Structure of magazines

Structure of Magazines

Today I traced all the magazines that I previous selected before and the pages that I traced was the front cover, Contents page and a double page spread I did this so it makes it easier for me to see the structure of the magazines because of all the text and images also this will help me understand the structure of each magazine to give me ideas on my music magazine to help me for my main task

The four magazines that I traced is jazz journal, Classic pop, Kerrang and Classic rock.


Jazz journal layouts
Front cover

This layout is a basic front cover of a magazine.

The masthead is at the top so the audience can see it and this is the same for all the magazines. 

It doesn't really have features that stick out to get the audiences attention 

The barcode code is horizontal at the bottom of the page.

Contents page

Here is the layout of the contents page in jazz journal magazine, the layout shows that from this magazine there is a lot of information in this magazine if though there isn't much pages.

It boxes all on the left are pictures and they are people who are in the magazine  are in the magazine and this aloud the audiences to know what articles that is in the magazine are talking about.

The rectangle in the middle is informing what is in the magazine.

The boxes that are on the left side is informing the audience who made the magazine how many magazines that they made and what the editors think about that magazine and describing what in the magazine.

Double spread page

Here is the layout of the double spread page in jazz journal magazine, the left page of the double spread page, the wider box is a image, and the rest is text or titles.
The headline is at the top because so the audience can see the what this page is going to be about.

Left page

The box that is at the top is headline and should be at the top due to it helps the audience knows what happening on this page.

The box that is below the headline is a deck because its describing the article in a short version of it

The box that is at the right side of the page is a pull-quote of how monk describes Kenny Barron and that’s the top of the page because when the audience is reading the text the pull-quote will be there for the audience to know that what monk says is important. The biggest box is an image of Kenny Barron (a medium close up shot).

Right page

The biggest box that is at the top is another picture of Kenny Barron.

The article has a lot text this mean the target audience is older for example: 40 and 50s because they have a lot of time to read all these long article also a jazz magazine is more likely to have older target audience than younger because when the older people were young they will know who these famous people are so that’s why they are more likely to be older target audience.

The box at the bottom left is another pull out quote that shows how Kenny Barron cares about a singers choose because in the article he states that “singers have things they like to sing, so that’s how it should be, their choice.” This also shows how he thinks about his partners because it going with what they think instead of his own opinion. 

Classic POP 

layouts

Front cover

Here is the layout of the front cover page in Classic pop magazine


The masthead is at the top for the audience to see it also its the big boxes at the top and this is the same for all the magazines



The barcode code is vertical.









Contents page 

There is two content pages this shows that they are a lot of information in this magazine also it shows it has lots of pages.

The rectangle is vertically up is a headline, and the box next to it is a picture of a Philip Oakley who is on page 24, then two boxes below are pictures. Then below that is the text explaining what features that are on what page.

Then next to the text on the left side is social media a text saying “follow us” this is stating that the audience should follow them also if the audience does this means they will get more likes on their page.

On the right page there is 6 boxes that contains pictures one of prince and kylie Minogue and other people then below that is more text explaining what is on what page then on the right side of the page at the bottom is a “subscribe” and “Subscribe to Classic pop, save 25% and get some deluxe Tears for fears” this mean that the audience will get a deal if they subscribe to classic pop.

Double spreadpage

The box that is at the top is the headline, in the box below the text is bigger this shows that this text must be important.

A medium shot of Phillip Oakley so the audience know who the article is talking about.

Kerrang layouts

Front cover

This is the front cover of kerrang, it contains lot of stuff on it.
The masthead is at the top and this is the same for all the magazines also it's behind the band

The barcode code is vertical.














Contents page

The biggest on the page is an image of a band that is on page 40 in magazine, the semi-circle on the top right corner is the headline. There is a lot of text that is in this page and its all informing the audience to know what’s on each page. The banner is from the people who help created the magazine.

Double spread page 

Left page

The headline takes up more of the space. For the headline to take up a lot of space this means that it must be important for the audience to know the headline also the headline links with the story of the article because the headline is "CAUGHT IN A WEB" and Maria Brink in new album at the time is called Black widow also the album is about her life and how she feels about her life and she might feel restricted to do certain things.

Also theirs and picture of a woman on the next page and she looks trap and needs to be protected so she caught up.

Her life not being perfect in her life that means she caught in web.
Then there's a deck below the headline.

Right page

There's an medium shot of Maria brink this helps the audience   to identify the person who the article is talking

Her pose look likes she needs help also her pose draws the audience because now they want to know what happens to her also that's the reason why its big.

The box on the top right is a pull quote of what Maria Brink said "I WILL MAKE MYSELF SICK TO BE CREATIVE" and its there to show that its important.

Classic Rock Layouts

Front cover

The biggest box at the top is the masthead and its there so the audience can know whats the name of the magazine and it can attract them also it wouldn't make senses for the masthead be at the bottom.

A medium long shot of three members from queen.Roger Taylor, Adam Lambert and Brian may

The circle shape is a teasers and its trying to promote the magazine so the audience will be more likely to buy the magazine more.

There are plugs information about the contents signalled on the front cover some of the boxes are. 

The barcode code is horizontal at the bottom of the page.

Content page

1 part of content page
 A long shot of Adam Lambert
The boxes next to his knee states that  a "cover story" ,"36 Queen + Adam Lambert" and this attracts the audience to want to read the cover story on page 36 also it states a quote from Roger Taylor a member of Queen “After Freddie we said: ‘That’s the end.’ But Queen just didn't seem to die” it there to show how important that quote is. 
The spikey circle at the bottom of the page has text in it and the text states "WHATS ON YOUR FREE CD p91" and this now makes the audience want to know what's on the free CD that they got with the magazine.
In the box on the right side of the page some of the text in that box is red this shows that what the content page on must be important also it gets the audience attention due to it stands out and they want to read it.

2 part of content page

The box next to the guitar states that on "76 David Bowie"  and then its a quote from him "It was really just the most depressing night of our lives, Nobody even looked at the stage."  because of this quote the audience is now engaged and want to know what happened on that night so they will go on page 76 to find out more about David Bowie story.
Same as the other contents page read text.
This time on the spikey circle at the bottom of the page states "SUBSCRIBE AND GET AN OFFER WORTH £459"
it set at that place because when the audience is reading the content they will see it and they want to read it because it states out.






Double spread page

Left page of the double spread page
The big box at the top of the page is the headline of the article and its a the top because it's important for the audience to see also its that big to show that its important for the audience to know what the headline is.
The deck is at the very top page and above the headline this very unusual because usually the headline is first than the deck this must mean that the deck is introducing the story must be more important than the headline.
The box at the very bottom at is a pull quote from Roger Taylor a member of Queen. its the same one from the content page, and the connotation of it is that its Roger Taylor's opinion about the band queen futures and how without Freddie it shouldn't been the end but that’s not the case.

Right page

A medium long shot of the new queen.
Roger Taylor, Adam Lambert and Brian May














Because of my research I now where and why the magazines are set the way they are for example: jazz magazines don't really have must contents or teasers on the front cover like kerrang or Classic rock and pop because its not trying to attract younger audiences also on kerrang they have so must content and teasers because they are trying to get younger audiences to buy there magazines and that's why the have free gifts like posters of  the bands and artists because younger audiences are more likely to put up the posters on their bedroom wall than older audiences. The way the magazine is set is depending on there target audience and its to suit them so that the audience will buy there magazines.