Spin music magazine analysis

This magazine is called ‘SPIN’. I think that this magazine is targeted mainly a girls but boys can buy it as well. This is because the artist on the front is a woman; also the magazine looks very feminine so I don’t think that many boys would want to buy it.

One of the technique that is used on the magazine is that they have put the splash as a sub heading instead of a splash; this means that this won’t disturb the image. The designers make the splash stand out by making the font a lot bigger than the rest of the sub headings this is so the splash catches the customer’s attention. You can also argue that the subheading ‘Q tip’ could also be the splash because it is the same size or even bigger than the actual splash about Duffy.

The masthead is very big and bold and stands out on the magazine this is because it is has a red back ground and white writing, the background on the magazine is white so they have contrast between the red and white so this is what makes it stands out. The masthead also stands out because it is in uppercase and is in a very big size. The location of the masthead is in the left top hand corner which means that when the magazine is all in a stand the customer will be able to see the masthead as it will stand out.

The layout of the magazine is similar to all of the other music magazines; it makes a frame around the image to draw the reader’s eye in so the customer will focus on the image and it makes the image seem bigger. Also none of the writing goes on the body or head of the image; this shows the customer that the image is the most important thing on the magazine and will also draw the customer’s eyes in.

The colours of the magazine are very simple and the magazine only has the colour red on the background of the title so this will make stand out more and this makes a contrast between the colours. The colours that are used are black, blue and yellow; these colours are the only colours that are used on the front cover for the sub headings. This makes it look professional because they are keeping the colours consistent.

Finally the image on the front cover might attract the boys to the magazine because they might be attracted to her figure, her beauty or just her singing. The girls will be attracted to the gossip which is inside the magazine about the singer and also they will like her singing so they will buy the magazine. Also the image is on top of the masthead this is a technique called layering. This is effective as it will show the reader that Duffy is the most important thing on the magazine. The shot that is on the front cover is a model shot and it is a full body shot, the reader will be able to interpret that the shot of Duffy is not a paparazzi shot.