Textual Analysis Double page spread 3

Language: This double-page-spread is from the magazine NME. It is about 'Kings of Leon' and therefore relates to the main headline. The band are dressed casually, this shows that they aren't really bothered about their appears and are laid back. You can tell who is the 'main man' in the band because he is the main focus and is looking at the camera and is also on the right hand side of the page in a smaller image. The font is very simple but yet bold and simple, it is over the top of the main image if this double page spread and therefore works well and is easily legible. The mise-en-scene shows that they are on a sofa and a place that you wouldn't think to take a picture like that. So this is like their dress sense, its laid back and a relaxed environment.

Institution: There is no appearance of institution on this double page spread, which may put the magazine at a disadvantage. The lack of identity on the page means that if you didn't know which article it derived from and you hadn't seen the image and text style from the front cover, you would have no idea which magazine it derives from. There is also, conventionally, no form of advertisements nor is there any contact information.

Ideology: The ideas in which NME is trying to convey is that Kings of Leon are cool and laid back and relaxed by their poses and facial expressions, you can tell this. There is also, conventionally, no form of advertisements and there isn't any contact information.

Audience: Looking at this double page spread, you can identify that the target audience is a young age, like from the age 16 and above. But you can see that there is a lot of writing in this certain article so you would say that the people who would read this would need a big interest in the featured article and in music generally.

Representation: Kings of Leon are represented as an indie band due to their costume, mise-en-scene and the text associated with them. They are also represented as quite rebellious by the way the singer isn't looking directly at the camera lens and also their posture and their facial gestures.

Textual Analysis Double page spead 2

Language: This double-page spread from the NME issue features Lily Allen. She is wearing an iconic costume such as a 'lumberjack' chequered shirt, which is iconic of Indie. Her hair is also black and swept to the side of her face, which is an iconic hairstyle. The make-up she is wearing is also thick black which is iconic. She does, however, keep some part of her girly style by the use of the prop necklace, which allows her to express herself as still girly and not a 'tomboy'. The text is also connotates punk as the iconic punk band 'The Sex Pistols' are often wrote in that font style. She is slightly leaning, connotating that she's a bit tired or fed up, but she is still happy, and has her hands on her waists, allowing the girly side of her to still be seen. The layout of the article remains conventional; minimal text, large dominating image taking up one whole page and a large headline, in this context, in the form of a quote. It then, above the article text, has a small headline to start it off. The colour scheme, reflecting the cover models personality, is red and black, connotating, through mise-en-scene, that she is not as good as she appears to be, she has a darker side and is dangerous (the use of red connotates this). The colour of her costume (shirt) also connotates this as the mise en scene of this is the colour red, mostly dominating the article, and the black lines on her shirt. There is also high, artificial lighting showing her good side.

Institution: There is no appearance of institution on this double page spread, which may put the magazine at a disadvantage. The lack of identity on the page means that if you didn't know which article it derived from and you hadn't seen the image and text style from the front cover, you would have no idea which magazine it derives from. There is also, conventionally, no form of advertisements nor is there any contact information.

Ideology: The ideas in which NME is trying to convey is that Lilly Allen isn't a 'chav' anymore (that was her first image) and is now quite cool and indie. It also shows us that she's quite sexy which is connotates through the use of her costume (shirt) being unbuttoned at the top.

Audience: The target audience is 'indie', style-conscious, UK teenagers from the age roughly 15-25 years of age. They would be in a low class system as they wouldn't have lots of money, but wouldn't necessarily be poor as they would be in to the latest fashion.

Representation: Lilly Allen is represented as a bit of an 'indie/emo' person due to her costume, makeup, and the text associated with her. She is also represented as quite rebellious in the way she, unconventionally, isn't looking directly at the camera lens. This makes the image look professional but not conventional. Social groups such as chavs or 'gangsters' (people who idolise rappers or R&B artists) as these are the styles and forms of music which NME doesn't deal with, and therefore would clash with its overall image. To properly convey what I am trying to say about the text use and The Sex Pistols, here is a poster of them, and note the similarity between the two texts.

Draft Double Page Spreads

Textual Analysis Double page spead 1

This is a double page spread from the magazine 'Rolling Stone' which features the band, The Killers. This double page spread is mainly, one big image, of all 4 members of the band. The image is in black and white which makes the band's faces whiter and makes them stand out from the page, it also does this with their hands, this is important because they are all making the same shape with their hands a bit like a claw, this could symbolise there attitudes and feelings about music and the hand action could symbolise that they want to get out of the page, therefore could mean that they want to explore music. All the members of the band are looking in different directions however the singer of the band (3rd from the left) is looking directly into the camera, and is more towards the camera than the others behind him. This tells the audience who the singer is and also the eye contact would catch the eyes of the audience therefore bringing them to there attention so that they would read the article.They is very little text on this page, the main headline reads 'The Killers' and 'Inside' below in smaller text. The headline 'The Killers' is the name of the band, which informs the reader about what and who the article is going to be about. It is in big blocked lettering, and is the biggest text on the page, and the most important.

Camera Angles/Shots

For my magazine front cover I am to use a Medium Close Up (MCU)

Like this image (left). For a Medium Close Up, I will need from the shoulders upwards and getting the head as the main subject

Links

I have been reseaching about how to create a magazine front cover and how to do it on certain programmes likes 'Adobe PhotoShop. Also a have looked at and found out about some of the terms of a magazine front cover. Here are some links to the pages a have found out information about on...

http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Magazine-Cover-in-Photoshop

http://www.magforum.com/cover_secrets.htm

http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_2247023_create-magazine-photoshop.html?cr=1

My target audience

My target audience for the music magazine will be;

• People who enjoy music and music related issues
• Specifically the genres rock and pop
• Aimed towards 15 - 40 year olds
• Aimed at both sexes
  
• Available to anyone who could afford it. (between 2-4 pounds an issue)

With this target audience I hope that I will be able to cater most of peoples musical needs. I will be presenting my magazine in a fashion that will suit the age group that I am aiming for and will try to reperesent it in a way that it will appeal to bot males and females.