'Material Girl' magazine is a music/fashion magazine of the 'Indie' genre, in which I would be basing my music magazine on. The magazine features a female model of whom is not an artist, this seems to be a common theme in 'Indie' magazines as they do not usually feature the artist that they may be dedicating an article for on their front covers. I will not be following in this route as I would want to feature the artist of which I will be dedicating my article for on my front cover as well as my contents page. The main image takes up the majority of the page making it the main focus. The mise-en-scene shows that the model is wearing pastel colours of orange and pink, showing a clear contrast of the background colour that appears to be a pastel greyish/blue. The pastel colours connotes innocence and purity as it is light and has a childish feel, this may reflect the young models personality or characteristics. The models posture is slanted and she is covering her stomach and chest with her arms and hair, this again may reflect the youth in the model and innocence of wanting to protect herself. Her makeup is plain yet this is broken by the bright blue colour of her lips reflecting the genre of indipendance which shows uniqueness and difference.
The form and layout of the magazine does not follow typical conventions of mainstream music magazines as it is plain and simplicstic as most 'Indie' magazines are. The masthead is placed traditionally on the left hand side as most magazines do yet, is not rather bold and not capitald as most are, it is black showing a conrast from the light background colour. Their is only one subheading toward the bottom of the page which does not attract attention away from the main focus of the image, the writing is in black and white again shwoing a contrast from the background and making it visible to the reader.
On the contrary, 'NME' magazine shows a clear comparison to the genre I will be adopting in my main task of 'Indie'. The front cover itself is far more crouded with subheadings, pull quotes, plugs and another image. The magazine itself is far more mainstream than 'Material girl' and therefore requires more information and variety of artsits to feature in it. The main image shows a popular artist from a band named 'Florence and the Machine' that could be interpreted as a rock/soul style of music. The image takes up a mojority of the page so that the reader could be drawn toward the photo. The mise-en-scene shows Florence in a 'bohemian' style look with a burgandy coloured hat, a white shirt and a waist jacket. This connotes that Florence is free in her style. Her hair is red showing a contrast of her pale skin whilst it could also connote feistiness and female empowerment. But her posture contardicts this as she is covering her chest with her arm showing that she may need protection also. Her makeup is fairly neutral connoting purity and innocence. The magazine also features another smaller image on the front cover of a male artist of which is shown in black and white, the male is holding a cigarette wearing a trench coat with scruffy hair. Indicating that he does not take much pride in his appearance or, may be representing the urban culture.
This magazine clearly sticks to the typical conventions of a magazine as the layout of the sunheadings, pull quotes and plugs are all placed around the side of the image, which is a typical layout. Superlatives are being used in order to capture the readers attention "The man revolutionised by music"also a typical trait of music magazines. The masthead is bold and capitald making it stand out visually to the reader, the colour is white showing a contrast to the background colour.
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