Second Double Page Spread Analysis.

Source- Google Images.
In this second content analysis,the text is wrapped around the image and as a result we see a 60:50 picture ratio to make the magazine more appealing. A medium close up, has been taken of the singer Rihanna. She is also looking directly at the camera to make us the audience feel apart. An Edwardian Script TLC has been used in the text overlapping the image of Rihanna, making the article have femminine touch to it. The diifferent hairstyles shown at the top of the left page, signifies to us that this celebrity has her own style. This, too is very appealing. In this text we see a connection, between the magazine and  the words used. 'Fire red' has been mentioned to make the article seem fiesty but feminine at the same time, aswell as this we instanly notice that the magazines background is red also.. The mode of address is quite chatty and informal, yet this may be, because of young the singer is. The word 'Exclusive' indicates to the reader that you will not be able to find this interview in any of the other magazines. Therefore you are moe inclined to purchase the magazine.

However, the source, in which I got this music magazine is google images. However, this magazine does seem to be made by a student as the text contains spelling errors and the title 'Exclusive Rihanna interview' does not sound very exciting to read. Therefore this magazine is not an ideal magazine.

Textual Analysis of a Double Page Spread.

 Source- Google Images.

First of all, the colours used in this double page spread are very refreshing and solemnly bright. The effective use of these colours, comfort the audience and make them feel light hearted.There are two main columns. They are laid out in a standard form which makes the magazine look formal and easy for the audience to read. The picture text ratio is 60:40. From looking at the double page spread, the image of the well known musician T.I. takes up a whole page. The picture of T.I  almost looks as if the image bleeds out of its frame to make the magazine look real and packed. However, the text is in a small font-size. In addition to this, the title at the top of the page, is in bold writing which takes up half of the page. Informal language is also used; 'T.I.hollers'. The text at the top of the page saying 'Summer Preview' is in  sans serifed font and gives off an vibrant and young aura to the magazine. The title 'Summer Time' is also in the same font and has two dots inbetween the letters 'T' and 'I' promoting the singers name - T.I. This indicates to the reader that the magazine wants you to read the article.

To conclude, this magazine does look professionally done, as a pun has been used on the title "SUMMER T.I.ME" reinforcing who the person in the image is. The page has also been decorated with circles, around the text. To make the article look effective, aswell as appealing to the audience. 

Exploring the Media

Page 118 talks about what the inside of a magazine should basically contain.

•  The content page should instantly let the audience become aware of the brand identity.
• The magazine must have an editors letter as this adds to the realism of the magazine. 
• The double page spread should look atttractive and appealing. The pages should have atleast have two or three coloumns.
• The magazine sector are controlled by major firms such as IPC, Bauer, Conde Nast, EMAP, The National Magazine Company and BBC Magazines.

Page 119 states that competition always happens between the publishers and therefore the industry has not been growing very much as before.

Page 120 talks about the history of a media group called Future Publishing and explains what Total film do.

• Total Film include things like the top one hundred Hollywood players or cinema's saints and sinners.

Page 121 talks about the codes and conventions in the magazine Total Film. The mode of address is very informal and audience are teenagers. The magazine represents people in Hollywood.

Page 122- 123 talks about the magazine Grazia. This magazine created new 'news and shoes'. It was Britains first weekly magazine. The magazine  is now owned by Bauer. The magazines main audience are young teenagers.

Page 124 talks about the history of the magazine 2000 AD. the magazine was first published by a company called IPC/ Fleetway and now , it is published by Rebellion.

Page 125 talks abouthow the magazine differs in relation to other magazines. The magazine has a satirical tone tonit whne reading the magazine.

Page 126- the magazine has a unique and perculiar mode  of address.

Page 127 talks about how popular the magazine is internationally and states where you are likely to purchase the magazine.

Page 128 - magazines can make a reader divert from the main topic. Magazines are being forced into representing certain aspects of popular culture.

Textual Analysis of Q magazine.

Q magazine is published by an institution called Bauer Media. The magazine is published monthly and costs £3.50. In addition to this, Q has a radio station which was launched in June 2008, alongside this Q also holds their very own awards show. Therefore this firm are extremely involved in all types of media and find this as a key element in interesting the readers. The total circulation for Q magazine is 80418.

The magazine looks very attractive and appealing to the targetted audience which is presumably for mature music lovers, instead of young teenagers because of the colours used. The background consisting of a black colour; is an indicator as to who the target audience might be.The magazine looks very compact and has an ideal appearance of a magazine just like the two other magazines. The magazine mentions that there is an interview with Madonna meaning that the maagzine has had the opportunity to sit down and actually talk to her. Something that not many magazines get the chance to do.

