Analysing a Music Magazine Cover

Dear Year12

Analyse the front cover using the prompts below.

What type of magazine is it? From the front cover what kinds of issues/articles are going to be inside?

Who is the target audience for the magazine? What particular age group? What are their interests?

Look at the central image. What mode of address is the mag using?

What does this tell you about the type of relationship it wants with its reader?

Who is on the front cover and why?

What does the anchorage text say? What does this imply about the artist??

What overall message is the artist giving?

Are any groups being represented? How does the magazine represent them?

Are there any ‘buzz’ words? What effect does it have on the reader?

What does design of the title block tell you about the magazine

What does the title of the magazine tell you about
1. the readership
2. its image
3. its style

What do the ‘puffs’ suggest will be inside the magazine? What does this tell you about the type of audience the magazine expects to get?

Is there a slogan? What does it tell you about the magazine? How does it help to attract readers?
What colours are used? Do you find them attractive? What fonts are used and why?

What strategies does the magazine use to attract the audience?