead is usually in the same place. The colour of the masthead could tie in with the red top newspapers that they are focusing on the entertainment side of the music like songs, and promote the band. The Red top idea also links in with the inside of this magazine, because the pages are paper not smooth like other magazines. The masthead is also a indent because it is on every front cover of every magazine that Q have ever published so people recognise this masthead with Q the magazine, or Q the music channel. The colours they have used on this front cover all link together like a house style. The editor has chosen the colours blue, white, and grey and black these make the front cover look more professional. ‘MUSE’ has to stand out a lot in white because it is the main headline because the band is on he front cover, and is the main attention. The light blue box’s with the white writing on work well because without the blue box’s it would be hard to read the white writing on the grey background. The photograph is taken on a grey backdrop which makes the band look sophisticated, as do the colours of the bands clothing like black connotates mystery and sophistication,as to who are these three people? We want to know more about them. It is a long shot, which gets in the whole of the band, from head to toe, I think it shows how big of a band they are. A bar code is a main convention of a music magazine because it shows the buyer directly were the price is and what edition it is. All the main bands in this magazine stand out because of the blue background, and we can tell these are going to be included inside of the magazine. The layout is nicely spread out, with the texts not to tight together which makes this professional. The Strap line under muse is summing up that MUSE want to be really successful and make it big, by even saying they will be the first band in space.
I- The Institution for Q magazine is Bauer media, this is Europe’s privately owned publishing group, it is one of the largest in the UK. It publishes over 300 magazines including Q, kerrang and mojo. These are publishes in 15 countries as well as on the Internet, on the TV and radio stations. Bauer Media took over EMAP in 2008. According to the Bauer media website it employs 6,400 people to help towards creating the magazines. Bauer media spans over 80 brand magazine names covering music, football, and celebrity gossip. Weekly magazines are things like Parkers, MATCH, CAR and yours.
I- I Think this front cover conveys that bands in the alternative music industry are just as normal as anybody else, because the entire band on the front cover is doing is standing and being normal, like anybody else. The band ‘MUSE’ dress individual so it gives across the message be who you want to be, they don’t have there own style like heavy metal bands would, with there long hair and black coats. MUSE just dress with no identity which relates back to the music genre alternative.
A-The audience of Q magazine are males as their primary audience,and females as their secondary audience. The SEG is ABC1 because the audience are people who work and have a income enough to afford the magazine monthly. The age range is 17-30 given the music artist's inside,people will have grown up with these bands. The audience will be interested in the indie/alternative genre of music,because that is what this magazine covers.
R-It represents the band and the music genre in a positive way, there are no bad rumour headlines on the front cover. The man in the grey is been represented as the leader of the band because he has been placed in front of the other two men and he is in a grey jacket and they are in black. They are been represented as indivual’s because they don’t look like pop star’s who look like the mainstream industry has shaped them all to look the same, like for example the Saturday’s have been made to be the stereotypical pop band with one member with different coloured hair.
CONTENTS PAGE
I- The institution is the same as the front cover because it is still in the same magazine. The institution is Bauer media,a German created privately owned publishing group,it is one of the largest in the UK. It also publishes music magazines including Kerrang and mojo.
I- I think the ideology of the contents page is just to be who you want to be,be individual because the photo's on this contents page are individual there not like made to do something specific in there photo shoot for the magazine,they are just enjoying them self.
A- The audience is still the same audience as the front cover as males as their primary audience and females as the secondary because there is more male artists in the alternative genre then females. The SEG is still ABC1 because the audience are people who work and have a income to afford the magazine monthly. The age range is still 17-30,because the artists on the contents have a wide age range them self,so the audience will have grown up with the artists or just general interest in them.
R- The contents page represents a wide variety of artists in the music genre alternative,females,males,teens,and adult artists and different ethnicity. They represent them in a positive light by having them doing what they do best and performing their music. They are represented as been different.
DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD
L- The language on this double page spread as been used in a postive way,there is not much text but a good photo taken by shamil tana,as it says on the byline at the bottom of the page. The text is big and white which really stands out and lets you know what the double page spread is about 'MUSE' . On this double paged spread it includes a advertisment for another page in the magazine,this will make the auidence want to carry on reading after they have finished with the current page,keeping them interested. It gives a short paragraph about the band and what they are getting up to. This is short and snappy to make you want to find out more,on the next double paged spread.
I- The institution is the same as the front cover and contents page because it is still in the same magazine. The institution is Bauer media,a German created privately owned publishing group,it is one of the largest in the UK. It also publishes music magazines including Kerrang and mojo. Craig Mclean is the writer of this double page spread,this is wrote in the byline of the page and Shamil tana was the photographer for the double page spread.
I- The ideology of this double page is i think individuality because the photographer has just placed them on a plain background which doesn't place them in any music category,and makes them look more powerful because everything is focused on them,as there is nothing to look at in the background.
R-The representation in this double page spread is giving muse a positive representation,its not showing them doing anything bad,and the paragph does not make you come across them in a bad way. It represents them looking in control and powerful the way they are standing shows that they dont listen to anybody else and do what they want for example the band memeber on the left is crossing his arms to show he doesnt care and is a bit on the edge.
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