Genre convention in music magazine
R&B
Colour scheme-The colour scheme of these three is coppery looking very gloomy and they really stand up to your eyes but they make the cover magazine to look formal and simple. This shows that the genre R&B is quit romantic and complex meaning that evokes every human emotion(happiness , madness, sadness) The colour of the dress code is neutral ,black symbolising mystery and elegance. In these three cover the singer has leather jacket showing masculinity .
Photography-The photography on the cover page of R&B magazine is taking on a studio meaning that the music R&B has formal, elegant and also professional singers , eye contact symbolising the messengers of the soul and also is can suggest that the attention is on the audience. The facial expression is sober and enigmatic suggesting an overthinking personality of the artists. There is a portrait posing because in two of them the hands are not visible or at least not dominant.
Writing style- The writing style is unique, playful and very sophisticated. These three magazines have a different writing style suggesting that R&B music magazines can differ and the writing style is not constantly the same .In this way people will not be bored and they will want to buy monthly the new one. Red and orange is usually used in these magazines because they stand out of the background which is white or grey depends on what mood does the magazine want to evokes and also they are feminist colour. Capital letters dominates all the cover because they are very catchy and it attracts the eyes of the readers. The writing style is in short paragraph summarised everything in short words so the readers can understand every single word.
Overall look- The overall look of the magazine is very simple because the writers put more accent on posing and writing style rather than look. The magazines are balanced because there is a contrast and a good design on the cover page.
Text picture ratio- There is more text and just one principal picture who is in the middle of the cover.
Fonts-
Publisher
ROCK&ROLL
Colour scheme- The colour scheme of the Rock magazine is dark because the dominated colours are black /grey and white. Black is associated with evil and dead being a mysterious colour and having a negative connotation .Usually the Rock music has something to do with death because the lyrics contain words like evil and death and the symbol of Rock Roll is related to a mysterious spirit.
Photography- For the rock music the photography shows a hypnotically looking because the way that the singers are looking with a deep sight makes us think that Rock music is hypnotic and can change immediately our mood .The photography is taken in a studio of a professional photographer and the pose is from profile and taken as a portrait. The gender who appeared mostly in Rock are male as we also see in these cover. Male have a stronger voice so they can interpret better the rock music. They represent the rock music.
Writing style- The writing style used in the rock music magazines is very different from the R&B because is has more paragraphs and they are plot everywhere not just on the background. The writing style is bring to front which suggests that as an audience we need to concentrate on what is writing rather than looking just at the singer.
Overall look- The overall look of the magazine is related to the Rock music because the outfit is black with a range of accessories ;scarf,hat,necklace and sunglasses.
Text picture ratio- The text stands out a lot because the picture is on the back of it suggesting that the picture is minor in comparison with the message transmitted to the audience. Also the picture is black/white whereas the text is more expressive even if the blackness and the whiteness is still there, but some words have different colours: pink
Fonts- The text stands out a lot because the picture is on the back of it suggesting that the picture is minor in comparison with the message transmitted to the audience. Also the picture is black/white whereas the text is more expressive even if the blackness and whiteness is still there, but some words have different colour for example pink and red.
Publisher-These publishers are focusing mostly on the accentuation of rock music having as a layout colour black meaning madness and drama in some ways. The overall structure of Kerrang Magazine is very different to other magazines. Kerrang however is much less organised. The different headings are scattered about and look rough.This is because Kerrang is more'hardcore' and 'gothic'.It is the canted angles of things that reflects and conveys this.
POP
Colour scheme- The colour scheme of these three magazines is very girlish. The pink colour shows a primitive and very optimistic magazine and mood and is addressed to girls especially because they love pink and pop music .The pop music is catalogued to the pink colour because the artists who sing this type of genre are very young and they emanates energy by singing..
Photography- The photography is very bright and is a very large use of Photoshop because it doesn't show any imperfection of the skin. It is taken in the studio like any other magazine to show more professionalism of the publisher and also to spotlight the artists. Also is more use of the photography in the background ,the photos being smaller and having different artists. This shows to the audience the content of the magazine with picture not just by words. In comparison other magazines who've got other type of genres are fulfil with more than just pictures.
Writing style-The text is written in short paragraphs which contain also symbols at the end of a phrase or some words between the title .Also there are capital letter used to attract and to accentuate more things towards the audience.
Overall look - The outfit is very simple, the look is more complex because the look is flatulent. The overall look is white meaning innocence suggesting that the pop music doesn't contain any swear words or any inappropriate symbols.
Text photo ratio- The outfit is very simple but the look is more complex because the hair is flatulent. The overall look is white meaning innocence. This can suggests that the pop music doesn’t contain any swear word or a any rude symbol.
