Analysis ON Music Magazine’s Covers

By Elena Agadzhanova

Rock SoundA deal inside of the magazine, which the buyers will get if they will buy this magazine is on the top to attract attention and persuade people on buying it.Name of the magazine which is across of the magazine and shouts out the tittle of the magazine so everyone could see it and it has the font which fits the font of the name, style and band’s album’s font.

Font of the adverts and topic’s names in the magazine are in capitals and have a like fonts. They have different colours to catch the audiences’ eye. So as the sizes of the fonts

Main photograph of Muse trio on the cover as a main picture which represents the star topic in the magazine and small two pictures of other rock stars.

Colour cooling and balance of whole of the cover: black, green, white and yellow. Also to link with the Muse style and they’re new album ‘The resistance’.

Music ConnectionUnlike of the Rock Sound’s magazine ‘Music Connection’ has its own classic style. Magazine’s name is in the box in the corner which is obvious but is as big as ‘Rock Sound’ one.

The writings have the same font but different sizes and colours. Main theme topic is in the middle and is the biggest. In this magazine it has the same font as other topics.

Magazine has only one main cover picture which is Paramore trio. This picture represents the main topic of this magazine. In the picture each member of the band looks different directions unlike the Rock Sound’s Muse who look straight at the camera. It might represent the meanings of their songs or their new album.

Strong words like ‘exclusive’ are used in to attract attention.

Barcode in the corner. Makes it enough visible and easy to find .

Prises which costumers could win if they will buy the magazine.

Keeping it simple and making it look more modern and balanced with colours and information which doesn’t confuse the audience and making it pleasurable to look at.

NME (New Musical Express)

Logo in the left corner. The logo has a bright colour to attract attention. Keeping it simple so the name of the magazine will be easier to memorise.

Tittles are in capital latters to drag the attention, the other info is in original lettering (mixture of upper case and lower case letters). The prize that the buyers could win in capital letters in a bright yellow circle which is in contrast with the cover itself and attracts attention of costumers. The colour of the texts also is different, however it is still in its main colours which are black, grey and red. Those colours suit the design of cover and keep it simple but at the same time different.

The main picture of the cover is two bothers Guy and Howard Lawrence lying down so it makes them look as they are upside down. It’s a good idea because of the originality of the cover also it expresses their playful personality and that even if they are very famous right now they are still playful brothers and fits with the attitude of the band.

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