Rock Music Magazine Feature Analysis

This is my prezi of types of articles found in rock music magazines:

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I first created a prezi which shows the main styles of different feature articles that can be found in rock music magazines. I will now analyse two feature double-page spreads in more detail so I can get a better understanding of professional layout, colour palette, quotes, text boxes, lexis conventions and images.  This will help me make my own double-page spread that will look and be in a professional way which will represent my target audience and their needs.

 

 

This first feature I shall be analysing is a double page spread taken from classic rock magazine. It is an interview which has been put together along with an article. This spread allows the reader to find out more about the band, Motley Crue and their reunion. At the top of the left hand side page it has the articles title, 'Fiends Reunited' this is in bold black lettering on the white background helps the text to stand out. The use of the word 'Fiends' is used the place of 'Friends' in the phrase 'Friends Reunited' this would appeal and stand out to the audience and fans of the band because a word like Fiends would genrally be associated with this genre of music and it's fan base.

 

This page uses a colour scheme of black, white and red. These three colours, particullary the red and black, are stereotypically associated with the heavy metal genre as it represents the audience and their intrests in certain subjects. Most of the left hand page and about a third of the right hand page is taken up by an image of the four members of the band. These four people are all of the a simmilear age to both their own target audience, as well as that of Classic Rock magazine. They are all wearing clothes and fashions which would be appealing and interesting to the target audince. This would support the idea of readers not only looking for entertainment, but also looking for fashion ideas from the bands and genres that they enjoy and so would be attracted by what clothes they are wearing. This page only features one imag and this image almost fits in with the coloumn layout for the text as the man on the right hand page almost acts as the first column on that page. This layout is used to make the page simple to look at and simple to read as well.

 

This page then has the actual article layed out in two columns on the right hand side page. The first column begins with a large, bold, black letter I which is used as the first letter of the article. This helps it to stand out on the page and it will also draw the readers eye toward the actual article and away from the image which takes up most of the spread. At the bottom of the second column there is a red subtitle to show the beginng of a new section to the article. This use of red lettering will draw the reader into this section of the article and so woul help them to find parts which would be appealing to them. 

 

 

The second spread that I will analyse is a review page. This page has a much different layout than the previous one, however, it is still clearly layed out into columns, the same as the spread from Classic Rock magazine. 

 

 

This cover page uses a main colour palette of black, white and red. This is the same as that of the previous magazine as this colour scheme is appealing to the target audience and so they will be interested and attracted by it. This colour scheme, though is affected by the pages use of images. At the top of each review there is an image of the album cover, although many have similear colours they will not always and so this will effect the colour palette of the page. However, in this example they mostly all fit.

This page has one main section at the top of the left hand side page. The text for this article is white on a black background. this is a revesal of the rest of the page and so, along with having a bigger image of the band, it will draw people into this small article first. The rest of the page use a basic layout with each individual section having a bold red subtitle and most have an image of the cover in the top left hand corner of this article. These are then layed out into columns with three columns on each page. This is much like the previous in which, if the image is counted, there are three columns taking up the page.

Overall, these feature pages all use a colour scheme of red, white and black. All the articles are also layed out into columns, with three per page. Neither follow any clear image patteren throughout the genre. They do all, however, have a large bold title at the top of the page with smaller subtitles within the article.