Fonts-The outfit is very simple but the look is more complex because the hair is flatulent. The overall look is white meaning innocence. This can suggests that the pop music doesn’t contain any swear word or a any rude symbol.
Additionally, the magazine oozes this sense of playfulness and fun from the stance and smile both the cover stars have, this will attract the target demographic as they will feel as if they are getting to read large amount of contents about their favourite artists and bands while the content is discussing fun and exciting topics appropriate to them.
Additionally, the bold and bright coloured fonts used grab the target demographics attention immediately as the large font will catch their attention before anything else. More so the use of the cover stars such as Rihanna and One direction reinforce this idea that the target demographic is tweens since the artists are young singers or bands writing music that applies to the younger generations as well as there target audience being younger people.
More so, having other topics discussed rather than just music such as fashion tips with images of female clothing supports that the magazine is for younger females who would want a magazine that discusses a variety of issues within their lives rather than having a magazine cover a wide range of content on one topic, and so therefore appeals to younger girls.
Publisher-
JAZZ
Colour scheme- The colour scheme of the magazine has a very different contrast because one is all black and other are white. One colour is used by these three magazine and is red. Red is usually used to point out a word or a sentence. Also the red colour is used in title maybe it’s symbolise the love for the jazz music or the love towards the audience.
Photography- The photography is taken in a studio like any other photography of the magazines .The photography of the Jazz magazine is unique because it has a instrument ; a quitter ,a saxophone ,a piano, depends on what artist is there. Also the photography is with old artists showing the genre of audience and demonstrating that the jazz is classy , tranquil and suave .
Writing style- The writing style is very tidy ,the paragraphs being very short and equivalent between. In the right and left of the photo the paragraph are equal.
Overall look-The overall look is elegant because the artists are dressed in an elegant suite in dark colours such as black and grey.
Text/photo ratio-The ratio of the photo is higher than the ratio of the text because the magazine is more stylish than the pop one.
Fonts- The fonts are retro and serif. Serif fonts are typefaces composed of lines with their ends embellished with small marks or strokes making them easy to read. Retro type is used to carry a viewer decades into the past achieving an “old fashioned” look to creative pieces
Publisher-
Colour scheme- The colour scheme brings a freshness and a happiness mood towards the audience because it’s contains yellow colour. It's the colour of happiness, and optimism, of enlightenment and creativity, sunshine and spring. Also there is brown. It is sensual, sensitive and warm, engulfing one in a feeling of calmness and comfort. It is a practical and sensible colour which implies common sense. These colour are used in country music because they are natural colours and they link with the nature and freedom .
Photography- The photography differs because some of them are taken in the studio and some in different places. They want to show that the country music is more relaxing and more moderate being for elderly people rather than for younger generation. There are profile picture, eye contact and a friendly smile. Generally ,in the country/jazz music there are always men who are promoting the genre and in pop and R&B women's. The hat is symbolic to the country music because makes men look more manly and as the one from countryside. The background is blurred and is not white as in other magazines.
Writing style- The writing style is not that much colourful or something that is very catchy as the pop magazines have. There is some writings on the covert which shows the name of the artists.
Overall look- The overall look is very simple, artists are being dressed in plaid shirt and an accessory ,mostly a hat. The plaid shirt is vintage used by people who are now old.
Text/picture ratio-There is more text and just one principal picture who is in the middle of the cover.
Fonts- A retro fonts is used in these type of magazines. Retro type is used to carry a viewer decades into the past achieving an “old fashioned” look to creative pieces. Retro fonts are found in serif, sans serif, and script typefaces and are often used as bold headlines in vintage and classic posters, logos and packaging.
Publisher-
Colour scheme- The colour scheme of these magazine is different to most magazine covers with the 3 main colours being :black,white,green and purple. Rather than the classic:black,white and red.However the third colour (in this case green) is unique to each issue, which serves to differentiate the different issue's covers without completely changing the layout. The green is focused on a very crisp and clean font, and is limited to only the a few areas of the main masthead and cover lines. The bright fluorescent colour is also reminiscent of motherboards and electronics which are the basis for the electronic genre itself. The noon colour is also important in making the text stand out from the black and white background.
Photography- The picture is of a electronic music artists such as Pharrell and& Duft Punk,Elvis Costello and The Roots. The men are dressed in suit, sweater which again reflects the sophistication look the cover is typing to achieve as part of it’s house style .However, the men is dressed down to an extent ,with an off centre coat, messy hair swept aside, eyes closed and not looking into the camera. The image is also in black and white makes the images crisper looking, and helps it fit in with the black and white colour scheme better.
Writing style- The writing style is very tidy ,the paragraphs being very short and equivalent between. In the right and left of the photo the paragraph are equal.
