Front Cover:

The cover of a music magazine is specifically designed to attract the target audience and to appeal to other readers. The magazine have chosen to have Amy Winehouse on the fron cover as she is young and has popular music, this appeals to the target audience of young people upwards; from the age of 18+. The image takes up most of the front cover as it is one of the key features in attracting people to the audience. The image is the first thing the readers notice; so it has to be a popular artist on the cover.

The name of the magazine is at the top of the cover so it is instantly recognisable and can easily be seen. The name of the magazine is always in the same font and colour, so the readers find it easy to identify the housestyle and recognise the magazine. On most covers the artist on the front partially covers part of the name, this shows the popularity of the magazine that people can identify it even with the name covered. The name is always in blue, this represents that it can appeal to both boys and girls as blue is a neutral colour.

The cover lines on the front are all related to the genre of the magazine and are specifically designed to appeal to the paticular target audience. The cover lines have to be relevant to what the audience wants to read and what is going on in their lives. The cover lines on this cover are band names, but they are popular bandsso they appeal to the target audience.

At the bottom the date, price and issue number is there so it can help the reader.

Double page spread:

The main theme of double page spreads is a main image of the singer or band there interviewing. The image usually takes up most of the page, this makes the reader curious as to what is in the interview and it attracts the audiences attention.

The image of the singer is suitable for the audience because she is trendy and popular so therefore the audience want to read about her and read the rest of the magazine. The image is a close up of her face so you can see the emotion on her face, this makes the reader engaged in the page and makes them want to read on.

The text is in black against an uncluttered white background, this makes the text stand out and it draws your attention to it. With the image the page looks very interesting and makes the reader want to buy the magazine. The double page spread is there because it is one of the key factors of attracting readers so it has to be interesting. The double page spread is there to attract readers and to make the magazine more money.

Contents page:

This is the contents page for Q magazine. The masthead 'contents' is in big, white letters against a black background so it stands out. The name of the magazine Q is also in big white letters against a red background, this draws your attention straight to it and helps publicise the magazine.

The image on the page is taking up most of the contents this is very eye catching and makes you want to read the rest of the contents page. The image is of a band that is suitable for the target audience, the audience is young teenagers upwards and the band is young and trendy so it attracts the audience. At the bottom of the image there is a quote from an interview of the band, it's quite an interesting quote and makes the reader curious as to what else is in the interview. The page number is in bright red so it contrasts against the white background and it makes the reader go straight to the interview.

The contents page is split into 'features' and 'every month'. The features are the most interesting things of the contents and are there to attract more regular readers. Each tag line has a small description, this is to gain the readers curiosity but not to give to much away that the reader doesn't need to buy the magazine. The 'every month' column is there for the regular readers but also there to attract new readers. They do this to make readers want to continually buy the magazine and make them excited about the next issue. The page numbers are in red so they stand out, but there isn't really a description on the 'every month' column as the regular readers know what to expect.

In the bottom they have a review box this is done mainly to attract the readers and to make them want to read the rest of the magazine. The review is also done to publicise the bands and to help promote them. This in turn gains the magazine more readers and therefore makes the magazine more money.

Double page spread:

This is a double page spread for NME magazine. The head line of the page is in the same text and colour as the front cover of the magazine. This is to show the relation between the cover and the spread; and therefore makes it more recognisable.

The text is in big white letters with black surrounding it, this makes the text stand out and draws your attention straight to it. The text is a quote from the interview and by putting that in letters that stand out it makes the reader curious as to what else is in the magazine. The text is against an uncluttered background so it makes the text stand out even more.

The colour of the text is in black and white which are colours that are used on most Indie magazines. This is used because it represents the paticular type of target audience of the magazine and it appeals to the type of audience. The colours are suitable for the genre of the magazine and help to identify a paticular house style in the magazine.

The image of Lily Allen takes up most of the right hand side of the page. This draws your attention straight to the page. Also the image is very big as it is the cover story so it has to be eyecatching and dynamic. The clothes she is wearing are representtive of the thing that some of the readers wear. The clothes are young and stylish to appeal to the audience of young teenagers. Also the colour of the clothes she is wearing works with the colour scheme of the magazine, Black and red are paticuarly used on Indie magazines so again this works with the house style of the magazine.

Contents Page:
This is the contents page of rock music magazine Drummer. The contents page represents the genre of rock from many things on the page.

The masthead 'contents' is in big white letters against a red background allowing it to stand out on the page and catch the readers eye. Also the name of the magazine 'drummer' is in big black letters against a white background, this is to make the name the most noticable thing on the page so the readers continue to buy the magazine. To go with the name and the genre of the magazine there are many pictures of drums and and bands.

The colour scheme of the contents page is one that many readers identify to be on a rock magazine. Black, red and white are used on many music magazines e.g NME, Q. This is done so the magazine represents a paticular type of audience and appeals to their target audience. Black, red and white usually represents people who like Rock and Indie music so this relates back to the genre of the magazine.

The images shown on the contents page all relate to the paticular type of magazine it is, and are there to encourage the reader to read the rest of the magazine. The images have pge numbers in the top left corner, this is to show the reader what will be included later on in the magazine; but not to give to much away about the images. This therefore makes the reader curious as to what the images are there for and makes the reader want to read on.

The cover lines on the contents page are split into two groups 'features' and 'regulars'. The features are the most interesting things in the magazine, and therefore gains the magazine more regular readers. The regulars are there for the people who always buy the magazine and therefore know what will be in the magazine. Each feature has a small description of what it will be about but not to much that it gives it away so the reader doesn't need to buy the magazine. The page numbers are in big red letters so the reader after seeing the description goes straight to the story in the magazine.

Double page spread:

Every music magazine has a double page spread of a band or singer, and it is usually an interview of the artist who was on the front cover. The double page spread always has a main image taking up one page and some of the second page. On the main image or underneath there is a selling line usually taken from the interviewing revealing something about the band or singer that the audience didn't know. This is done to attract the reader and make them want to read the rest of the interview and buy the magazine. The double page spread is there because the readers like to find out what is going on in the private life of the band/singers and the interview reveals things that the reader didn't know about them. The double page spread is one of the key things when it comes to readers buying the magazine, as it talks about new music the band/singer is making and there personal life.

NME contents page:

Contents pages are there to help the reader and to attract the certain type of audience. A contents page usually has images on it to make the page more attractive and interesting. The image on a contents page in a music magazine is usually a photo of a band or singer, and there is usually an eyecatching sentence underneath to entice the reader and to get them to read the rest of the magazine. The image is usually representative of the certain target audience the magazine wants to attract. Some of the images on the contents page are there along with a certain story to entice the audience to read the story. Also on the contents page are tag lines, these are there because the tag lines are what attracts the reader and if the audience find the tag lines boring they will not buy the magazine. The tag lines are specifically chosen to relate to the magazines target audience. The target audience for NME is for people from 16+, so the tag lines have to be related to what goes on in the readers lives; and they have to be what they find interesting. Also on the contents page they have at the bottom an image to persuade the reader to subscribe to the magazine. This is there so the magazine can get more readers and by putting a discount on the image t will attract more readers as they will think it is a good offer. Everything on a contents page has been specifically designed to encourage the readers to read the rest of the magazine, as the contents page is what makes the reader want to buy the magazine.