Here is an example of a double page spread in a music magazine.

The page consists of a main image taking up a whole page and then an article on the band telling the readers their background as a band and the music they play.

The main image is a long shot so their whole body is in the image and they are standing in very dominant and confident positions which could reflect on their music.

This band will attract middle aged readers as the band themselves. The writing is in Grey, Red and White which i think is to connotate mixture and this will reflect in their attitudes and their music. However i think that this makes it look forgetful and boring. Nothing stands out on the page except the main image. They are also wearing clothes which are browns, blacks and greys which show the style of the group. They are based outside so the lighting is mainly natural but it is also harsh lighting so it mainly focuses on the group.

This contents page is very bright and it makes the reader look at every detail on the page as it is very brightly coloured and has big font. The main image is slightly slanted and it makes it look as though it has been stamped onto the page.

The pages are listed to both sides of the image and makes it look framed. The 'Studio News' section is covered in green spots and this can connotate spotlights to make it seem like showbiz news. This will attracts readers as they may want to knwo the latest gossip.

Contents Page

Here is a contents page of the magazine 'Q'.

This page consists of main images of well known artists who will appear in the magazine. It also contains special features and reviews of upcoming albums.

This is a important page of the magazine as it gives an overall impression of the magazine and what type of genre it involves.

The headings for the page 'Features' are in red and this makes them stand out more to the reader and also attracts the audience more.

This magazine has many different conventions to the previous magazines that i have analysed.

The Language used on the front cover immediatley identifys the magazine as being in the rock theme for that week. The sub heading advertising that Green Day are interviewed is at the bottom in very large writing which stands out to the udience who scan over the front cover before buying. Iut also advertises bands such as Radiohead and Nirvana and also artists such as Pete Doherty and Bruce Springsteen. All of these artists and ands connect to the rock theme of the magazine.

The institution for any magazine is the company and what they want the outcome fo the magazine to be like. The institution of Q is a very well known company and this is why the Masthead is slightly covered by the main image. It is covered becase it is a very popular magazine and people know what magazine it is when they see the red and white corner. This is a commercial company so they are trying t ake as much money as possible which is why the magazine is expensive. The cover prioce for thios magazine is £3.90 which is a typical price for a magazine which makes as much money as possible. You can also see the type of institution by the amount of adverts it includes for products like DVD's Music CD's and sometimes cars. Q also has it's own radio station which is another way it advertises itself to become more popular. The website for Q also shows that they are involved in festivals, sells merchandise such as t-shirts and also newsletters that you are bale to sign up for.

Q magazine has an ideology of where the type of music you listen to is important. They have shon this by having a ver popular american rock band on the cover and also advertising other popular bands with the same genre of music. 'The first and Last days of Nirvana' These appeal to the people who like rock music and enjoy listening to old bands.

The audience are the consumers of the media or the readers of this magazine. This magazine appeals to people around the ages of 19-25 as different issues of Q have different artists with them all of them appealing to the same age range. This particular cover appeals mostly to men with the genre of music it is advertising.

Magazine Analysis

This magazine has a different layout compared to my previous example.

NME magazine has an ideology where rock and electronic music is important. An example of the media language that shows this is the headlines of the Arctic monkeys and the main image of La Roux who produces electronic music.

The presentation of this magazine attracts the audience who are attracted to these genres of music. The main image is a close up of La Roux and she is giving eye contact to the camera. This gives more emotion to the reader and it makes her look confident and relaxed. There is harsh lighting on her face which makes her stand out against the dark background of the picture again this makes her look confident.

The audience of this magazine will be older teens to young adults who are popular with this type of music and who are fans of La Roux and other rock bands. I think this magazine is mainly aimed at males as it is a bold cover but also there are no headlines for fashion or gossip of other singers. The price of this magazine is around £2.30 which is an average cost of a popular magazine at the moment. This
would attract working class people.

Institutions are the companies and organisations that create media texts. The institution for this magazine will be NME as it is a very big company and the magazine is very popular to the public. This magazine has it's own website where you are able to join for subscription for the magazine and they also advertise that they have their own T.V channel and have NME in America. These are all different ways in which they are trying to make money for the company.

The language for this magazine tries to connect to the audience and the music that it involves. The masthead is in red which is a bold colour and it is also outlined with black to make it seem more bold to the reader. The sub headings are quotes and advertisements for winnings and quotes from interviews given by the singers which readers will be interested in reading.

Front Cover Analysis

This is the magazine 'Rolling Stone'.

The main image is of the band Kings of Leon who are a massive rock band in America. The image is a long shot of the band looking straight into the camera. They are wearing black, navy and white coloured which are intimidating coloures.

The language used on the front cover is attractive to the reader and is a way of targeting the audience. All of the subheadings are connected to the type of magazine and sort of stories that it involves. The sell line is a way of attracting their target audience. The splash is in a layout which enables all of the main texts to be seen by the reader. The masthead is also the name of a famous rock band so this also helps give off the genre of the magazine.

The ideology is an important aspect of the magazine as consumers will want to see a band which represents all of the aspects of the megazine on one page. Mainstream magazines know that music is important to their mainstream audience which is another reason why they choose to have big music artists on the front cover.

The audience for this type of magazine is mainly rock and punk fans. The way in which they advertise stories on the front page of other rock artists gives the consumer a a way of identifying the genre of the magazine without having to read the magazine. The main image of Kings of Leon represent the style of music that 'Rolling Stone' is attracting and the genre of music.

The representation is very important to the front cover of a magazine as it presents the, stories and the main headlines in a way that attract their audience. " The god-fearing, booze swelling......" this is a way of presenting a band makes them seem fearless and their music fearless and this attracts audiences as they want to read about new artists and how their music is. The main image is set in the desert with the band dressed as cowboys and this makes them look intimidating and they have self belief. It also makes them look confident in themselves and this shows in their music.

Conventions of a music magazine

Conventions are used on the magazine so that it attracts the right audience and that it meets their expectations. Magazines contain images, headlines which connect to a genre of music such as Rock, Indy or Hip Hop. They also contain the front image of a music artist which connects to the genre for example a rock magazine would contain a main image of U2 or R.E.M these will attract the target audience or fans of the band.

Brief for Music Magazine

Main Task
The front page, contents page and a double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and text used must be original, produced by you - minimum of four images.

L - Language are the specific terms used in Media
I - Institution is an organisation which produces in media text
I - Ideology are the values and system of beliefs that we all share
A - The audience is the consumer of media. The institution targets a specific audience so the media can connect ot their audience
R - The representation is the media re-presenting society back to the audience and it's values it involves. These values are the ideology.

All of these values are moral and legal.