MUSIC MAGAZINE ANALYSIS

RAP

• common dress: the artist has tattoos as well as a baseball cap and this is a part of the youth culture. This shows that the music genre rap is targeted at youths.

• Colours: the background being red makes the magazine and the artist stand out and therefore promotes them both. The white text in the red background and the artist is easy to read as the white and black stands out. These words also promote the magazine and artist and this is what we would expect to see in a rap music magazine. The website address also stands out with its yellow background and black colour. This grasps the audience’s attention to promote the magazine as well as the website THESOURCE.COM.

• Speech: the text on the front cover of this rap magazine makes the magazine interesting. For example "GAME TIME" encourages the audience to read the magazine as the word "GAME" refers to the artist "THE GAME". This targets a wide range of audience as the artist is one of the most popular artist in the music industry.

HIP-HOP

• Common dress: the artist is where dark clothes, a ring, watch and appears to wearing or holding a chain. This makes the artist standing out as there is lighting on the artist's face. Therefore the common dress is used to promote the artist and this is what the audience expect to see on an hip hop magazine. The lighting also makes the accessories the artist wearing stand out. This refers to the youth and middle aged culture as these are the accessories that they would want.

• speech: The text stands out as it is big bold. Furthermore it is in yellow and this makes the writing stand out in the black background. This also promotes the hip hop magazine and this is what we expect to see on a hip hop magazine. The artist also stands out.

• Colours: The colours are very dark and bright and this is used to promote the artist, magazine and all other artist names that are in a bold yellow font. This gives a wide target audience for the magazine.

ROCK

• common dress: the artist is wearing dark clothes which relates to the genre of music on the magazine, which is rock. The artist has A guitar which is a popular instrument related with rock. These types of props and clothing are what is expected to be seen in rock music magazine.

• Colour: In addition to that the background is black. The colour of the clothing suggests that the rock genre is associated with dark colours. the colour of the text, which is white, stands out and therefore the magazine is promoted. The lighting on the artist promotes the artist.

• speech: the text is big, bold and white and this stands out. The text in front of the artist “METALLICA” also stands as it is big and bold. This promotes the magazine.

POP

• common dress: the artist is wearing colourful clothing as well as make up. The artist has a necklace that does not look expensive. These magazines are for teens who want to know about pop artists as well as what is going on with the pop music industry. For example, concerts or new releases.

• Speech: the text "top of the pops" promotes the magazine as it grasps the attention of the audience through the use of a big and bold font. The text "the real cher loyd" promotes the artist as it is big, bold and stands out.

• colour: the colour of the text also promotes the artist, as the artist's name is in dark colours whereas everything else is in bright colours. The text "top of the pops" is in bright pink and the background is plain white.

JAZZ

• common dress: the artist is in smart clothing and has an instrument that is very popular in the music genre Jazz. This promotes the artist as the magazine shoes him as a smart and successful artist.

• speech: the text on the front cover of this magazine stands out due to the use of big and bold fonts. "THE TOP 50" draws the audience’s attention in and promotes the magazine. This text also encourages the audience to read the magazine. The name of artists stands out as it is capital letters and at the side of the front cover

• colour: the colour of the magazine name is white and background is white and this promotes the magazine as it not possible to miss it. The lighting on the artist makes the artist stand out and therefore the artist is promoted. The name of other artist stand out as it is on white. Therefore on jazz music magazine you would expect to see a popular instrument as well as the magazine and the artists promoted.

R&B

• common dress: the artist is wearing a necklace and a top that reveals a lot of skin. The artist is wearing a lot of makeup. The shows that this magazine is for the female youth culture that idolise R&B artists.

• speech: "essence" stands out as it is in a big font. All the writing on the front cover of this magazine stands out as they have big fonts and some are bold. This promotes the magazine. The artist also stands out as she is in the centre of the shot and the text is all at the side and at the very top.

• colours: the writings that have a big font and are in bold are in white. The background makes them stand out. For example "essence" stands out as it is in white and beyonce's hair is in a yellow/gold colour. the website address is in black and this makes the website stand out. This promotes the magazine and the site.