Monday 2 October 2017

Magazine Cover Terminology, Layout and Analysis

L/O: To analyse music magazines covers using appropriate terminology 

1.) Mojo means a magic charm or talisman or spell and Billboard means a large board that displays advertisements

2.) The title for both is in the top, Mojo's cover photo is a portrait picture, billboards cover photo is a full portrait photo, Mojo's magazine title is centred whereas billboards is to the side, Mojo has a male, billboard has a female model

3.) In the Mojo magazine it says whats in that edition of the magazine, the date and the name of the guest on the front; David Grohl, the fonts are in caps and have a more masculine orientation of colours. In the Billboard front cover its more of a feminine taste of colours. The Billboard magazine has the date, the name of the special guest; Katy Perry, and whats featured in the magazine.

4.) The main headline for Mojo is "David Grohl, The songs that saved his life" and for Billboard, its "Katy Perry, Inside the court of the new queen of pop"

5.) there are cover lines on both magazines e.g for Mojo; Teen spirit

6.) Both of the magazines have bold and colourful writing

7.) The graphics that have been used are photos of celebrities for both. Mojo is a portrait photo of Dave Grohl and Billboard is a full portrait of Katy Perry

8.) Mojo uses quite masquclien colours like blue, red and yellow whereas Billboard uses quite feminine colours like pink black and white with hints of yellow and red.

9.) The only text on the magazine is text saying whats in that edition of that weeks magazine. It also has the text of the names of the famous singers who are featured in that magazine.

10.)  the images they used are photos of famous singers like Katy Perry on the front page of Billboard magazine. In the mojo magazine they also have a photo of a group of teenagers at a concert.

11.) In the Mojo magazine they have a free CD. probably to get people who sometimes but not always get the magazine the get that edition to get there reader rates.

12.) yes there is a menu strip on both magazines.

13.) Mojo magazine is a magazine about rock and Billboard is a magazine for the top charts as in America, Billboard means the charts.

14.) Mojo magazine appeals more to boys as it has more masculine with the blue and yellow colours whereas Billboard is more feminine as it has a lot of pink.

15.) The magazine has bright bold colours and names to attract the fans of those music genres so they buy the magazine. 

2 comments:

  1. Well done Jack, some good answers.
    WWW - you've identified lots of the main features of the two magazines.
    NTT - Finish Qs. Link your answers to the genre of the magazine or the target audience. Use accurate terminology.

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  2. Well done for finishing.
    Check that you've linked your answers to the magazine genre

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