Vibe Front Cover- By Sam

This front cover of Vibe follows the traditional housestyle of Vibe. On the left of the front cover is little insights of the stories inside the magazine. There is a three colour print on the magazine. White, Black, Red. There is a lot of white space on this front cover and also the picture is the main focus of the magazine.

Contents page- Nme By sam

This contents page of NME is following the usual house style with the same four colour print. There is a index on the left hand side of the contents page. This shows us what is in the magazine and the side stories to everything else on the magazine which isnt the main story.  Also down the right hand side of the contents page is reviews and interviews with artists. In the middle of the contents page is the main story for the magazine teling us what the best bit of the magazine is.This bit of the contents page is telling us all about inside the recording studio and as most people don’t know much that happens in there so more people will be interested in finding out. Also at the bottom is a banner saying about a prize from the magazine which some people may be interested in too.

Similar Product Research- Front Cover. By Sam

This front cover of the mixmag stands out a lot because the masthead and then background contrast a lot making it stand out. The masthead has a bold effect and is put before everything on the magazine as it catches the eyes of the reader. There is a picture of Calvin Harris on the far right hand side of the magazine and he has the same colour jacket on as the backgorunds colour it makes it look like he's disappearing into the background. There is a lot of insights in articles on the right hand side of the front cover telling us what is inside the magazine. Also the magazine has a like game on with a prize. Which people who are interested in this kind of music would love to get their hands on so it attracts more people towards the magazine.

Similar Product Research- Dps. By Sam

This double page spread from the magazine Kerrang. The magazine's dps is image led. The image shows the reader what is he main insight on the articles on the right. The image is leading the dps. At the top of the dps on the left hand side is a splash puffing out telling the reader it is world exclusive interview. Also on the article side of the magazine there is a headline that is also a pull quote which stands out to the reader. The magazine follows the house style colouring on this page. With red and black. Also there is a four colour print. These colours contrast one another so they stand out to get people interested in them.  

DPS Analysis : Clash - Tom.

The artwork in the magazine is for the article headline, which is the name Pete Doherty sketched in black, this is effective with the article and tells you what its about. There is a lot of white space on the first page, this gives the illusion that there is not as much on the magazine, whereas if you cover up most white space the magazine looks full, and therefore browsers will be more likely to purchase the magazine. There is a leading capital on the first line of the article, this leads on to the rest of the article, this is used to good effect. The picture of Pete Doherty reaches out and grabs your attention, making the Double page spread into a picture led double page spread.

Contents Page Analysis Kerrang! - Tom.

This is the contents page for the musig magazine Kerrang! Kerrang is a rock genre music magazine. On this contents page I can see that they have a central area for all the photos, and then they wrap the writing around the photos, they have done well with covering all the white spaces in the contents page, this is because people will think the magazine is bare if there is white spaces on the contents page. The photographs relate to whats in the magazine, they have little subheadings underneath them too. The house style for the contents page seems to be yellow and black, these colours create a contrast that looks quite sharp. The fonts used are generally the same style, but sometimes made smaller or bigger, for the contents table the font it bigger for the sub headings and slightly smaller for the text underneath the sub headings, in the top left there is a little paragraph in really small writing.

Second Front Cover Analysis Q - Tom.

This is the Q magazine front cover,  the masthead is in the top left corner of the screen, in this issue of Q, it is effective to do this, as kings of leon are meant to snatch your attention by jumping through glass, on the front cover there is a few sub headings, such as Kings Of Leon Break Through, this works well with the glass and is the cover story of the magazine, just above the barcode on the bottom left of the cover is a quote written in white on a black background, this creates good contrast and draws the reader into reading it. There is another subheading playtime for the killers with arrows pointing to the inside of the magazine, it makes you wonder whats inside the magazine and what the story is on about. The kings of leon jumping through the glass makes the magazine looks like its coming at you. Q have done their cover very well in terms of white space, they have hardly left any white space on the whole page, it has been very well covered, except for the bottom right corner where they could of added more about whats inside. The whole front cover is based in informal language, this is because the type of reader  for Q magazine tend to be teenagers and young adults, who will be more interested in coloquilisms than formal language. The way the writing always seems to be black with another colour, such as red, or pink, shows consistency with the style of writing. The Kings Of Leon are an established band and therefore people are more likely to buy the magazine, seeing someone famous who you know on the front of a music magazine works better than it would if it was a less known artist.