Friday 30 November 2012

Magazine Analysis

In this issue of Q, Florence And The Machine is on the front cover.
There are not many colours on this magazine, but there is only one colour that dominates, and that is red. Florence's hair is red, the masthead, the plug, other people that the magazine has written about, and Florence's name. That draws peoples attention to the red writings, which has more importance than the other writing. The plug on the top is there to make people buy the magazine. It says free music inside, and if there is anything free in the magazine, the audience will be interested in what kind of music they get.

Florence is represented in a male gaze, She is not wearing much clothes, and the way she is standing, with new york under her, makes her look very powerful and strong.Her music is very odd and special, and that reflects in this picture of her. It is a bit old fashioned, like from the mid 50's. Her look is very intense and she is looking right at you. 
I think that this issue is for girls. Teenagers and young adults.




This one is very different from the one on the top. Avenged Sevenfold is represented as dangerous and rebellious with their leather clothes, the chain and their look. The man in front of the others, M.Shadows, has his t-shirt ripped apart so we can see his tattoos and he has a scary smile, which reflects to the text below ; The worlds most dangerous band.

The masthead is hidden behind the band, but the magazine is well known, so the audience who reads it every time is comes out, will know what magazine it is.

The magazine gives out free posters, which will make people buy it even more, because they will get more than just the magazine.
The main colours on this cover, are red, yellow and white. This is a rock magazine, so it will be mostly men who is going to buy it.



Lana Del Ray is represented in a weird way, which reflects the text; I'm a psycho. Lana is not usually represented in this way, she might want to change a bit, and be different than how she usually is.
The colours they have used are red, blue and white.They have used the American flag in the background, which relates to the colours used for text and the insert image, and the plug which says free posters. The blue text catches your eye, because it is so bright, and it is an unusual choice.

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