1. Demographics and genre
conveyed; rock, British,
punk, indie, ska etc.
Title, simple big,
iconic, red reflects
style
Tagline: Famous bands,
‘Worlds Greatest’ target audience
First name, recognizable,
no last name needed
Colour stands out, and names
Controversial quotes of bands attract audience
from main article,
draws in audience. Popular musician
with interesting
quote
Alternate genres
persuade a wider
One simple main image, audience
yet effective. Famous,
clothing is part of style Other featured bands,
and amplifier shows the shown in smaller font,
music side not very eyecatcing

2. Range of good quality and
Comical little drawings, part of the style intriguing photos
House style
Cover story
not
exclusively
promoted,
giving other
stories room
to shine.
Overall, clear,
Shows layout, this section is for those who Page numbers, understandable
regularly pick up magazine, areas that are titles and layout Advertisement Small labels, stand out,
consistent in style throughout descriptions, easy of magazine style.
to comprehend

3. High quality photo,
Nice looking feature – ribbon style article title conveys genre
Name of section and Magazine
‘Adam Ant’ bold,
along side quote
More quotes
Professional and captions
layout
Consistent style, bold Excerpt in large red box, fits in with
Older photo reflects former years question, normal font house style and also catches
answer. attention of reader. They’d read
quotes then want to read article

4. Introduction; establishes Large, off centre, main image,
style, uniform, simple interesting layout and choice of Name promoted
image.
Caption of
picture
Stylish box for quote
Interview style article, formal content, like
a conversation

5. Pictures frequently
Keeping in line with captioned in
layout and style. Range of quality images magazines Musicians name
Curved not pointed
promoted
edges
Continuation of Q and A Issue month and page number Recurring housestyle and consistency of fonts:
format, very formal. Attract a target audience

6. Conclusion
Overall the magazine looks like a good example
of a professional magazine. There are some
issues with the front cover with reference to the
amount of space that is left unused, but this
could have been a purposeful aesthetic choice.
Although I really like it, I’m not sure if I want to
use it as a style model, as I still need to use
questionnaires to figure out what my audience
wants.