I am going to analyse the following music magazine articles for my reasearch. I think that these articles are very useful for my research they allow me to identify in advance what articles work well and what articles do not. They help to develop my ideas for my future production of creating my own double page spread article, they allow me to identify techniques such as the layout so I can successfully set out my own realistic article.
The first music magazine article I have decided to analyse is an article from Q magazine, informing the reader information about the band "My Chemical Romance." The article is an interview of the band telling the reader about their brand new album. The article gives facts to the reader about their album such as when it will be released, the album title, the song titles and where the album was produced. The page is split into two main sections, with the main image of the band and their name stated in a bolding heading situated at the top half of the page and the information informed to the reader is situated in columns at the bottom half of the page. The layout is very effect and isn't confusing for the reader to understand what text comes next, the information is placed in simple columns. The main image of this article dominates the page showing the reader immediately from a quick glance that this article is about the band "My chemical romance." The image shows the reader, if they're not a fan, what type of music the band play due to to the fact they have a reblious fashion sense and wild hair styles. There is a red bold heading situated in the centre of the bottom half, it is an important quote throughout the article said by one of the members of the band. The quote sums up what type of interview the article is about, it suggests that the interview is very informal and unprofessional due to the fact it is ofensive to other people and it implies that they think someone is promiscuous. The colour scheme of the article is red, black and white which matches the front cover colour scheme for Q magazines. White is used as a background colour, red is used on headings to highlight important information in the article and the font colour of the main body text is black which stand out on the white background. The information in the article is put into paragraphs to show the reader that there are many topics, this way the article doesn't look boring to the reader it looks more appealing.
The second music magazine article I have decided to analyse is an article from NME magazine, informing the reader information about the band "Green Day." The article is a review of Green Day's new album. The main image of the band shows the reader how many members there are. It also shows the reader what type of people they are by their dramatic eyemakeup and wild hair styles, it shows that they are reblious and don't care what effect they have on the audience. They don't care about being a rolemodel. They look like sterotypical rock stars full of self importance and ignoring all the rules, they look as if they are peering over somewhere they shouldnt be. The gaze of the band is straight at the audience this suggests that they are trying to connent to the reader enticing them in, their facial expressions are very harsh which makes the audience curious about what the article is about. The photo of the band shows the reader that their image is about looking cool. The layout of the article is straight forward and similar to most articles, the information is placed neatly into three main columns. There are 7 bold sideheadings with the font in red, each sideheading is a name of a song on their new album with information about that specific song stated underneath the heading, this immediately shows the reader that the articles is a review and is going to give facts about the songs on their new album. The colour scheme of the article is red, black and white which matches the colour scheme on the front cover of NME magazines. White is used as a background colour, red is used on headings to highlight important information in the article and the font colour of the main body text is black which stand out on the white background. Just like the first article I have analysed the information in the article is put into paragraphs to show the reader that there are many topics, this way the article doesn't look boring to the reader it looks more appealing.
The third music magazine article I have decided to analyse is a double page spread from a Kerrang! magazine. The article gives the reader information about Taylor Momsen, the lead singer of "The Pretty Reckless." The article focuses on her sudden career change from being an actor to a singer, we can see this in the pull quote that says "since she decided to swap the screen for the stage." The article interviews Taylor about her life. The first side of the two page spread is dominated by the main image of Taylor. The main image shows the reader what type of person Taylor is at the moment, it shows us that she is provocative and her image suits the caption "Wild Child." The gaze of Taylor is straight at the audience almost in a seductive way. The layout of the article is similar to the two other articles I have analysed it follows the same structure with the information placed neatley into columns. The colour scheme of this article is mainly red and black but it also has white text for the main heading and pull quote, which makes them stand out straight away with the black background. Just like the two other articles I have analysed, the information in this article is put into paragraphs to show the reader that there are many topics, this way the article doesn't look boring to the reader it looks more appealing.
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