The magazine has also issued a free music collection CD to persuade you to buy the magazine. In addition to this the word 'Free' is in black, bold capital letters to attract your attention and persude you more and buy the magazine. An image has been placed, beside the text  to let you see what the CD looks like.  To add to this, a barcode has been used to give some authority to the cover jsut like the other two covers.

The subheading beneath the heading 'Madonna' , taboo language has been used to shock the reader and alert the readers to the drastic change, in how a magazine portrays the company. The size of font used is not very big, which could mean that this is not a majorly depicted in the magazine.

Madonna looks very sinister, mischievous and slightly serious suggesting that the magazine may not be as vibrant,bright and colourful as the two other magazine. A medium shot, has been taken of  Madonna. If we, the readers look at Madonna from any direction you will notice that she seems to look straight at us. Therefore,  this can also add to our decison to buy the magazine. Her name 'Madona' has been centered on the page and is in a big font size to make us see this first and influence us the readers to look inside and then purchase the magazine.

As you can I see, I have done a double page spread for the first time. I enjoyed doing this task very much, even though I thought it would be hard as we had to do this in a different software; Indesign.

Textual Analysis of Entertainment Weekly.

Front cover of Entertainment Weekly Magazine

This magazine is a American magazine and issues on a weekly basis and costs £2.88. Entertainment Magazine was published by an institution named AOL Time Warner. This media company also specialises in film, television and radio. On the other hand, I will be discussing the music perspective of this magazine. Its competitiors are, Us Weekly,Premiere. Time Warner faces industry competition from traditional media companies such as Vivendi,CBS Corporation, Sony, Viacom, The Walt Disney Company, NBC Universal and lastly News Corporation. This magazine circulates around 1.7 million copies per week.




The targetted audience for this magazine ranges from young teengaer and to middle aged adults. As you can see the magazine has embedded and image of a singer called Alicia Keys who has a very young and fresh appearance therefore not many adults may know her. However, the cover does look appealing to all ages so any adult may want to find out who she is or what this genre talks about. The strapline talks has mentioned that death of a very famous person who was also involved in the media industry ; Norman Mailer was an American playwright, screen writer and film director he unfortunately died from acute renal failure and was a deeply loved person. He adored his loved ones soo much that he worked with his children when writing a novel.

The front cover uses a range of light browns and dark shaded colours to contrast against the image of Alicia Keys. Alicia Keys is a well known singer and favoured very much with the young teenagers. This implies that the magazine is aimed at the young teenagers.She has a grin on her face, therefore this will encourage the audience to purchase the item. The subheading, with its empowering words automatically indicates to the reader that the musician would like to share her background and how she became who she is today. Therefore the older generation may like to read this and know more about her. The coverline is also in capital letters however the heading 'Alicia Keys' is in a bigger font size to guide your attention to these words first. The colour white, has been effectively used and sets a contrast against the background. In addition to this, the coverline has been purposefully placed at eye level so that the targetted audience will have no difficulty in reading. A medium close up of Alicia Keys, has been used for us to see her facial expressions clearly. She is also, looking straight into the camera in a friendly manner which suggets to us readers, that she is a friendly person.

The coverlines 'Oscar' and 'Gossip Girl' are in the colour pink. The phrase' Gossip Girl' sounds very colloquial and feminine while 'Oscars' exerts a grand and royal impression on the reader. Moreover, 'Gossip Girl' is a term that teengers of a young age would normally involve themselves in and would like to know more about. The caption under the coverline 'Oscars' says '10 ways to pick the winners' .Therefore the magazine gives you the opportunity to choose, who you think should win an oscar.  Moreover, this shows that the magazines aims to entertain rather than focus wholly on music. The instituition, wants you to keep on purchasing the magazine therefore the magazine constantly attempts to involve you the reader. The fact that both coverlines, are in pink and have a bigger font size suggests to us the readers, that the magazine specializes in other parts of the media. Therefore the magazine strives to increase the publics awareness of other parts of the media industry.

Another subheading includes a famous television actress named Jennifer Aniston who has stared in  films, commercials and music videos and is currently a supporter of the organization Friends of El Faro. Therefore the magazine is fond of letting you know just how much, celebrities contribute to society. To substantiate my point the caption beneath it says ' The 50 Greatest Stars of all Time' which lets you know that this celebrities has been included in the list.

Textual Analysis of Classic fM Music Magazine.

