Thursday 9 February 2017

2) contents page analysis

Hey again, so this music magazine contents page is by Q, who is very popular for Pop music magazines. However, i could't find a lot of country music magazine front covers as they're mainly ones of just regular magazines, not music based ones. So, today i will be analysing a one by Q and i will be analysing the difference between them.

There is a main attraction towards the colour of the font for me, as this magazine is including only 3 main colours, black, red and white. They are basic colours but they are what make the magazine stand out even more. By having the text written in a large sans serif font at the top of the page is what will tell people what page they are on. However, by having the title of the magazine right next to the title where it says content page, is also another way of knowing what they are reading and it's basically self promoting, by putting themselves in their own, magazine is helping more people buy it. 
As i like bright and attractive colours as they stand out more rather than a bland colour, I really think that having a dark and bold colour would match my genre, so I am going to be using a sans serif font in black as I really think that it represents my genre. Other country music magazines that I have analysed have been using black font, so i am using that as inspiration. This magazine doesn't have a "Blocky look" because there are only two images on the contents page. As there is a fairly large image, this is an image dominated contents page which i personally quite like because we'e getting to see the bigger image of who is on the front cover and we get to see more of an insight of the artist and get to know a little more information that may not be included on either the front cover or the double page spread.
To see what i think of the "Blocky look" have a look at my other analysis of the contents page. It will tell you what i think of it and why i think that an image dominated contents page would suit my genre more. The amount of people that buy the magazine all depends on the artist that is in the image. If it were an artist that not many people know, then not a lot of people would buy it, however, if it were a famous artist such as Taylor Swift, a country artist, then people would most likely buy it as people love her. 
Again, to see who i think of taking inspiration from, celebrity wise, have a look at my previous analysis of the contents page. I honestly think that by having someone that you look up to on the front cover of your favourite magazine is what will make people buy it, so by having a celebrity that is well known, and is categorised with your specific genre, then people would most likely buy it. For example, country artist like Shania Twain, Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson and even Miranda Lambert are all celebrities who people look up to. It all depends on the image that is on the contents page, that people will read the magazine. However, depending on what has been said, a lot of people are bound to read it if something good or bad were to be mentioned.

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