Contents page analysis:

The main feature is a bigger square and other stories are smaller squares. The other less significant stories are listed beside them. This focuses attention on the story they want to promote the most and connotes this biggest square is the most important.

The colours are yellow white and black. The font is quite plain and rounded. The yellow is bright which attracts attention. The black and white relate to the front cover as does the font. The colours are quite plain which relates to the genre of rock music yet there is an upbeat splash of yellow which connotes that rock music isn’t all dull and depressing; it’s fun and interesting.


The separate squares make reading the information easy and there is no confusion as to what text goes with what image as it is all anchored clearly. This connotes that the magazine is very neat and organized. The different sections are the main story, other stories and news, feedback, live reviews, k! Icons etc. this tells me that the magazine is very organized and structured.

There is a ‘get kerrang delivered to your door’ promotion at the bottom corner of the page. This catches your eye as it is red which contrasts the colour scheme which connotes that they want us to focus on this promotion and it needs a lot of attention, it promotes the delivery service which denotes the diversity of the kerrang industry and how they have the customer in their thoughts.

There are pictures for the main stories. The larger image is the focus which draws the most attention. The main story’s image is a man acting tough and swearing at the camera which connotes the rock world in being full of anarchy; which kerrang is too. Each picture has an anchorage text and it stops confusion or messiness on the page.

The logo is not on the contents page, this connotes that they want all your attention on the stories it has to offer rather than a logo which distracts attention away from the main images. Also the colour scheme relates to the contents page so there is no need to put the logo on.

It does not have any other franchise which connotes the main focus is on the magazine and its contents and they want the reader to feel this also. The font and colours are the same as the front cover. The square pictures are on both pages also. This keeps the magazine pages cohesive with one and other and avoids too much going on in the magazine.

Planning my music magazine:

Planning a music magazine:


1) My target audience is teenagers into rock/alternative music aged 13-30.

2) My magazine will be based on rock, heavy metal and general alternative music from the 80’s to present day.

3) My magazine will be weekly.

4) My magazine will cost £2.00. This is a good price for teenagers and students with limited money.

5) My magazine is going to be glossy but not with too many bright colours as it’s aimed at the alternative. I want a good hard cover that isn’t too flimsy like a newspaper.

6) The colours I will use will be between black red purple and white as these colours appeal most to the alternate reader.

7) I will have a table on my contents page as I find its easier to navigate when information is put in a table.

8) I will make use of puffs and sell lines to make my front cover more attractive to the audience

9) I will coordinate each of my pages together so they match

Questionnaire analysis:

I sent around ten questionnaires to complete about music magazines. I asked questions about type of magazines and things they would like to see in them to get an idea of what my magazine should be like to best suit an audience.

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From question 1 I have gathered that the most popular music is rock/alternative and the least popular is hip hop and r n b therefore I am going to base my magazine on rock music as there is a bigger audience for it.
From question 2 I have gathered that most people would be willing to pay around £2 and no more therefore I am pricing my magazine at £2.10.
From question 3 I have gathered that people do not mind if there is an unsigned section or not although equal votes show it is popular therefore I am going to include one in my magazine.
From question 4 I have gathered that people would like to see reviews inside the magazine rather than not therefore I am incorporating them into my magazine.
From question 5 I have gathered that people are very keen on seeing posters included in the magazine than not and taking that into consideration I am putting posters inside my magazine.
From question 6 I have gathered that people want give-aways at least every two weeks or once a month and I will consider this when thinking about give-aways.
From question 7 I have gathered that people would like updates on gigs, reviews etc in the magazine rather than not so I am incorporating them into my magazine.
From question 8 I have gathered that mainly females are interested in this magazine therefore I will cater for them as well as putting something in to attract more male readers to make it unisex to create a wider audience.
From question 9 I have gathered that people are most attracted to the main image when buying a magazine therefore I will focus on the main image as the main selling point.

The evolution of britney spears:

The frame shows all of the attractive parts of her body and cuts off the lower leg which connotes the top half of her body is the bit to look at. It is a high angle shot that has been used to emphasize the attractive parts of her body. This is mostly used in men’s magazines as it mostly appeals to men.
Britney’s costume is very skimpy and revealing which connotes she is sexual and losing her innocence and see’s herself as a woman.
The props are a child’s toy and a phone. The child’s toy suggests she is still a young girl and the phone that she still has a connection with her childhood that she is still holding on to but the outfit she is wearing connotes she is becoming a woman.
The setting is a pink satin blanket which connotes sexuality, girliness and sexiness.
There are intertextual references to the programme teletubbies. This connotes she is still a young innocent girl at heart and holding on to her youth and innocence.
The colours used are pink, purple and black. The pink and purple connote her girliness and youth and innocence and the black connotes her sexuality. These contrasting idea’s connote she is changing from a girl to a woman.



The frame has been used so that Britney is surrounded by white silky material and cut off at the thigh to emphasize her body this connotes that again the top half is the place to look. The mid shot makes her look at us from an angle and down on us slightly to show she is higher than us. Britney is hardly wearing anything only a pair of briefs which shows sexuality and her pose is to emphasize her intimate body parts to show she is sexy and teasing the reader and inviting them at the same time. This connotes she wants an intimate relationship with the reader. The setting is white silky material which connotes Britney’s innocence as white suggests innocence. She is holding the white shirt that she should be wearing which connotes that this innocence has gone. The lighting is very bright and reflects off Britney’s tanned skin and blonde hair to create the effect of Britney being angelic.
The colours used are blue, black and white. The white connotes innocence and the black connotes sexuality and these conflicting idea’s show Britney is losing her innocence fast yet Britney is in all white which connotes she is holding on to her innocence yet the outfit she is in suggests otherwise.




The story is about something bad to do with Britney spears so the close up of her face connotes the sadness in her eyes and the forced crack of a smile on her lips emphasizes the tragedy she is going through. The black and white emphasizes the sadness; there is no colour to brighten the mood.
The close up shot connotes the serious tone of the story, it is not her showing off her body which connotes we should take her seriously and sympathise.
Britney wants sympathy from the readers; the anchorage text supports this by saying ‘tragedy’. The look on her face is very sad and evokes emotion from the reader to be sympathetic towards her.
The magazine is quite plain with nothing going on which connotes the seriousness of the magazine and that we should focus on Britney as a tragedy is being spoken about.

Preliminary task:

To improve this front cover I would put more images and sell lines to attract more people. I would also improve the writing style and title to make it more attractive and noticeable. I would also make the main image bigger to make it the main focus. The magazine needs more information about what is inside.
Contents page:

The contents page is very plain and boring. The text is confusing and needs to be organised properly. There needs to be some images to go along with the text to bring it together more. This page does not match the front cover which it needs to do so the layout and design needs to be changed to match the front cover. The contacts need to be put on another page perhaps the back page.
Making this preliminary task has helped me to pick out text and colours for my magazine and also bad things to avoid in making my magazine.