Analysis of excisting magazines.

This is a cover from XLR8R magazine although it does not focus entirely on Dubstep it does have a lot of interest in the genre.

The cover of this issue is very simple but not necessarily in a negative way i think it has been done to give full attention to the subject in the photo on the front cover. It wants the reader to be drawn in and focus on his facial expressions and emotions of the subject. The photo is intriguing and you want to know why the subject looks like he does, this has been done on purpose to attract readers and persuade people to open and continue reading the magazine. Only key information that will interest readers is displayed on the front cover and their is no clutter. All the information is clearly presented so it easier to read. After viewing the front cover it is clear that the colour purple has some relevance to either the artist featured on the cover or another feature in the magazine. It is likely to be a recurring theme throughout the magazine, most probably for the article linked to the photo on the front cover. The ethnicity of the subject on the cover gives some indication to what genre the magazine is about before even opening it. Black artists will normally be stereotyped and associated with "street" or more underground music genres such a Hip-Hop or Rap. Although this may not be correct it will give a reader some indication of what the genre or genres the magazine focuses on.

This is a front cover from Woofah magazine, again it does not focus entirely on Dubstep but does promote the genre.

Compared to the previous front cover this one has a lot more going on, features and articles displayed on the front cover are much bigger and bolder and demand a lot of attention. Unlike the last front cover where nearly all of it is devoted to the artist on featured on it, Woofah has tried to advertise to readers what is going on with in the pages of the magazine. Although the both magazine feature similar subjects on their front covers the composition is completely different and with this magazine your eyes are almost immediately drawn to the bold fonts that display what is featured in the magazine. This magazine also contains items on the front cover that readers will associate with certain genres, for example the turntables and microphone featured would suggest that this magazine focuses on more electronically produced music rather than a guitar based genre. Despite the fonts on the cover not really giving any indication to what genres the magazine focuses on or audience it might appeal to, the language used does. "BASS WARFARE WITH THE BOMB SQUAD" this quote has aggressive connotations and isn't something you would see on the front of a pop magazine it also suggest that this magazine might not be suitable for children and is instead aimed at an older audience aged above 16 as the sort of language used would be more suitable for this age group.

This is a double page spread from the same XLR8R issue that i used for the front cover.

This isnt a conventional double page spread and is nothing like a spread you would see in a magazine focusing on 'pop' music. This compiles with the whole feel of the magazine, i think they want it to be out of the ordinary and stand out from the rest, as the magazine also covers more underground genres of music it makes sense that they would try to be different. The only conventional thing about this page is that they have use a pun in the title this is something that a lot of other magazines will do. Like the front cover this page has a purple tint i think this has been done firstly because it has some relevance to the article and secondly so the reader will see this same colour and know it has something to do with the front cover. Also similar to the front cover is the the photograph, the photographer has filled the frame (bullseye) with the subjects face so the reader can really focus on the emotion and facial expressions of the subject, it also gives you some idea of the subjects personality. To create a theme the magazine has used the same colour scheme and font that was used on the front cover this has been done to familiarise and so the article is more easily recognisable