Product research for music magazine

1. Contents Page Analysis
House style- fonts/colours/layout
The layout of themagazine is very orderly
structuredsuch as all ofthewriting and
information is ontheleft sideand the images
ofthe bands areclearly ontheleft. It is clear to
read which may attractmoremusic lovers as
they can quickly andeasily seeifthemagazine
is to theirmusic taste. Thecolourschemeis
the traditional‘Q’ colours such as thered
white andblack, this is very basic yet very
affective as it draws people intothemagazine
because it stands out, it couldalso suittheir
target audienceof young adults who are
interested in this typeofmusic..
The Guttenbergdesign
principle
In the primaryoptical area shows
the 140 songs to downloadwhich
wouldattract music lovers to find
new music. Inthe terminal area
shows the 3 mainarticles inthe
magazine whichgives aninsight
to the reader to see if the
magazine would suit there taste
or not. In the strong fallowarea
shows the main article of Lana
Del Reywhich suggests the main
reasonfor fans to buythe
magazine. In the weakfallow
area it gives readers a more
range of suggestions as ofwhat is
in the magazine.
Target audience andneed
The target audience would beyoung adults
because ofLana featuring inthelargeimage
and her musicappealing tothis agegenreas
well as other artist suchas kings of Leon is
more appealed toyoung adults. Also the
image that has beentakenofLana is quite
deep emotionally as shelooks like shehas
been hurt/ injuredand this wouldn’tappeal
to more ofa young audience.
DesignBalance
The design ofthis contents pageis quite
simple as you havetheimages oftheartiston
the right and then thesmall amounts of
information andhints to what is going to bein
the magazineon the left. This makes itclear
to the readerwhereto findthearticles and
what the magazine is going tobe about and
can quickly seeifthemagazinewouldsuit
their taste. Alsotheissuenumber atthetopis
clear soyou cansee ifthe magazineis the
latestepisode andiftheinformationinsideis
up to date as this is important becausebands
change quickly suchas break ups ornew
albums or concerts which readers would want
the informationandwant tofindit easily.
Imagery-Photographs
The extreme close up ofLana Del
Reyshows her staring directlyat
the camera as if she is staring at
the audience tempting us into
buying the magazine, alsowith
the bloodrunning downher face
makes us curious and makes us
want to read more about either
maybe her having anaccident or
a photo shoot for a newalbum.