Task 2: Analysis Music Magazines; Contents & DPS (NOTES)

In today lessons we had a group task to analysis a music magazines, and my teacher gave as an examples of a content & DPS. This was very helpful because it allow me to improve and know how to analysis my 2 magazine case studies, also it help me to know the main conventions of a magazine so when I create my music magazine, I would now know what the main conventions will be needed so the magazine would look professional. 

       Contents Page Analysis:

• 2 pages are used for the contents
• Some editorial items are listed; for example, the images are placed on the contents to list some of the editorials; it enforces you to tell you what pages to flip.
• There are 4 sections; used to overview the whole magazine and it is broken down so it makes the readers much easier to read. The sections and pages has been organised very neatly, for example there is a title for each of the ‘main features’ that’ll be on the magazine, and then a captions to break down even more further so it’ll let the readers know what they want to read
• There are orders – for example, they used columns and alignment in a straight line so it is straightforward for the readers to read it, without getting confused. They also used textboxes so it is neatly arranged and very well organised. 
• The contents page reflects to the front cover, because it all has the same colour schemes, style and layout. They used about 3-4 colours scheme to keep it simplicity, however the images has a lot of colours so it looks attractive and appeals to the audience more – this is because, the contents page is usually the 1^st page in the magazine; therefore, the contents need to stand out so it give good impression to the audience. 

      Double Page Spread Analysis (DPs):

• The magazine is about ‘John Oates’ who was in a duo which is ‘one half of the most successful duo of all time’.
• The article has been laid out in columns using textboxes for each, so it looks professional and well organised.  The article also put different era picture of John Oates, so it bring flashback to the audience who grown up listened to John Oates music.
• The sort of tone they used is friendly formal - to interact between the artist and the readers like it is their ‘friends’. This magazine is aimed at mature readers; therefore there is a lot of advanced vocabulary being used. 
• There are two images of John Oates, one is close up in the bottom-right corner and the mise-en-scene give an ‘old-school’ style feels, because it could have been taken during the 80’s. Another images is the biggest out of all the DSP, is another picture of John Oates holding a guitar to show that despite he is old he is still active in the music industry – seen as a ‘legendary’.