Front cover of Classical FM.

This edition of Classic FM magazine is published by Haymarket Media Group. In doing ,my reseach about the magazine, I found out that the magazine circulates 30,225 days, the magzine is published monthly and was launched in 1995. This company also publishes international magazines such as Direct Makerting News (USA) and Bahrain International Circuit. However the Classical FM station is owned by Global Radio. This type of magazine would normally suit the older adults ( 35+) , however some teenagers may like to read some pages as the front cover may instantly attract them to it just like the magazine here. Teenagers may want to feel inspired by something that they would not normally read.

The strapline mentions that it has a free CD, which persuades the audience to buy. It also says that the magazine is one of the favourite classical music magagzines, therefore the magazine has been the publics favourite for a while.

Classical FM not only specializes in soothing music, but also has its very own radio station  that operates from and sponsors theatre dramas and interviews of  dancers, musicians aswell as advertising tickets for concerts. The price of the magazine is £4.25. The front cover of this magazine achieves its purpose of giving a vibrant feel because of the colour , it is fresh because of the minimal make up used on Myleen Klass. Myleen Klass is also a well known  classical musician aswell as a TV presenter. The colours used , give the impression that the magazine intends, to gain the publics interests but at the same time, be targeted towards the older generation mainly. The coverline, is very standard and simple. This suggests that the target audience is the oldr generation. The older genreation, will only be able to understand simple text , so this is an obvious indicator. The style of font is also quite standardized and formal while the 'f'  is in a swirly style font. The letter 'F' in red, could represent the word 'Females' and therefore give the readers, the impression that the magazine acts as a semi- role model to them. The colour red, is also a feminine colour which could suggests, that this edition of the magazine pays most attention to women, which is unusual for a magazine specialising in all the different kinds of media. The cover line with its determinating and strong souled aura, 'My Musical Mission' suggests that the target audience is for people who believe they can achieve and be able to do what they set their minds on. She is alos tryin to tell us what she has done and the coverline explanes this a bit more. Based on the context of the cover line , the targetted audience could possibly vary from late teens upto 35+. The word 'Musical' is in a bigger font, than the rest of the text and in red font colour, against the white background, therefore this means that the magazine is aimed at music. This coverline is also at eye level to catch your attention first and persuade you to purchase the magazine. The word 'Mission' is the slightly smaller than the 'Musical'  but still stands out especially since it has as exclamation mark right next to it. It is as if Myleene Klass is speaking aloud to us the readers, while we read her words. If the audience carefully look at the sub heading 'How the presenter is winning new freinds for classical music' this gives readers a sense of  happiness and laughter.

The model (Myleen Klass) is also a guest and musician. She is within the same range as the targetted audience which means that she is a a person to aspire to be like. She is looking straight at the camera and audience in a confident manner, with her chin slighty dipped onto her shoulder and smilles to us the audience in a freindly way. This implies that the targetted audience can relate to her as a freind. A medium close up of her has been shown. She is wearing a pink top which provides a good contarst  background. Based of the fact that she has no make up, suggests that she is a represenation of the ideal targetted audience.

Other subheadings ,include two famous composers to interest the readers mind. On the left hand side of the page is the cover line 'Fiddler on the surf',  this is a play on words as the original title is 'Fiddler on the roof'. Therefore this adds humour to the magazine and makes the public want to buy it. Beneath this, 'BEST LIVE MUSIC GUIDE!' has been written .This is in capital letters to inform the reader that the magazines offers the best help with where to go to listen to live music. The writing is in white and set against a red background therefore the colour red could also mean that it is part of their brand identity.

Content Analysis For Four Music Magazines.

This is my content analysis for the 4 magazines : Q, Classic Rock, NME and Rock Sound.

My Action Plan - Music Magazine

In order to complete my music magazine, I will follow this timetable :

5/2/11- 12/2/11= do a textual analysis of the magazines.

Christmas Holidays.

2/1/12- 16/1/12 = do some audience research for e.g. set up a poll, or questionnare or theory. My reseach and plan.Audience research (poll, questtionnare, theory) internet research (institutions, readership figures). Could start drawing the layout of how the pages for the musicmagazine would look like.

23/1/12- 6/2/12 = Plan my photoshoot, take photos, layout designs, masthead design. Make pages,

Half-term.

20/2/12 - 27/2/12 = Evaluation, drafting audience feedback.

My few words before signing off.

I am about to sign off as I have finished everything in my prelimiary task. It will not be a while until I blog again to do my main task - The Music Magazine.

So for now good bye!! :)