Music Magazine Double Page Spread Analysis

Ideology

Ideology is a system of values, beliefs, or ideas that reflect on social needs and aspirations which is common to a specific group of people. Each magazine has an image they want the audience that read it to portray, for example 'Elle Magazine':-

 'The Elle reader is spirited, stylish and intelligent; she expects to be successful at everything she does. She takes the lead and breaks the rules'.

Above: Front Cover of Elle Magazine

The ideology for Kerrang magazine is that their audience should 'break the mould' and are seen as unique individuals. Sometimes this can influence the audience to be proud of a certain ideology or play off it like the Kerrang reader 'breaks the mould' then this can reflect on a person being rebellious and defiant and the audience wanting to strive to be like this. Ideology can change society or adherence to ideas of conformity. 

Above: Front Cover of Kerrang Magazine

The ideology of another music magazine - Rave - is that they want to promote parties - which is evident from their front cover of Fergie jumping out of a cake - and events which are going on in the music industry. This is related to name of the magazine being 'Rave'. The image of Fergie jumping out a cake, promotes the idea of wild parties or 'raves'.

Above: Front Cover of Rave Magazine

Mock College Magazine Contents Page

Above is what I have designed for a college's magazine's contents page. I have used Deyes High School as the school which the page is made for. I have used all the typical features of a contents page on my mock-up, including the contents panel (on the left hand side) which directs readers to stories they are interested in, and a 'Notice from the Head' section. This is similar to the 'Message for the Editor' section found in many magazines. The contents page also, follows a colour scheme of blue, black, white, and red, and also has a universal font, which is used for all the text on the page - this font being 'Georgia'.

Mock College Magazine Double Page Spread

I have designed my double page college magazine spread mock-up, so that it resembles a typical magazine/newspaper article. I think that this style of page gives the reader more information on the topic which they are reading about. I have used columns for the text because they are typically found in the style I was going for - magazine/newspaper like. Where the pictures are positioned on the page also reflects the look which I have chosen for the double page spread - in columns. 

Moodboard

A moodboard is a poster showing a collection of images, texts, and samples of objects. It is a visual aid which is used in the planning process for a magazine. It is often used as a way of showing other people where you want your magazine to go - it shows them which artists will be in your magazine, and gives them an idea of what the genre you have chosen is all about.

My mood-board shows that I am making a magazine based on music which is currently in the charts (i.e, UK Top 40). People like Pink, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and Britney Spears amongst others are all people who are related to this genre of music.

Contents Page Analysis

Music Magazine Front Cover Analysis