SPIN MAGAZINE
This magazine's title is relevant to magazines theme as 'Spin' refers to DJ's.
The layout clearly shows the artist in the center of the cover, yet the title is slightly hidden. There is hand-written text filling up the background and this may attract the audience's eye.
The image shows a member of the popular band Kings of Leon who at the time were the 'band of the year'.
The majority of the text is handwritten, yet the SPIN title is not, this means it's clear and recognisable even if it's slightly hidden behind the artist. I think that the use of the handwritten font makes the magazine seem less formal also the font contrasts with the magazine's title.
The target audience of this magazine would be young adults that have an interest in music. Spin Magazine's featured artist come from a range genres. Mostly Rock, Indie and Rap.
ROLLING STONE
'Rolling Stone' is named after a song from the 1950's yet many readers probably don't know this, yet because Rolling Stone has a reputation readers will associate the title with music.
The layout has the masthead spread across the top of the page. The image is a close up of the artist (Adele), meaning there is no background with titles down the left hand side of the cover.
The masthead font is an older style of fonts which contrasts with the bold, square fonts to show the feature articles.
The target audience of this magazine can range from young adults to middle-aged people who like mainstream music.
THE FLY
A reader would not associate 'The Fly' with music, yet it could relate to the phrase 'Fly on the Wall'.
The masthead is spread across the top of the cover with some of the featured artist above. The images are spread across the cover in a grid to spell out the bands name (Dananananaykroyd), with a phrase 'Meet Britain's craziest band!'.
The bands name is very long and the cover has been cleverly done to avoid having to cramp the title of the artist across the page without blocking the image of the band.
The target audience of this magazine would be young adults that like Indie/Alternative music.
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