Music Magazine Feature Article Analysis

 

The feature article is very stereotypical of a classical music magazine. It doesn’t use a very bright colour scheme, reinforcing the idea that classical magazines don’t use vibrant colours. Black, gold and white colours are used on the feature article, which is significant to the target audience. The title of the feature article is in a classy font, with a gold colour. This shows a premium style which fits the high class stereotype. The pictures are also in black and white. This gives the feature article a vintage look and also relates to the older generation who like this kind of music.

The information under the title of the feature article uses many words related to classical music such as ‘violinist’ and ‘conductor’. The shows that the feature article is related to a classical musician.  The name ‘Humphrey Burton’ is in gold which highlights its importance to the article. It is clear to the audience that the man in the photo on the left side is ‘Humphrey Burton’ and this intrigues the reader to find out more about his life as it is described as ‘extraordinary’.

On the bottom left of the feature article there is another image of ‘Humphrey Burton’ when he was younger. This shows the audience that the article is looking back on his life and how he became a very ‘influential classical musician’. At the start of the article there is a very large letter ‘I’ to begin with. This symbolises the beginning of the article but also symbolises Burton himself as he is talking about himself throughout the whole article.

Overall the feature article conforms to the stereotypes of a classical music magazine. It does not use many vibrant colours and instead uses dull colours that give it a vintage look to try and attract its target audience. I think the magazine succeeds in attracting its target audience by using classy fonts that are easy to read and creating a feature article classical music lovers will find interesting.