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Magazine Front Cover
      Analysis
     Henrietta Dent
Eye flow goes
through masthead     Typical medium
towards the eye      close up shot of
line of Carl Barat   artist feels more
                     personal



                     Famous artist used
Bold kickers         to entice viewers to
                     buy the magazine
                     who are interested
                     in that particular
                     artists



Red masthead -
eye catching          Barcode used
                      which is a typical
                      convention of a
                      magazine
Yellow and
 Eye catching
                     red colour
 red masthead
                     scheme
                     stand out
                     against the
                     less vibrant
                     tones in the
Medium close up      photograph
of ‘The Specials’
who are a well
known band and
link well to the
genre ‘The
WORD’ aims their
magazine at. The
closeness of the     Barcode used
photo allows a       which is a typical
relationship to      convention of a
form between the     magazine
reader and artist.
She is looking up    The image has been
to the ‘heavens’     edited in in high
which is in this     contrast yet has an
case is the          almost film grainy
masthead             effect to make the
showing that         photo look dreamy
‘CLASH’ is           and heavenly.
heavenly and
directly links to    White and blue
her song ‘All this   colour scheme adds
and Heaven’          to the heavenly
                     effect ‘CLASH’ is
                     trying to give off of
                     Florence & the
                     Machine

                     Barcode used
                     which is a typical
                     convention of a
                     magazine

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Music magazine front cover analysis

  • 1. Magazine Front Cover Analysis Henrietta Dent
  • 2. Eye flow goes through masthead Typical medium towards the eye close up shot of line of Carl Barat artist feels more personal Famous artist used Bold kickers to entice viewers to buy the magazine who are interested in that particular artists Red masthead - eye catching Barcode used which is a typical convention of a magazine
  • 3. Yellow and Eye catching red colour red masthead scheme stand out against the less vibrant tones in the Medium close up photograph of ‘The Specials’ who are a well known band and link well to the genre ‘The WORD’ aims their magazine at. The closeness of the Barcode used photo allows a which is a typical relationship to convention of a form between the magazine reader and artist.
  • 4. She is looking up The image has been to the ‘heavens’ edited in in high which is in this contrast yet has an case is the almost film grainy masthead effect to make the showing that photo look dreamy ‘CLASH’ is and heavenly. heavenly and directly links to White and blue her song ‘All this colour scheme adds and Heaven’ to the heavenly effect ‘CLASH’ is trying to give off of Florence & the Machine Barcode used which is a typical convention of a magazine