I also like the images used on the covers. The artists shown are made to look vey slick and appealing. This is shown on one of the images where the gentleman on the front cover is wearing a posh suit and holding a hot beverage in a mug with a saucer. This makes the artist look very professional and respectable, yet very slick and outlandish at the same time. This is how I would like to portray the artists on the front covers of my magazine.
NME - Similar to MixMag, I very much like the way that NME use a different colour scheme for different issues. This again gives the magazine a vibrant feel. I would like to recreate this technique when I design my magazines. There will be a different colour scheme each week depending on who will feature on the front cover. On NME, the artists shown on the front cover tend to look quite serious and are usually in in-direct mode of address to show that they have an attitude. This suggests that the style of music that NME covers a lot more serious as the artists used on the front covers of MixMag tend to look quite happy and vibrant, showing that the music style of the two magazines does differ. The content of my magazine will be more similar to NME as the music my magazine will cover will be the same genre. I will also try to recreate the stances and facial expressions that the artists on NME have as I feel it shows a stronger representation of the music genre that will be covered. I also like how on NME, the font style tends to remain consistent throughout the front page. I think this gives the magazine a more formal feel and this will appeal more to my target audience. The size of the font does tend to differ a lot on the front cover for things such as the title and the sub-headings, however this is a fairly standard asset of modern day front covers. I feel that NME front covers really manage to find the balance between being quite colourful, vibrant, flamboyant and being formal and professional. Out of the three magazines I am inspired by, this is the one I would most like to base my magazine on.
Mojo - I like the front cover of Mojo magazines because they are very formal. Out of the three types of magazines I am inspired by, I think this is the most professional. Although the music genre covered in Mojo is similar to the one covered in NME, I think the target audiences are different. This is because the artists who feature in Mojo tend to be older therefore the target audience will be older.
Similarly to NME, I admire the way the artists are portrayed on the images. It represents the music style and makes the magazine seem very formal. The three issues of Mojo in my inspiration page show the artists being in direct mode of address which could perhaps suggest that these artists had less of an attitude and took their music slightly more seriously than the artists on NME do which again would appeal more to the older target audience. Some may argue that NME is a young man's Mojo. The colour scheme for Mojo doesn't tend to change much. The colours used are usually Black and White with another additional colour. The issue in my inspiration page that has The Smiths on the front is one of the few mojo issues that doesn't have a Black or White background. The fact that the colour scheme rarely changes again would appeal to the older generation as they may feel that changing the colours for each issue would seem immature and untidy.
NME - Similar to MixMag, I very much like the way that NME use a different colour scheme for different issues. This again gives the magazine a vibrant feel. I would like to recreate this technique when I design my magazines. There will be a different colour scheme each week depending on who will feature on the front cover. On NME, the artists shown on the front cover tend to look quite serious and are usually in in-direct mode of address to show that they have an attitude. This suggests that the style of music that NME covers a lot more serious as the artists used on the front covers of MixMag tend to look quite happy and vibrant, showing that the music style of the two magazines does differ. The content of my magazine will be more similar to NME as the music my magazine will cover will be the same genre. I will also try to recreate the stances and facial expressions that the artists on NME have as I feel it shows a stronger representation of the music genre that will be covered. I also like how on NME, the font style tends to remain consistent throughout the front page. I think this gives the magazine a more formal feel and this will appeal more to my target audience. The size of the font does tend to differ a lot on the front cover for things such as the title and the sub-headings, however this is a fairly standard asset of modern day front covers. I feel that NME front covers really manage to find the balance between being quite colourful, vibrant, flamboyant and being formal and professional. Out of the three magazines I am inspired by, this is the one I would most like to base my magazine on.
Mojo - I like the front cover of Mojo magazines because they are very formal. Out of the three types of magazines I am inspired by, I think this is the most professional. Although the music genre covered in Mojo is similar to the one covered in NME, I think the target audiences are different. This is because the artists who feature in Mojo tend to be older therefore the target audience will be older.
Similarly to NME, I admire the way the artists are portrayed on the images. It represents the music style and makes the magazine seem very formal. The three issues of Mojo in my inspiration page show the artists being in direct mode of address which could perhaps suggest that these artists had less of an attitude and took their music slightly more seriously than the artists on NME do which again would appeal more to the older target audience. Some may argue that NME is a young man's Mojo. The colour scheme for Mojo doesn't tend to change much. The colours used are usually Black and White with another additional colour. The issue in my inspiration page that has The Smiths on the front is one of the few mojo issues that doesn't have a Black or White background. The fact that the colour scheme rarely changes again would appeal to the older generation as they may feel that changing the colours for each issue would seem immature and untidy.
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