Classic Rock front cover analysis

Day in the Life of a Classic Rock reader

Age:  The age of the typical Classic Rock ideal reader would be aged between 15-20 years old. This would be good because the Classic Rock magazine is based on old style rock legends such as Ozzy Osbourne and how he joined Black Sabbath.

Gender:  The gender of the Classic Rock reader would be male. This is because the Target Audience would be male. Also in the magazine, women would not like the content of the magazine because they would not be interested in bands such as Skidrow and Guns N’ Roses. This is simply because these types of bands do not fit what the women want in the magazine.

Career Aspects: Classic Rock readers would want to be like their favourite rock star heroes. They would like to be as famous as these people and have the knowledge to also be a rock star.

Wealth: The readers of Classic Rock need to earn a lump sum of money to afford the magazine which costs £4.99 and this is  monthly. These people need to be in the Middle Class band who wants to become a Rock Star.

Media Interest: The ideal reader of Classic Rock would be interested in different aspects of media such as Social Media. Social Media example is Facebook. The reason behind an ideal reader looking on websites such as Facebook is because they would want to know what people such as Ozzy Osbourne are up to. The ideal reader would also use YouTube to get an idea into their head about what genre of rock you would want to do.

Interest: Classic Rock FM, T.V (Classic Rock TV) Video games such as Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock, Guitar Hero 5, Rock Band and Guitar Hero Greatest Hits which includes many Rock theme tunes such as DragonForce Through The Fire and the Flames.

Frame work for Classic Rock

Framework for analysing music magazines.

Classic Rock (127 pages)

Adverts	Contents Page	Profiles of artists	Reviews	News	Misc
//////////////// ///////////////// //////////////// /////// Total adverts:49	// Total Contents: 2	////////////////// ////////// Total profiles: 27	//////////////// Total reviews: 16	/////////// /////////// /////// Total news: 25	//////// Total Misc: 8

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2) The types of adverts shown in Classic Rock magazine are squarely aimed at the Male market. An example of male adverts is shown on Pages 1 and 2 where there is a double spread advert which is about a Kawasaki motorbike. This is a good example as the advert portrays what a man thinks he should have in life.

Also in the advert, there is evidence of persuasive language. An example of this is “Show your true colours with the aggressive Kawasaki      Z1000. Styled to make maximum street fighter impact.” This is a good example as it is not just telling the Target Audience to do this but it is commanding them to do it. This would appeal to a Classic Rock reader because he sees himself or aspires himself to be a strong masculine individual who is in control of his life and he feels that there is no one in his way to stop him from living the dream.

media work rivals (Q magazine)

Media work for Q magazine Quick analysis

Who owns Q magazine?

• Q magazine is owned by Bauer media group. Bauer also own Kerrang, Smash Hits TV, Bella, Take a break and T.V Choice.

How are the images presented?

The images of Q magazine are portrayed in a way like no other. An example is the Central Dominant Image shown on July 2009 front cover was Lady Gaga. This CDI relates to the male market because the image shows Lady Gaga topless. She is using her arm to cover her upper half which would clearly attract the male target audience.

Demographic Adverts

Q magazine covers the following adverts:

·        Technology adverts.

·        Flash cars (Ferrari and Mercedes)

·        Alcohol (Scotch, Whiskey)

·        Important gigs.

What type of language is used in Q magazine?

Q magazine has adopted the style of using Formal Language.

Media Analysis rival magazines (Classic Rock)

Media work (Quick analysis for Classic Rock) 

Who owns Classic Rock?

Classic Rock is owned by Future publishing house.

How are the pictures presented?

The images in Classic Rock are presented in a fact file like layout. This means that there is the storyline to the left of the page and there is an image taking up the full page on the right.

Demographic Adverts:

Classic Rock covers many advertising brands which appeal to the male market. Adverts are:

·        Smoke Head Whiskey.

     Kawasaki

·        Thomann

·        Concert tickets to gigs

·        CD Adverts to promote the artist(s).

What Language is used?

The language is informal.

What Layout is used for Classic Rock.

Layout used is that the text is shaped around the box with the image around it to attract the Target Audience.

   

Prelim Task (Designing a magazine front cover)

This is my Prelim Task which was design a school magazine front cover. 

What I did to edit the image was that I changed the red eye reduction. I did this because the Target Audience would want to see the colour of the eyes.

Also, I changed the brightness of the image. this is because if the image was too bright then the Target Audience would not be able to see the Centeral Dominant Image.

I also changed the white background over so the image would not be cut out. this is because before I changed it over, the white background was cutting out the image.

Introduction to Magazine

Hello, my name is Mathew Clarkson and my magazine is called "Warriors of Rock". this magazines Target Audience is Male teenagers aged between 16-26.

"Warriors of Rock" so far has only one competitor that I know of. That is "Classic Rock"

My magazine would be monthly and would cost £3.99