Monday 13 January 2014

Music Magazine Analysis


The colours that are used in this front cover of the music magazine Blender have been particularly used to bring the main attraction to the image of Katy Perry, and the bold text that is used. The purpose of having the background set as white is so that, the title in the set colour of black will be projected out to the viewers who walk past and see that magazine in store shelves.

The positioning of which the image is placed is central of the cover. This is used many times throughout other music magazines that are seen out on shelves. With this, it leaves room round the outside of the image to give fine detail to the contents of the magazine, to try and entice viewers of the magazine to pick it up and buy it.

Fonts that are also used in this range in different sizes. This is a way in which guides the viewer’s eyes around the page. The larger the font of writing, the quicker the viewer sees it. Obviously having the title largest to show the viewer which magazine company has made this. Fonts are put into 2 main colours. Black being bold and standing out in front of the white back ground. Then pink to show key words of the different topics of the cover. For example of reading out the full name of “Katy Perry”, they put “Perry” in a bright pink colour, meaning that the viewer will only need to glance at the magazine to  see that there is a part of this magazine that talks about Katy Perry.
The way in which the head partially covers the tittle indicates that “Blender” is a well-known type of music magazine, and that its well-known enough that the title doesn’t need to be completely seen to recognize which music magazine this is.

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