Music Magazine questionnaire and results.

Audience profile.

Music magazine, double page spreads.

This is a double page spread of the Florence and the machine NME addition. Half of the page is taken up by an image of Florence herself this indicates to the readers that the article next to it is completely about her. It has USA in the background of the picture which could signify something about the article. If you didn't guess from the image that the aticle was about her, her name is clearing written in blue to give you the final clue as to what it may be about, her name is also the same colour as it is on the front page and the red continues. The titles of the article is one of Florence and the machines song name's 'you've got the love'

This is a double page spread from a vibe magazine. The main image is a picture of beyonces sister solande Khowles clearly stated in the light blue writing on the left hand side. The main image is in colour which contrasts with the background images which are also of Solande but they are in black and white, they may have been made black and white so that they don't detract you r attention from the main image itself. The background images are of Solande in the same outfit just in different poses, the poses and positioning of Solande make her seem fashionable and model like. The pictures look like she is going to a party and is dancing which could suggest her music is quite fun and party like. The main headline mentions that she has a famous sister which is not hard to guess who when they both have the last name 'Khowles' however it is saying forget beyonce who we know most people love, which gives her high expectations that she is good considering they're comparing her to beyonce. As a whole the layout of the double page spread is well set out the images and writing do not clash and some of the writing stands out more than others. The main picture also stands out and is makes it obvious who the article is about.

The rolling stones magazine yet again have kept to their rock theme and in one of their double page spreads have an article about kings of Leon. They have also kept to their house style with the colours red and black. 3 quarters of the page is taking up by a picture of kings of Leon themselves making sure we know who the article is about. Because it is a question and response double spread they have put 'Q&R' at the top in the same font as the cover they have also made sure that the questions and answers/responses are clearly seperated by changing the question to bold so that they stand out more. The colours on the picture are quite dull with their only being a bit of light, the band our wearing dark colours and rock style kind of boots which again fits the magazine genre.

 

Music magazine contents pages.

As you can see from this Contents page on NME, they keep the red house style fluent throughout their magazine making sure that everything can recognise NME by the constant red. They have also kept the black which is common too. In this contents page in particular they have highlighted a main article which they think will appeal to the target audience which is 'oasis kicked off their world tour' this leaves the audience reading wondering why so they will want to read more. They have used a simple two picture layout which is different to others that use more than 2 images but I think it works.

  This is the contents page to the vibe front cover earlier on. They have kept with the same image that was on their front page but have positioned Nicki in a different way. The colour of the background matches the colours of the consume Nicki is wearing and makes her look like a snow queen still in the theme of her being a queen. Vibe have kept their contents page fairly simple, just a page reference a brief into to what the page is about then underneath a little description, it's not ordered into regulars and features.

Again just like NME the colours red and black are constant throughout the Rollingstones magazine, The Rollingstones have set up their pictures on the left third and have included their features on the other side, The numbering is clearly shown and is easy to find. The genre of the magazine is still clearly shown by the second picture (middle picture) making sure that the readers will constantly know what type of magazine they're reading and being loyal to their customers still making sure it can be for other people that like different type of music too.  

Music magazine front cover analysis (three front covers)

Straight away on this NME magazine we are drawn to the main picture which is Florence from Florence and the machine. If we didn't know this at the bottom of the page in Navy her name is clearing shown, linking it  the main image to the cover line, we can tell this is her because of how big it is and wear it it positioned on the page. The masthead is also very clear, it follows rules of codes and conventions because it is positioned in the left 3rd. The Masthead contrasts well with the main image and the rest of the text also goes well with the main image. The bright vibrant red makes the cover stand out, it draws you in straight away because it's so powerful.

This is a vibe magazine front cover, we can tell not only by the artist what type of magazine this is but from the positioning of her, she is standing upright with her hands on her hips/belly which makes her seem powerful and maybe quite intimidating. We can also tell by her costume that she thinks highly of herself because of the silver and the tiara on her head, the tiara makes her seem as if she thinks she's the queen of r 'n' b/ rap. Her facial expression is quite intimidating, it's the sort of face that says, 'don't mess with me' or 'I’m better than you' Not only from those we can tell the genre but from Nicki Minaj herself and various other hints of the cover, for example 'drake'. Again just like the NME magazine we can tell who the person is in the main image because also in Orange which goes with her hair it says 'Nicki minaj linking both together through the use of orange. Vibe have thought about their colour scheme a lot and chose to keep the orange throughout.

Rolling stones is a rock magazine mostly as we can tell from the masthead 'Rolling stones' Rolling stones is a rock band that were about in the 60's/70's and were very popular. However there is quite a big contrast between the magazine and the main image which is an image of Taylor swift who we would normally associate with producing pop music. So Rolling stones have shown that their magazine is for most genres not just rock although they have kept their rock look by dressing Taylor in a rock style clothes. Rolling stones have placed their masthead all the way across and don't have an identifier however we should be able to recognise it from the red and black if not the 'R' which is different to the rest of the writing. 

Motley crue and 50 cent.

Motley Crue- girls, girls, girls.

The video and title of the song suggests that motley crue are very much interested in 'girls' in a sexual way. The main setting of the video is in a trip clue which could show that the men see women as sex objects as opposed to women. From the video we can tell they're bikers because of their clothes and the fact they have bikes, this could also suggest they are rock and roll . Part of the video could show that they think they're powerful and rebellious because they put their feet up on the table and just act in general that they are better and more powerful than everyone else.

50 cenrt: candy shop:

How does his song and video represent women/girls?

In 50 cents video he represents girls as sex objects throughout the whole song, this could be shown in many ways, the clothes or lack of clothes which are very tight(pvc) The women are also stranding or sitting in a seductive way which also suggest that they are there for sexual purposes only, but act as if they're willing.