ideal pictures for my music magazine

These are my ideal pictures for my music magazine, I have placed the artist, to show the realism of how she would get inspiration in her day to day life. I didn't use the last two as her head is cut off and there is not enough background. With the thought of orange, blue and a white colour scheme I came up with this image as it fit exactly as well as her attire flowing well with the background.

Q magazine analysis

Q is a music magazine created by bauer, the use of the Q is a abbreviation of cue meaning the start of the song. So the person reading it already knows what the magazine is about, this particular magazine focuses on the genres of hip-hop and pop as they have various artist in that genre. Q is a well know music magazine known across the world as it has music icons such as: Micheal Jackson, Kanye West and Elton John.

This a front cover of a Q music magazine as Micheal Jackson "the king of pop" is used as he is a artist of pop.

Bauer

Bauer is a large European media group based in the UK, Bauer owns a lot of brands from kerrang to Q.

Most of their brands being very popular across the UK, for example Q. As it features some of the worlds top artist, from Kanye West to Micheal Jackson.

Q was created by Bauer concentrating on music as it has its own music awards, it is now very popular 

as Q has its own radio and TV station. The use of Q is a pun as it is a abbreviation of cue 'to cue in music'. This is simple as well as very effective, as the red around the 'Q' brings out the white, to give a strong and powerful statement.

Bauer also owns kerrang which is also music and focuses on the genre rock. We get this impression as the word kerrang sounds like a guitar being played. This is also shown with the lines on the masthead, as they look like guitar strings.

analysis of a double page spread

when looking at this double page spread we first notice the edgy and Gothic person placed in the corner. 'Lily Allen' is pictured to be wearing an over sized red and black shirt, giving the impression of being rebellious. The chain presents her as being dangerous relating to gangs and being quite thuggish, this is also shown with the tattoos on her wrist. Her hair is styled in a messy way so is her make up as she is targeting the younger generation. The masthead is written in a rocky and edgy way as the text looks uneven. she is also seen as a sex symbol as her shirt is half unbuttoned also attracting a lot of male attention.

double page spread analysis

when looking at this double page spread we first notice the headline as it says 'rita ora' this automatically gives the indication of who and what genre it is. The use of the colour red suggests it's aimed at the lower generation as well as the font giving it that edgy vibe as she is pictured half naked behind. Rita Ora is almost exposed as there is a contrast between her and the background, as she is all colourful. The use of this is to get the attention of the reader as we can only see her bare legs to entice the audience. There is a colour scheme of red, black and white as it flows with the edgy attire and background. The 'R' and the 'A' in Rita Ora are in a different font compared to the rest of the name, as it looks like she has painted it on herself giving that rebellious feeling almost like graffiti, as it grabs the attention of teenagers around the world.

music magazine masthead design ideas

                                       These are my masthead designs for my music magazine.