Research and Planning: Music magazine analysis

The genre of this magazine is indie/rock, you can see this by the colours; black, red and white, the bold, block fonts and the type of stories on the cover. The bold, capital fonts show that the music is loud and is noticed, the colours show the unisex audience of the magazine and the stories represent the type of music that the magazine writes about. The photograph is not revealing or sexual, which is what is usually on a pop or R'n'B magazine, but in this magazine, it is not about sex appeal, it is about music and the artists rather than their controversial image.
On this magazine, women are highly represented, I have chosen to analyse a magazine with a woman on the front because it is usually a man on the cover, but I will use a woman on the cover of my magazine to represent women and their music. The celebrity on the cover seems to be wearing normal clothes, but as it is a medium close up shot, the clothes aren't really seen. her hair is being blown backwards, which is quite effective as she looks more glamorous but also mysterious. Her pose is quite mysterious and her eyes draw attention to the reader straight away, this is effective as it draws the reader in.
The audience of this magazine is unisex, as men are usually featured and occasionally women, women will buy the magazine for the male artists, but the female artists too for their music, and the men enjoy the male artists music but then will buy the magazine for the female artists too. The colours show the target audience as there are no colours like pink or blue to indicate a certain sex.
The shot type being used is a medium close up to show the singers face and expressions. The photo is quite simple as it does not include anything else in it, just the celebrity, this is effective as it draws attention to her and makes her noticeable.