Target Audience- After analysing both these magazine I thought it would be good to mention something about target audience I just began studying it yesterday within sixth form. It's very important when it comes to creating a magazine as you always need to have them in mind and Billboard constantly have them in mind when creating their music magazine as each bit of image, every image reflects the message they want to get across to the audience. From looking at this contents page I get the impression it's aimed at young adults from around the age of 16-25 who enjoy going to concerts and are out going people who enjoy listening to upbeat charts songs.
Layout- From looking at the other magazine I can tell they tend to stick to a certain layout when creating their contents page. Of course they, like the blocky style as they used it on the last one. They also stuck to the 3 images across the top of the magazine and also have the same titles from the sub sections. They do have them in a different place due to the main image on the contents page being a landscape mid shot instead of the other one. Everything has it's place within this contents page and everything is made to fit around the main image. Spacing is used to separate each sections all the numbers are in line with each to make it look and provide easy access for the audience. I will look into spacing more when I create my magazine as I believe it's a key feature when creating a magazine as it's provides a fresh clean modern look to the magazine Therefore, when I use Indesign to create it I be careful when measuring my lines out, as I want it all the in line.
Style- Very similar style when you look at you can instantly tell it's from Billboard. Of course it features the usual No 1 charts of the left hand side to represent the genre of music the audience enjoy listening too. Furthermore it has the magazine name at the top of that no1 music chart to show where it's from. This is a common convention that most contents page do as it provides a theme running through. The page number is in the bottom right of the magazine as well as a website to provide a more global audience and to get them further involved. Although I won't use the same style features as Billboard I think it's important to look at specific style as it will influence me to put a personal style on mine whilst also sticking to the codes and conventions of a music magazine aimed at young adults.
Images- Features 4 images on the contents page. One is more dominant than the others. Its a mid shot of two men. Their clothes suggest a casual atmosphere and the man on left looks quite country due to the shirt he is wearing. They are both wearing shades of blue to match with the 3 colour scheme they seem quite laid back and are directly addressing the audience. However I think it is quite unusual that they have features these two men on the contents page as they aren't what i expect to see, they subvert my expectations of the contents page. However the power of 3 images at the top of the contents page reflect the type of people I would expect to be looking at this magazine. The top right image is Katy Perry singing live at a concert. This suggests that this magazine is aimed at outgoing people who often go to concerts and enjoy the music of Katy Perry (already established fan base). She is young women and many women find her inspirational and want to be her. All the three appear to be action mid shots to reflect the target audience and what they would be interested in, it appears a much more personal approach.
Colours- From looking at the previous one I think I can just about come to the conclusion that they use the same colour scheme for all there contents page as it provides a constant them. All the colours work together stand out each colour has a different role. From instance the blue within this contents page is used as line separators as it make it more accessible for the audience. It separates the main image from the articles from the bottom part, everything looks well structured and neat. The blue highlights the important things that the magazine want you to look at straight away like it did for the last one.
Font- Very constant throughout the magazine the title "contents" is the same font as the previous one I analysed. Again it sticks to sans serif which I'm sure you've heard me mention many time before. I know it's beginning to sound a bit repetitive but it's a very important thing when it comes to fonts. As if I decided to use the other one Serif font it would appear more upper class and possibly aimed at older, posher people. Therefore I need to make sure I get the correct audience and font when creating my magazine. Certain things are in capitals letters and the colours they appear to be witty one liners such as "English beat" these stand out from the rest due to text. It sums up the name of the article without giving loads away as it wants you to pick it up and read the article inside.
Language/Articles- To be honest the language is very similar to the previous contents page and reflects the target audience. Each article is summed up with a few words to grab the audiences attention. One is called "global networking" now the language used in this suggests the a younger audience as they are more likely to use this sort of thing and therefore be more interested within this magazine. I want to make sure every article with interest my target audience and will do some further study on this as I believe it's very important.
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