Overall look-The overall look is elegant because the artists are dressed in an elegant suite in dark colours such as black and grey.
Text/photo ratio-The ratio of the photo is higher than the ratio of the text because the magazine is more stylish than the pop one.
Fonts- The fonts are retro and serif. Serif fonts are typefaces composed of lines with their ends embellished with small marks or strokes making them easy to read. Retro type is used to carry a viewer decades into the past achieving an “old fashioned” look to creative pieces
Publisher-
COUNTRY
Colour scheme- The colour scheme brings a freshness and a happiness mood towards the audience because it’s contains yellow colour. It's the colour of happiness, and optimism, of enlightenment and creativity, sunshine and spring. Also there is brown. It is sensual, sensitive and warm, engulfing one in a feeling of calmness and comfort. It is a practical and sensible colour which implies common sense. These colour are used in country music because they are natural colours and they link with the nature and freedom .
Photography- The photography differs because some of them are taken in the studio and some in different places. They want to show that the country music is more relaxing and more moderate being for elderly people rather than for younger generation. There are profile picture, eye contact and a friendly smile. Generally ,in the country/jazz music there are always men who are promoting the genre and in pop and R&B women's. The hat is symbolic to the country music because makes men look more manly and as the one from countryside. The background is blurred and is not white as in other magazines.
Writing style- The writing style is not that much colourful or something that is very catchy as the pop magazines have. There is some writings on the covert which shows the name of the artists.
Overall look- The overall look is very simple, artists are being dressed in plaid shirt and an accessory ,mostly a hat. The plaid shirt is vintage used by people who are now old.
Text/picture ratio-There is more text and just one principal picture who is in the middle of the cover.
Fonts- A retro fonts is used in these type of magazines. Retro type is used to carry a viewer decades into the past achieving an “old fashioned” look to creative pieces. Retro fonts are found in serif, sans serif, and script typefaces and are often used as bold headlines in vintage and classic posters, logos and packaging.
Publisher-
HIP HOP
Colour scheme- The colour scheme of these magazine is different to most magazine covers with the 3 main colours being :black,white,green and purple. Rather than the classic:black,white and red.However the third colour (in this case green) is unique to each issue, which serves to differentiate the different issue's covers without completely changing the layout. The green is focused on a very crisp and clean font, and is limited to only the a few areas of the main masthead and cover lines. The bright fluorescent colour is also reminiscent of motherboards and electronics which are the basis for the electronic genre itself. The noon colour is also important in making the text stand out from the black and white background.
Photography- The picture is of a electronic music artists such as Pharrell and& Duft Punk,Elvis Costello and The Roots. The men are dressed in suit, sweater which again reflects the sophistication look the cover is typing to achieve as part of it’s house style .However, the men is dressed down to an extent ,with an off centre coat, messy hair swept aside, eyes closed and not looking into the camera. The image is also in black and white makes the images crisper looking, and helps it fit in with the black and white colour scheme better.
Writing style- The layout of the cover is organised and neat. All the text is horizontal and the majority of text is at one side of the photo.
The cover lines are all the same size and distance from each other which means that no one tory is seen as more important by being bigger than another. The list of bands and artists shows the reader what content they can expect to see in the magazine and enticing people who like some of them artists to buy the magazine. This shows that they are targeting a specific audience that like this genre of music.
Overall look- The overall look of the magazine is shows a lot of ‘electricity’ and the artists use electronics such as ‘ headphones’ electric glasses and their costumes are green with black who symbolise evolution and also technology.
Text/photo ratio- The ratio between the text and the photo differs because there is a photo and more texts.
Fonts-The covers utilises a variety of fonts but they are all quite similar in that they are smart and clean looking, and help establish the sophisticated ,almost clinical look the cover is trying to achieve. The masthead is defined from the rest of the text only by its size and boldness. As opposed to other covers in which the masthead has a different font, size,colour etc.
Publisher- The magazine is now purely in a digital format this is a growing trend with smaller magazines because of the financial advantages that come with the medium. Going digital means they can publish any time they want for free. They can also use other media such as internet,radio,music ,videos.
Colour scheme-The colour scheme of these magazine is different to most magazine covers with the 3 main colours being :black,white,green and purple. Rather than the classic:black,white and red.However the third colour (in this case green) is unique to each issue, which serves to differentiate the different issue's covers without completely changing the layout. The green is focused on a very crisp and clean font, and is limited to only the a few areas of the main masthead and cover lines. The bright neon’flouorescent colour is also reminiscent of motherboards and electronics which are the basis for the electronic genre itself. The noon colour is also important in making the text stand out from the black and white background.
