I brought this magazine from WH Smiths, for £3.10. The magazine is released monthly I have the October 2009 issue. It has 64 pages, and is 29.5cm long by 21cm wide. The magazine contains articles about singers, some history about country music, tour dates, letters, country music charts and CD reviews. It would be aimed at people who are interested in country music the age group would be about 14+, people who are interested in certain articles in the magazine, musicians would also be i
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nterested. The colours used on the front cover of the magazine are all kept mainly the same, blue, red and white. The feature article photo model is also wearing blue and has blue eye makeup. These colours help keep the magazine interesting and bright, and don’t make the page too busy and full of colours. The background is white, which makes the rest of the page stand out. The photo is a posed mid-shot her face is happy, but serious which suggests she wants to be liked but wants her music to be taken seriously. You can see the shadow of the singer in the picture; this is a good effect as it adds depth to the picture. There is a friendly mode of address, it is also informal language. The masthead (name of the magazine) is bold and relevant to the style of magazine. The puff line ‘from Austin to Nashville and beyond’ this line is colloquial and speech like, and also relevant to country music.
The contents page uses the same colours as the front cover, keeping the look and style the same. The contents page is split into sections, e.g., Features, Reviews, Regulars and Charts. This would make it easier for the reader to find what they want. There is a long-shot posed photo of the featuring artist, the white background and shadow is kept the same. There is only one photo on the page, and the text is in front of the picture, bringing the readers attention to them. The font is very similar to the front cover; it does vary a little more though. The size of the text varies, emphasising what is the main bits of the information and what isn’t as important. The colours used on this page are the same as the front cover, red is mainly used on this page, and there are a few words in white and black, also keeping the magazine style the same.
Throughout the magazine there is lots of double page spreads. The double page spread I have chose too look at is about a country singer. The article actually spreads onto 6pages. Looking at the first page, it has dark back ground, with white simple writing. The writing is all the same font, and changes size 5 times. There is one picture on this page, at the top it is a posed mid-shot image, in black and white. At the top there is a logo, representing the artist ‘COLTFORD.’ The heading ‘real country living’ is bold and simple, giving the reader an idea what the article will involve. The strap line is a complex sentence summing up about the artist and what the article is about ‘Duncan Warwick meets the larger than life artist who has achieved the impossible, but successfully fusing Country and Hip-hop, and people have started to sit up and take notice.’ The sentence is quite informal and has a friendly tone. The first few lines of the first paragraph, ‘COLT FORD WOULD’ this is in bold, which emphasises his opinion. The rest of the article has a lot of quotes in ‘a new, creative sound for the all-American everyman.’ These quotes would enable the reader to feel like they can connect with the artist more. At the bottom on the page there is a ‘COLT FORD’ which is in bold, which again emphasises what the article is about.
On the next page there is a A4 sized mid-shot posed image of ‘Colt Ford.’ The background is outside, of something that looks like it’s in the West Country. The sky is quite grey and stormy looking, which contrasts with artists bright yellow top, this draws the readers attention to the man. The sunglasses he is wearing creates quite an unfriendly look, which is emphasised by him not smiling. This could just suggest that he wants to be taken seriously. There is only one bit of writing on this page, ‘I’m a country artist. I just happen to rap, that’s the way I deliver it.’ This quote being the only text, and as it’s in black puts across the point to the reader that Colt Ford wants his opinion recognized.
The contents page uses the same colours as the front cover, keeping the look and style the same. The contents page is split into sections, e.g., Features, Reviews, Regulars and Charts. This would make it easier for the reader to find what they want. There is a long-shot posed photo of the featuring artist, the white background and shadow is kept the same. There is only one photo on the page, and the text is in front of the picture, bringing the readers attention to them. The font is very similar to the front cover; it does vary a little more though. The size of the text varies, emphasising what is the main bits of the information and what isn’t as important. The colours used on this page are the same as the front cover, red is mainly used on this page, and there are a few words in white and black, also keeping the magazine style the same.
Throughout the magazine there is lots of double page spreads. The double page spread I have chose too look at is about a country singer. The article actually spreads onto 6pages. Looking at the first page, it has dark back ground, with white simple writing. The writing is all the same font, and changes size 5 times. There is one picture on this page, at the top it is a posed mid-shot image, in black and white. At the top there is a logo, representing the artist ‘COLTFORD.’ The heading ‘real country living’ is bold and simple, giving the reader an idea what the article will involve. The strap line is a complex sentence summing up about the artist and what the article is about ‘Duncan Warwick meets the larger than life artist who has achieved the impossible, but successfully fusing Country and Hip-hop, and people have started to sit up and take notice.’ The sentence is quite informal and has a friendly tone. The first few lines of the first paragraph, ‘COLT FORD WOULD’ this is in bold, which emphasises his opinion. The rest of the article has a lot of quotes in ‘a new, creative sound for the all-American everyman.’ These quotes would enable the reader to feel like they can connect with the artist more. At the bottom on the page there is a ‘COLT FORD’ which is in bold, which again emphasises what the article is about.
On the next page there is a A4 sized mid-shot posed image of ‘Colt Ford.’ The background is outside, of something that looks like it’s in the West Country. The sky is quite grey and stormy looking, which contrasts with artists bright yellow top, this draws the readers attention to the man. The sunglasses he is wearing creates quite an unfriendly look, which is emphasised by him not smiling. This could just suggest that he wants to be taken seriously. There is only one bit of writing on this page, ‘I’m a country artist. I just happen to rap, that’s the way I deliver it.’ This quote being the only text, and as it’s in black puts across the point to the reader that Colt Ford wants his opinion recognized.
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