Newsstand
Magazine Titles
and Display
The music magazines were placed on a tall stall that
contains a lot of storage space to hold 8 magazines of each magazine company.
The master head has been placed in the top, centre of the magazine and have a
bold font. They magazine title has been displayed in a way that it’s easy for
the audience to read the title and can be seen from a distance. The titles
shown in the picture seem to have the same colour used, whether the colour is
red, white, black, yellow and orange. The colours used the magazines are
subtractive primary colours, which are colours that associated with reflected
light – this is why they are mostly used for headings as we can see them from
afar.
The magazines on the newsstand don’t overlap; they are all
shown in full view. However, on the second shelf there are some that overlap –
this may occur if the magazine behind isn’t that popular than the one in front
or for the lower left third can been seen.
Noticeable features
I have noticed that the front covers of all the magazines on
the newsstand all have a large image of an artist that is featuring in the
magazine. The majority of the main images used are shot from mid-shot and long
shot. If the photo is taken from a long shot then the heading will overlap the
photo and if the photo is taken from mid-shot then the image will overlap with
the heading. When the image overlaps the title it makes the image seem as if
the photo is in 3D. The front cover is not over crowded with text, but has
enough teasers and subheadings on it. The main highlights of the magazine are
vivid and are in a different font.
The mastheads are written across in a horizontal direction;
there not placed in a diagonal or vertical direction. If the masthead starts with a capital letter
the rest of the main heading will be in master head – this shows consistency
through the whole title. It’s very
important that the magazine is also suited for the genre of the music. All of
the fonts for the mastheads suit the genre of the magazine for example; the
magazine ‘Vive le rock’ has a wavy
effect to the font which signifies the movement of the guitar strings.
It’s important that the entire magazine features suits the
genre so it will appeal to those that listen or read to the type of music.
The cover lines are Bold but are in smaller size, in compare
to the other subheadings. If the cover line has an appealing text (e.g. rock
tickets inside) then they will most likely be in a large and bold font to grab
the audience attention.
The main image predominately is a large image that depicts
an image of an artist that makes music for a particular genre. The artist in
the picture doesn’t have to specifically feature in the magazine, but it is
required, as you would want the artist to be relevant to the magazine.
Sometimes the main image won’t be
the main the story for the magazine, sometimes they would have small images on
the front cover, with a bold background colour to give the audience an insight
of what will be inside the magazine/the hottest gossip.
Magazine distribution methods
Sale or Return – The distributions given have a certain
amount of magazines to give to the retail outlet. E.g. 20 copies, only 15 to
sell and the 5 remaining returned with no cost to the retailer.
Online distribution – online distribution is now the biggest
method for anytime of distribution. Subscription is free on some sites, if the
subscriber finds the articles interesting they can share the link on social
networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and Bebo etc.
Media Technologies – Many Music magazine distribute their latest
articles
If you press ‘like’
on a music magazine page on facebook, then the page will appear on your news
feed timeline on your facebook page letting you be aware of the latest gossip.
For twitter lovers, they have a
page where they can follow the music magazines’ account to keep them up to date
with the headlines and give links to the article page online.
BBC Music Magazine- for Apple and Android Users
This enables easy access for
mobile users as it can be directly read from their mobile on the move.
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