Photography- The picture is of a electronic music artists such as Pharrell and& Duft Punk,Elvis Costello and The Roots. The men are dressed in suit, sweater which again reflects the sophistication look the cover is typing to achieve as part of it’s house style .However, the men is dressed down to an extent ,with an off centre coat, messy hair swept aside, eyes closed and not looking into the camera. The image is also in black and white makes the images crisper looking, and helps it fit in with the black and white colour scheme better.
Writing style- The layout of the cover is organised and neat. All the text is horizontal and the majority of text is at one side of the photo.The cover lines are all the same size and distance from each other which means that no one tory is seen as more important by being bigger than another. The list of bands and artists shows the reader what content they can expect to see in the magazine and enticing people who like some of them artists to buy the magazine. This shows that they are targeting a specific audience that like this genre of music.
Overall look- The overall look of the magazine is shows a lot of ‘electricity’ and the artists use electronics such as ‘ headphones’ electric glasses and their costumes are green with black who symbolise evolution and also technology.
Text/photo ratio-The ratio between the text and the photo differs because there is a photo and more texts.
Fonts- The covers utilizes a variety of fonts but they are all quite similar in that they are smart and clean looking, and help establish the sophisticated ,almost clinical look the cover is trying to achieve. The masthead is defined from the rest of the text only by its size and boldness. As opposed to other covers in which the masthead has a different font,size,colour etc.
Publisher- The magazine is now purely in a digital format this is a growing tren with smaller magazines because of the financial advantages that come with the medium.Going digital means they can publish any time they want for free.They can also use other media such as internet,radio,music ,videos.
The cover lines are all the same size and distance from each other which means that no one tory is seen as more important by being bigger than another. The list of bands and artists shows the reader what content they can expect to see in the magazine and enticing people who like some of them artists to buy the magazine. This shows that they are targeting a specific audience that like this genre of music.
Overall look- The overall look of the magazine is shows a lot of ‘electricity’ and the artists use electronics such as ‘ headphones’ electric glasses and their costumes are green with black who symbolise evolution and also technology.
Text/photo ratio- The ratio between the text and the photo differs because there is a photo and more texts.
Fonts-The covers utilises a variety of fonts but they are all quite similar in that they are smart and clean looking, and help establish the sophisticated ,almost clinical look the cover is trying to achieve. The masthead is defined from the rest of the text only by its size and boldness. As opposed to other covers in which the masthead has a different font, size,colour etc.
Publisher- The magazine is now purely in a digital format this is a growing trend with smaller magazines because of the financial advantages that come with the medium. Going digital means they can publish any time they want for free. They can also use other media such as internet,radio,music ,videos.
ELECTRIC MUSIC
Colour scheme-The colour scheme of these magazine is different to most magazine covers with the 3 main colours being :black,white,green and purple. Rather than the classic:black,white and red.However the third colour (in this case green) is unique to each issue, which serves to differentiate the different issue's covers without completely changing the layout. The green is focused on a very crisp and clean font, and is limited to only the a few areas of the main masthead and cover lines. The bright neon’flouorescent colour is also reminiscent of motherboards and electronics which are the basis for the electronic genre itself. The noon colour is also important in making the text stand out from the black and white background.
Photography- The picture is of a electronic music artists such as Pharrell and& Duft Punk,Elvis Costello and The Roots. The men are dressed in suit, sweater which again reflects the sophistication look the cover is typing to achieve as part of it’s house style .However, the men is dressed down to an extent ,with an off centre coat, messy hair swept aside, eyes closed and not looking into the camera. The image is also in black and white makes the images crisper looking, and helps it fit in with the black and white colour scheme better.
Writing style- The layout of the cover is organised and neat. All the text is horizontal and the majority of text is at one side of the photo.The cover lines are all the same size and distance from each other which means that no one tory is seen as more important by being bigger than another. The list of bands and artists shows the reader what content they can expect to see in the magazine and enticing people who like some of them artists to buy the magazine. This shows that they are targeting a specific audience that like this genre of music.
Overall look- The overall look of the magazine is shows a lot of ‘electricity’ and the artists use electronics such as ‘ headphones’ electric glasses and their costumes are green with black who symbolise evolution and also technology.
Text/photo ratio-The ratio between the text and the photo differs because there is a photo and more texts.
Fonts- The covers utilizes a variety of fonts but they are all quite similar in that they are smart and clean looking, and help establish the sophisticated ,almost clinical look the cover is trying to achieve. The masthead is defined from the rest of the text only by its size and boldness. As opposed to other covers in which the masthead has a different font,size,colour etc.
Publisher- The magazine is now purely in a digital format this is a growing tren with smaller magazines because of the financial advantages that come with the medium.Going digital means they can publish any time they want for free.They can also use other media such as internet,radio,music ,videos.
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