1. This magazine uses media that The images that the cover contains
includes bright colours which could are bright, cartoon-like and child
relate to an audience of young friendly. The artists that are
females. This is apparent due to included are seen as pop artists
colours such as pink and yellow which appeal to a younger
which is used in a cliché manner to audience of about 10 years+ who
refer to young females. The media are of a lower social class. Images
included also contains child of girls clothes are used which also
friendly themes and designs, refers to a young female audience.
further emphasising its child
friendliness.
The mast head of the magazine uses
imagery to relate to the target
The fonts used on the magazine audience by including a picture of a
cover are bold and follow the heart which is used in text messaging
‘young female’ styled colour to portray the word ‘love.’ Using
scheme which shows a consistent semiotics that relate to modern day
and neat layout. This is seen as technology means that they are
appealing and improves the trying to also relate to the target
magazines aesthetic quality. The audience who are seen as a
use of block capitals makes the generation brought up on
individual stories and articles stand technology.
out. The size of the font depend on
the importance of the article which
allows the customer to see the
main story easier and be attracted
to he magazine for this reason.

2. This magazine uses a large masthead
font to grasp the attention of the
The colour scheme of the audience. The white font colour
magazine is very mature by being allows the masthead to stand out
black and white which suggests from the dark black background. The
that the magazine is not for an masthead also includes a small piece
audience below the age of 13. The of text saying “new” which is also
semiotics behind the colour attention grasping as it is where the
scheme include the yellow, that audiences eyes will first look to read
intercepts the black and the title.
The magazine cover includes a main
white, which implies that the story image of a famous artist to
contents is not boring and has a make the magazine look more
hint of craziness. exclusive for the target audience. The
image is very large and even overlaps
the masthead which makes the story
stand out and suggests that the story
is very important and worth the
audience’s time. The image focus, the
artist, is making eye contact with the
The font used around the camera and audience which
cover is in block capitals which subconsciously makes the story more
makes it stand out along with exclusive to the magazine. The focus
its colour which helps it stand of the image is wearing dark
out from the black clothes, this subconsciously makes
background. the audience feel that in the interview
with him, he has dark secrets.

3. This magazine cover looks more
cluttered than most music
magazines. This makes the
audience think that the magazine The magazine uses a basic white and
NME is a well known organisation has more content and is maybe red text colour scheme which
which when seen, is usually related better than the others for content doesn’t clash and ruin the colours
to music articles or stories. The quality. used in the image in the background
popularity of the organisation
of the magazine cover. The images
means they can afford to have a
colours are very neu6tral and are not
smaller masthead but still be
too bright which allows the audience
recognised as a big named
to read the articles on the front
magazine. The masthead is in the
easily.
top left corner and is not too
noticeable as it blends in with the
other text on the cover.
The image used to show a main
story article is of a well known
The large article name “AMY” music artist who appeals to all
stands out more than any ages meaning the magazine could
other aspect of the magazine be for any age and background.
cover which draws the The eye contact that the image
reader’s eyes to the main and shows makes the artist look more
most likely more interesting mysterious and dark, which could
article. entice the reader into finding out
more.

4. The contents page of this
magazine is very cluttered
and contains a lot of
information. The actual The title of the page
contents list is located on the saying “contents” is in an
very far right of the contents easy to read and follows
page which allows the page the consistent colour
to also contain a lot of added scheme of the rest of
and extra information in the page.
areas around it.
The colour scheme on the
The images included in the contents page is consistent
contents relate to the stories and well displayed which
that are further explained makes it look very
inside the magazine. They professional. The black
have also used the contents which is used a lot on this
page to include extra page is seen as a suitable
information about the colour due to the
magazine. magazines genre which is
hardcore and rock music.
The page is laid out neatly so
the audience can easily locate
and then find the story of
their preference.

5. This magazines layout is
fairly neat as it has a basic
left hand side text structure.
The only other content that
the page includes is a
picture of an artist that is The font it has been
very eye catching on the written in is basic but
right hand side of the page. easy to read and
This image is very basic and understand, making it
almost describes the sort of very beneficial as it
genre that he represents follows the neat layout of
(punk) by having him with the rest of the page. This
his tongue out. makes it aesthetically
pleasing and easier to
The colour scheme is very navigate to locate the
plain and almost boring contents the audience
but is consistent and neat; wishes to find.
it also follows the same
colour scheme as the
image( re and black on the
scarf).

6. This magazine has an
aesthetically pleasing layout
and house style as it follows
the same colour scheme
throughout and is laid out in
easy to read and understand
fashion.
The fonts that are included
The title at the top of the on the contents page are
contents page relates to very basic but follow the
the name and colour consistent font that this
scheme of the rest of the magazine has throughout
magazine which makes the to show professionalism.
page look more consistent The white background
and professional. The allows the audience to
contents page has a design read the text easily which
which puts the contents list also helps them locate the
on the left of the page and content of their choice.
then has pictures relating
to the main stories that are
included in the magazine.
These large images allow
the audience to easily
locate and find the main
story of their choice.

7. This double page spread contains a large image on the left
hand side and a lot of text on the right which is a good
layout because it leaves room around the image for
additional information and then a whole page of room to fit
the main article and any other text etc. that the spread may
need. There is a large masthead near the centre of the page The double page spread has a
which makes it obvious to the reader what the article is basic but very aesthetically
about and also an extra information bar on the far right pleasing colour scheme which is
which may have articles relating to the main one. made up of blue, white and
black. The large image means
that the font must be very small
to fit all of the information on
the single page, but the black
font shows up very well on the
white background and the white
on the blue, therefore making it
easy to read despite its small
font.

8. This double page spread has a very dark background with a very
large image and a lot of writing. The extremely space consuming
image causes the design to be laid out differently than if it was
not included. The writing is very small to compensate for the
image and it is very densely spread out throughout the second
page to give more room for the image. This font type makes it
very hard to read for some readers, especially with the white
font colour on the dark black background.
The magazine double page
spreads colour scheme is
black, pink and white which has
semiotics relating to being wild
as the article suggests and
dark, which could relate to the
article containing secrets.
The image of the music artist
has her half covering her face
which could resemble her
covering up a truth and/or
hiding secrets which could
interest people and make them
read the article.

9. This magazine double page spread features a large image of the artist
on the left page and a lot of writing about the article on the right.
The large image means the writing needs to be a lot smaller to be
able to fit the same amount of content in the article. The text is very
basic other than the large letter ‘J’ which is an aesthetically pleasing
and clever image which relates to the artist. This however could
distract the reader from the text and make it harder to read.
The effects on the large
image relate to the rest of the
pages colour scheme and text
colour. This also is
aesthetically pleasing an can
entice the audience even
more if they see the bold
image of the famous artist.
On the image there is a
caption from the text which
could interest the reader and
cause them to read the
article.