Classical Music Magazine - Anaylsis

Front Cover

Barcode The Barcode is usually at the bottom of the page so its out of the way and it is easy for places that magazines get sold at that they can be scanned

Header This Header tells you in a line the important information you need to know about the magazine that you maybe interested in.

Masthead This Masthead shows the tittle of the magazine. Like other magazines they have made the tittle very big and have put the ‘first letter’ in

a fancy type writing.

Left Third This is the left third and usually there are the main cover lines on this side of the magazine but for this magazine there doesn’t seem to be many cover lines

Puff The puff is like a coloured block that helps sell the magazine like this

Audiences

• The target audience for the classical music magazine would be middle ages people

• They help to attract there audience by making sure all the information and images are relevant to the genre of this magazine so they can relate to it.

Contents Dateline The date is also written on the contents page so consumers know they have the right issue of the magazine

Main image The main image for this magazine is simple and laid back just like the type of music it informs the audience about.

Subheadings These are subheadings that put everything you want to find into sections to narrow it down so its easier for the consumer to find what they need to find.

Page numbers There are also page numbers which makes it much more easier for you to find what you’re looking for in your section

Double Page Spread

Three elements that help the different parts of the magazine connect are how relaxed and laid back the colour schemes are. Also the images match the genre which is classical, the main images are of classical singers who are in the same age range as the target audience roughly.

Another element would be how much writing there is, as there isn’t much writing which makes the magazine look very formal.

Background information

There isn’t a period of time of when these sorts of magazines came out but they have been around for quite a while. They are well known around the world and its become part of a tradition that you should be selling products such as musical magazines.