Analysis of AS Magazine Cover, Contents and Double

page articleRobbie Dale

My colour palette is made up of three main colours; red, white and black.

Black and White are used to

stand out against each other and to complement the small amount of red on the cover.

The colours in the photograph are light colours which represent good.

These colours are used to show his talent in music and his return to the music industry is a good occurrence.

Front Cover

The cover targets young adults who read music magazines.

His posture shows he is relaxed and confident in what he does.

The position of his head makes his eyes in line with the main article drawing the readers’ view towards the article.

His outfit shows he is a hip hop artist or a metal head but focuses on alternative rock.

The magazine follows conventions by having a strong central image and therefore makes the magazine look professional.

The lighting effect on my model makes it look like the sun is shining down on him and showing he is a great musician and artist.

The model’s open stance makes him seem open but his turned head makes him seem a little arrogant and thinks he is better than you.

The broken wall behind him emphasises the “Loose Cannons” font type as it looks loose and represents that their come back is ground breaking.

This image is framed so that the model is taking up a large section of the front cover and therefore shows his importnace.

Other conventional elements of the magazine cover include :

a barcode with date and price.

These features help create a

professional look.

There are no clear conventions about the positioning of these items, and they may move around from cover to cover depending on the layout and image used.

The Plus section is another conventional method of showing what else is in your magazine. This is section is necessary as the main article may not interest the reader, do your product must entice them with other options to try and get them to purchase your product.

The use of two colours is a conventional way of breaking up cover text as it makes it easier for the reader to differentiate between stories.

The use of 28 days later in the magazine name is have a bold font to attract your target audience.

The outer glow effect used in the minor stories section is used to distinguish the font from my model’s body as feedback showed it was hard to read against.

Text size selection was aimed to

emphasise key elements – the Band’s name, the magazine itself, and headline contents.

Fonts are chosen so as to be seen from a distance, but there is not so much variation as to confuse the potential buyer.

My colour palette is made up of three main colours; red, white and black. These are the same as my cover’s colour scheme and therefore shows continuity.

Black and White are used

to stand out against each other and to complement the small amount of red on the cover. The red in the subscription box stands out against the black plainly and emphasises the offer on.

Contents Page

The amount of features shown in the contents is a conventional amount and has enough content to look professional.

The position of the subscription box at the bottom of the page is conventional as the reader eye’s would slowly be drawn down to it by its break in colour from the white.

The black bar across the top is used to highlight the text within and is a very conventional way of using another colour in a magazine.

My contents follows the codes of a magazine contents as it places a web address for the magazine within as I did not have one on the cover.

The use of the image is to emphasise the Live section and the gigs it will be talking about. Most magazines I looked at had an image of a gig if the began writing about tours or other events.

The use of white for the article name is to contrast against the black background.

The red is to show the passion the band and the editor have about music.

These colours are also use to make reading the text easier as they are distinguishable.

The layout follows the conventions of three columns to make the double page article look professional.

Double Page Article

The pose of my model make him look open but confident.

The low camera angle make him look imposing and powerful.

These to feelings of my model make him seem like a confident musician ready to storm the stage again.