Music Magazine Front Cover and Contents Page Analysis

 

This front cover is from an issue of BBC’s magazine Classical Music. This front cover like many other classical music magazine front covers has a large masthead that covers a lot of the front cover and overlays the main image. This is to make the masthead more noticeable and eye catching to the target audience.

The main image of classical magazines often shows a well-known classical musician or artist. This used with a medium shot so they can clearly be noticed and recognised on shelves in stores. However, as classical music has become a smaller market compared to the last century, it would only be stocked in certain stores to maximise sales. The front cover also features the name of the model in the main image. This name is often written large so it is easily recognised and in a colour that stands out from the background.

The colour scheme of the front cover is very simplistic, using colours such as gold, white and black. These colours are very contrasting of each other and work well together to highlight important things on the front cover to make it more noticeable and eye-catching. The font used is very easy to read. It is in a white font which stands out from the dull coloured back ground and the font is set out very neatly and straight unlike other magazines that use slanted fonts. The barcode is also pushed to the right side of the front cover and out of the way so it does not obstruct from the main image.

This contents page has a very similar layout to front covers. The colour scheme used is often dull with colours such as white and black being used. This gives the contents page a very vintage look that represents the older target audience. The background is white which lets all the other features on the page stand out. The layout of the contents page is very simplistic allowing readers to find the page they want easily.

There are three images next to each other lined up at the top of the page. This is the first thing the audience will most likely see when viewing the contents page and this makes the contents page look more attractive. There are page numbers on the images that tell the reader what page that certain image is on which improves the efficiency of the magazine. Unlike the other images which are next to each other, there is an image with all of the features. This signifies that this image is the most important one on the page as it stands out the most.

The text used is similar to the ones used on the front cover. There is no slanted text and it is all easy to read. A pink font is used to highlight the important features on the contents page and this makes it easy for the audience to pick out the features that they want to read the most.