This music that is featured in this magazine is classic and contemporary rock. Other magazines that are similar to this is Q, Rolling Stones and NME. Mojo also has a DAB radio station, which also broadcasts on sky television. The music genre's that are represented in this magazine are rock and pop, as the main image is of a pop rock singer but she can also be grouped as having a jazz influence. The stylistic features used on this front cover is the white background with the black text this is used because these are contrasting colours also the white represents a clean canvas and the black text conveys the idea of being dark and having a sort of rock effect as this is the colour that is most associated with rock stars. the gold text that is used may be to break up the black and white colours as these are quite bold, gold is associated with wealth, so therefore all the featured artists names are in gold text on the front cover, this may be to show their wealth and importance. The use of the centre image shows that she is the main feature of the magazine, this is shown by using a full page image and also by having her name in large text across the middle of the magazine, the image is in black and white to also fit in with the colour scheme. The content that is typical of the genre is classic and contemporary rock music, on previous covers of Mojo magazine, they have featured artists such as Oasis, The Beatles and Queen, these all fit into the genre of classic and contemporary rock music. Elements that have been chosen are, there are a range of fonts that are used, but mainly the ones that are used are serif fonts hich connotates a classic/traditional image, examples of this is the main text Amy Whinehouse, this shows the importance she has to that edition of the magazine, and also tries to give an image of the sort of music she produces as being quite classic, as she is a 60's soul singer. The elemens of the page are laid out in three sections there is the cenral image and at both sides of this is the sell lines. By the absense of colour, the black and white colour scheme gives the appeal of being classic and tadititional. Te eye navigates around the page starting from the central image as this is the main feature then the eye travels around each of the sell lines.Monday, 1 December 2008
Analysis of a music magazine front cover
This music that is featured in this magazine is classic and contemporary rock. Other magazines that are similar to this is Q, Rolling Stones and NME. Mojo also has a DAB radio station, which also broadcasts on sky television. The music genre's that are represented in this magazine are rock and pop, as the main image is of a pop rock singer but she can also be grouped as having a jazz influence. The stylistic features used on this front cover is the white background with the black text this is used because these are contrasting colours also the white represents a clean canvas and the black text conveys the idea of being dark and having a sort of rock effect as this is the colour that is most associated with rock stars. the gold text that is used may be to break up the black and white colours as these are quite bold, gold is associated with wealth, so therefore all the featured artists names are in gold text on the front cover, this may be to show their wealth and importance. The use of the centre image shows that she is the main feature of the magazine, this is shown by using a full page image and also by having her name in large text across the middle of the magazine, the image is in black and white to also fit in with the colour scheme. The content that is typical of the genre is classic and contemporary rock music, on previous covers of Mojo magazine, they have featured artists such as Oasis, The Beatles and Queen, these all fit into the genre of classic and contemporary rock music. Elements that have been chosen are, there are a range of fonts that are used, but mainly the ones that are used are serif fonts hich connotates a classic/traditional image, examples of this is the main text Amy Whinehouse, this shows the importance she has to that edition of the magazine, and also tries to give an image of the sort of music she produces as being quite classic, as she is a 60's soul singer. The elemens of the page are laid out in three sections there is the cenral image and at both sides of this is the sell lines. By the absense of colour, the black and white colour scheme gives the appeal of being classic and tadititional. Te eye navigates around the page starting from the central image as this is the main feature then the eye travels around each of the sell lines.