music magazine contents page analyst

This contents page is from the magazine of NME (New Musical Express) which is a music magazine close to the one i will doing which is about the indie rock punk side of music. This magazine reaches its target audience with a variety of different factors such as the color schema which is black and red along with most of the head lines being white text with a black block background making it more bold and effective making it more in your face. There is only one image and thats related to the main article which covers the majority of the page making your eye drawn to it along with its massive text underneath saying 'the end of the Astoria'. There is also the band index of all the bands who are mentions in the magazine which also appeals to there target audience as it makes things easer for the people who read the magazine to read the articles that appeal to them most so there target audiences is both narrowed and widened as people can now be more involved in what they read. 




this magazine content page is from the vibe magazine which is manly a urban type music such as r&b and hop hop tis can be seen in this contents page as instead of it being very wordy its main eye catcher is the picture that serves as the background that the text is based around and none of the text gives any notice to who this is. also instead of having everything in the magazine it only has 3 or 4 articles noted down as its the most important in that issue 2 in the featured section and 2 in the fashion section so instead of having more information as to which articles contain what like the first example this is more you have to read to find what you want to read. there is also the color and font which both back each other as the color is black and white with the background with a fade from black to white as the back ground changes so the the text to make the words even though there aren't many make them more stand out using the complete different color both on a different end of the spectrum. these things appeal to the average urban person of a 20-30 male this is back up more by the girl on her back with the legs in the air with her legs in the shape of a V this more more likely appeal to a hip hop boy then a punk rocker girl.

This contents page i from a karrang mag which is aimed at the rocker people. the images back up there target audience by the type of people in the images for example the main photo which is larger then the rest and the rest are surround by showing its importance is of  main which a very prominent tattoo of something you would expect to see more on rock singer then a hip hop star. However i don't think the layout represents there target audience as the layout is a lot more organized then the other 2 however when you think of a karrang magazine reader you have a different image of someone who's appearances are a lot more chaotic. The font is basic contents font which is bold and big to get its message across of what you will be expecting how ever the color isn't so normal with the mixture of black and yellow which gives the impression of a bee this makes the important things stand out as its a lot more clearly to spot. I think other then the layout is does represent its target audience as its done things different such as the color which kinda sums up the rocker stereotype of them being different  there is also the content of the images which show the different aspects of the magazine to the music with the person shouting into the microphone in the bottom left image to the group of people in the middle right picture which shows the social aspect of the magazine.