rock magazine
By Chloe Tierney-Martin
Genre: The genre of this magazine is rock as we can tell from the
name of the magazine. Another give away is the main cover line
grunge "as grunge is a type of rock music understand what grunge
means. The main cover line is in a red blocked cracked font which is very
eye catching to the readers as the rest of the colours on the magazine
are very dull. This suggests that the sub-genre grunge is very dominant
story in this particular issue of the classic rock magazine. The cracked
font gives a rough aesthetic texture to what grunge music is actually
like. This represents the stereotypes of grunge fans as to be distressed
and listening to this type of music is there escapism.
Main image: The main image is a medium-long shot of the artists David
Ghrol (left), Chris Cornell(middle) and Eddie Vedder (right) who are all
from different grunge bands. The facial expressions on each of the artists
represent the meaning of grunge music as David Ghrol looks energetic
suggesting there is a lively aspect to grunge music. Chris Cornell and
Eddie Vedder are pulling a quite serious facial expression which suggests
the dominant theme in grunge music is that it is quite complex. Chris
Cornell is the main focal point in the main image as the use of the back
lighting emphasises him which implies that majority of the double page
spread will be about him. The three artists have all been photographed
separately and been photoshopped together which is why we dont get a
collectiveness feel when we look at the main image, this has been done
to create a scenario of what a grunge band would look like.
Fonts:
The
typography
is
written in a classic
style
font
this
represents
the
target audience as
they
are
classic
readers meaning of
an older generation.
Brand Identity: Classic
Rock brand identity is a
British magazine dedicated
to rock music. The magazine
focuses
on
established
bands that date back to the
1960s. This represents the
target audience as they are
an older audience so more
than likely these bands were
there childhood favourites.
Date/issue
number: The date
and issue number are
a
conventional
aspect on a contents
page as the target
audience will expect
to see it as it keeps
them up to date with
the issues of the
magazine.
Branding:
Classic
Rock
brand identity is a British
magazine dedicated to rock
music.
The
magazine
focuses
on
established
bands that date back to the
1960s. This represents the
target audience as they are
an older audience so more
than likely these bands were
there childhood favourites.
How image and text are
integrated: The captions on
the images give the readers
perspective
on
what
the
meaning of the images are.
The captions also inform the
readers on information they
possibly didn't know before.
The rest of the images on the
double page spread are of a
smaller
scale
and
are
positioned at the bottom. They
have a white border around
them which makes them stand
out from the main image. The
images follow the house style
of the magazine as they are
grayscale.
The
secondary
images are positioned off
centre which could possibly
represent the un-perfect nature
of grunge.
Profile/target
audience:The
target
audience for this magazine
is males ranging from the
age 30-55. This is because
the artists featured on the
front cover are male and of
the same age so the
readers can create a
relationship with them as
they have something in
common. The quote "Are
the grunge generation the
classic rock fans of today"
suggests that the target
audience listened to these
artists in their childhood
and due to changing
society grunge music has
been reinvented to be
classic rock music.
Design/Overall
impression:
The
design and overall
impression you get
from the double page
spread is very dull and
doesn't
make
you
necessarily
feel
happy/positive when
you look at it. This
represents
grunge
music because due to
the punk rock and
heavy metal nature of
grunge music when
you listen to it, you
get
a
sense
of
distress.