Mix Mag music magazine analysis

From the front cover you can tell that Mix Mag is wild and funky which suggests that it is aimed at a young target audience. The magazine has a title of “Mixmag” which suggests the magazine has a “mix” of different things inside it which will question the reader and make them think of the genre of magazine. The title is right at the top in the middle in big bold writing and has a curved font to it which makes it look more girly and interesting rather than blunt and sharp edges to make it seem serious and strong. The colour scheme all throughout the front cover is pinks and black, this makes it seem very girly and sweet targeting a girl audience, however the black font even though there isn’t much, gives a sense of danger and rebellion which makes the magazine seem not all girly like it has a twist to it. The large image is placed bang in the middle of the front cover under the title with the writing surrounding her. The girl has a different type of stance to her; she has her hand on her hip which looks like a typical laid back “bad girl”, this fits in well with the pink and black fonts where it seems girly, but the black seems dangerous. The camera angle is a full body shot right onto the girl so you can see her full outfit and wild style. Her style gives off the sort of “wild” look with her hair and makeup all done so it’s noticeable. All the bracelets on her wrist and her dog in her hand she seems like a typical girly girl which matches the genre of magazine. The main story on this magazine is “Celebrity DJ’s should just be stopped” the image of the girl seems to be there to back up the argument by the way she had earphones around her neck and is standing in front of a set of decks. This front cover fits in well with the rule of thirds as it looks well organised with the writing spread out and the picture placed right in the middle. The magazine clearly states what the genre is with the head title “The world’s biggest dance music and clubbing magazine”. I think this had been placed here as the image, title and colours don’t give off a big feel of what the genre is with the black and pink, wild picture and mixed title. Therefore by having a smaller title above clearly states to the reader what it is they are reading.  Mixmag covers all the codes and conventions of a typical “girly” music magazine such as including a main image of a girl, the same colour scheme throughout and smaller pictures in the corner to give more of an insight to the magazine.

The contents page of Mix Mag is very similar to the front cover as it uses the same colour scheme of black and pink but uses white font. Again, using the pink and black put together still makes it look girly but with the black doesn’t make it seem to “girly and perfect”. The title of the page is at the top of the page in the right; this is so the audience can clearly see what it is they are reading. The huge image underneath immediately draws the reader in too look at the image especially with the bright colours and wild look. The image is a medium shot of people dancing in a club, looking down on them with party poppers all around them. This huge image takes up a whole third of the page and is there to highlight one of the cover stories that is mentioned at the right hand side of the page. The writing fits around the big image well as it doesn’t overlap to make it look too over crowded it starts on the left and works its way around the picture. There is a smaller image on the image which follows from the front cover picture and is a similar picture to the front with the same girl but doing a different pose. This tells the audience what page this is on and with it being a big image on the front cover they’ll recognise the image straight away. The style of font on this page is different to the front cover as the front covers font was mostly curved or bubbly to make it seem girly and fun however the font on the contents has more sharper/bold edges which has been done to make it easier to read as the reader will want to check pages therefore making the writing easy to read will help the reader.

The double page spread from Mix Mag is very different front the front page and contents. The colour scheme is totally new colours using blues and yellows immediately attract the reader’s eyes from being so bright. The main story on this page is the main story on the front cover. When the reader looks at this double page spread they will immediately look at the title 'Welcome to Lame Acadamy”.  The main title stands out so much because it’s the biggest thing on the page and takes up half of an A4 piece of paper. The background behind the black text is bright yellow which has been used to highlight the page. The yellow background has good use as it gives off different messages. Firstly it shows off the huge title straight away and almost seems as if it’s acting like a sun. This is shown through the way it has been placed in the top right hand corner and is also shaped like an interpretation of how someone would draw a sun. The lighting on the picture seems to be coming from the yellow in the corner looking like a sun shining down creating this affect. The blue and yellow colours have been used to create a different feel to the magazine rather than having the black and pink throughout. This whole double page spread seems completely based on the image of the girl because the picture takes up the whole of the other side of the double page spread and the girl is dressed very glam and by having all the paparazzi surrounding her and being interested in her wanting to take her picture.