Flat Plan of contents analysis

Contact Sheet For Aquinas Magazine

Flat Plan Of Contents Page For Aquinas Magazine

Flat Plan Of Aquinas Magazine Cover

Music Magazine cover Analysed With Terminology

Music Magazine Article Analysis

Aquinas Magazine Reasearch 3

Topshop and Topman are clearly top in popularity of high street shops so to link to one of my other research results an artile in my magazine will give college students the chance to take part in an instagram topshop challenge. The challange involves you taking pictures in topshop or topman clothing and uploading these photos onto instgram with a hashtag of '#topshop' or '#topman' for a chance to win a modelling job and have your picture put onto topshop/topmans website. My research has shown me that alot of students watch soaps therefore an article in my Aquinas Magazine will be based on favourite soap actors and actresses and a 'hot or not' rating. As relaxing is important to many people when they aren't at college at the back of my magazine there will be 50% off vouchers for the body shops spar products range.

Aquinas Magazine Research 2

My research highlights that facebook is the most popular social networking site with twitter in a very close second place, whilst instagram scrapes third place. An article on the best social network sites will feature in my magazine and will include the top 3 favourites stated in my research. The majority of college students answered that Arctic Monkeys is their favourite band so to gain the readers interest i am going to have a competition featuring in my magazine with a chance to win tickets to see them live and free back stage passes, this competition will be advertised on my magazine cover. I will further have a double page spread article on the Arctic Monkeys dicussing their latest success. An article in my magazine will cover the latest Adele gossip. Out of all the music genres listed pop proved to be the most popular choice and Ed sheeran was the most popular pop artist from the research results which helped me to conclude that i will write an article on people who have preformed the best Ed sheeran cover songs and how to get involved with busking.

The Rule Of Thirds

The rule of thirds is where you divide a photo into thirds with two imaginary lines vertically and two lines horizontally making three columns, three rows and nine sections in the images. The rule of thirds breaks down an image into four important parts so the points of interest within the photo should be placed within those four sections.

Music Magazine Cover Analysis

 

The choice of colours used for the magazines front cover fits in with its house style which is black, white, red and yellow. The colour red and how it is splatted over the cover is a connotation of blood and death which intentionally links to the music genre ‘death to pop punk’ as it symbolises the heavy music that part of the magazine contains. Not to mention the brand identity of the magazine particularly the mast head compliments Kerrang’s house style as well as its bold typography. The promo in the top left hand corner is positioned within the header of the cover gives the reader an insight into what artists some of the articles feature and the promo is a persuasive technique to get them to purchase the magazine; the header further ties together with the pug in order to advertise the promo further. The second promo on the cover is advertised to suit the magazines target audience as these particular festivals are in the same category of music genres as Kerrang.  The main cover image is a mid/social shot on an eye level angle to emphasise the passion the band put into their music and to directly grab the target audience e.g. you me at six and pop-rock fans. The order of the band members in the main cover image positions the lead singer at the front with a closer angled shot on him to underline his importance in the band and to further gain the fans interest. The gaze of this image is also on eye level for the same reasons as the eye level angle shot. The devil horns that the lead singer of you me at six is wearing in the cover image is a connotation of the band’s music genre and what they may portray through some of their lyrics, not to mention this intentionally links to the play on words of the colloquial language positioned over the image ‘come on over to the dark side’. The anchorage ‘You Me At Six’ is just below the image to make it clear as to who the band are for those who aren’t aware. The secondary images on the cover also reflect what bands and artists feature inside this particular magazine and the size of the images highlight the size of the article compared to the main cover image one. A Pull quote is used in the bottom left hand corner of the cover ‘we know a lot about Jean-Claude Van Damme’, to give the target audience an insight into the article inside. To fit in with the magazine layout the barcode is placed in the bottom right hand corner and on it, it presents the issue No. of the magazine, the price and the date which keeps the cover tidy and layered but still provides the reader with the information they need.

Aquinas Magazine Research 1

My research results show me that the majority of college students have a keen interest in Media therefore I'm going to put a promo on my magazine cover about the chance to win a free ipad. I will also feature an article in the magazine about a christmas photography course. Food clearly plays a big part in teenagers life and can help to keep them going throughout a college day so one of my articles will feature a Subway Vs Mcdonalds debate.