Marakesh Jarvis 12/01/16

The background image used for

this cover is out of focussed and
blurred. This is to draw attention
to the women on the front. Her
mid close up shot fills the
majority of the cover and the
blurry effect also gives the
cover, in my opinion a cool, soft
look about it. The cover isnt
sharp and looks attractive to pick
up. Having the background
image there though, is better
than having no image at all as
the shot looks so much more
natural
and pleasing to
see.
The graphology
and
the

context match when it

comes to analysing the
main frontal photograph
of the young girl. The
title of the magazine is
called INDIE and the girl
here is dressed in a
unique way. The fashion
is vintage and meets
with the genre of the
magazine.
The barcode, date, issue
number, price, language
etc. is displayed in the
left hand bottom corner
to it is out of the way
and not obvious. The
barcode is something
that NEEDS to be on the
issue cover, so people
can buy the magazine.
The issue number and
date are sometimes put
in other places on
magazine covers, but on
this INDIE magazine, all
the small print, essential

This magazine is based

around the Z MODEL.
This is a very bold and big masterhead for
a magazine design layout. The use of the
bright white colour draws attention to the
magazine and encourages a certain
social group in society to be attracted to
it. The title of this magazine is called
INDIE, therefore the group of interest
would be those in society who purchase
music magazines that are indie. Indie is
a short form of "independence" or
"independent"; it may refer to:
Independent media. Indie art, fine arts
made by artists independent of
commercial fine arts establishments.
Indie design, for handmade products by
independent artisans. The independence
of this type of typography is reflected
through its big bolding and capital letters.
The two faint white lines that appear to
look like pain marks behind the title also
showThis
signsis
of the
unique
independence.
only
other main

text on the cover of the page

apart from the title. The font
is very unique and the font
isnt that clear the read
unless you focus on it. The
text reads COME AND SEE
THE BLINDING A band only
recognisable to the audience
of the magazine, therefore
the information is relevant to
the genre and context of the
magazine.

This is a very interesting choice of

image. It is the only photograph on
the page as the background is white
and the rest of the colour is being
represented by text. Half of the
womans face is painted white and
false eyelashes are stuck on her face
deliberately. She is dressed in a
stereotypical way considering her
ethnicity which was no doubt done
of purpose. Again, like the first cover
her facial expression is serious,
which would indicate the matters
involved with her article in the
magazine are serious. Maybe the
situation with her face makeup is
something to do with her article
piece. The half white covered face
and false eyelashes could be
representing the typical English
women and the other half that leave
out her natural tan and African
jewellery could be her true colours.
Whatever the stylist behind chose to
do, it is dramatic and leaves an
effect on the audience. The fact
there is no other image on the cover
makes the human eye look directly
at the women before or after the
other main part of the cover which is
the title.

These are the little bits of information

displayed on the cover that would
normally help persuade the customer
to buy the magazine. They provide us
with sub-headings and allow us to get
a feel of the genre of the magazine.
On the majority of covers the subheading that is the clearest would
relate to the artist or celebrity (if one
available) that is on the main cover.
These two subheadings are displayed
in big, black boxes. The white and
black contrast alongside each other
nicely. In my opinion it makes the
magazine seem more like a
professional piece of work, because
readers would normally connote the
black and white colour scheme to
newspapers that are extremely

This masterhead is big and fills the

whole top first half of the cover page.
The writing is in red, which is a bold
colour that is relatable and attention
seeking. Again, like the first cover
image the image and the title of the
magazine take up the majority of the
page. The font choice is interesting. It
is joined up and would maybe be hard
to recognise at a first glance. The
masterhead is obviously very
important to this magazine, therefore
These
bits of the magazine are in
it is
enlarged.

readers eyes, irrelevant. This is why they

are designed the way they are. In corner
cornered away in small print. As long as
the purchaser knows the price of the
magazine and if it is the right one or not
who helped produce the magazine is
NOT their problem. Of course it would be
for us media students, but the other
information like the dates and what
language the magazine is in doesnt
appeal to them. However, this is all
necessary information. The barcode isnt
taking any light from the image, which is
why it is so small and in the corner. The
information is placed well for a cover.

This magazine is based around the H

MODEL.

Independent to NEW YORK.

American colour of red
matching the genre. The
other detail that makes it
unique to American media
products, is the fact that the
magazine is 10 dollars and
there is no apparent barcode
on display, indicating the
difference in American
magazines compared to
English magazines.

The date and price are shown

in a bigger font size compared
to the other two magazine
covers that had theirs in a
small print in the corners. This
is unique to the magazine and
allowing these parts of
information to be clearly seen
on the page substitutes the
need for any other information
to be included on the cover.

The strange costume

and design that the man
has been designed to
allows the magazine to
prove its impedance and
genre. This is done in
order to tackle to correct
target audience.

I struggled to decide
whether this was an F
MODEL or a H MODEL. I
decided the text read
better as in the shape

This is the biggest

masterhead of the 3
covers. There is a lot of
spacing around this
magazine, because the
attention is drawn to
the smiling man in the
centre. The big bold
black lettering is centre
of the page and creates
a top banner.

The actual photograph itself is centre of

the page (with the mans body leaning
slightly more over to the right). The
clothes the man is wearing are all black
to create the black and red theme
throughout. He as well is dressed
strangely. Accessories on his head allow
him to look different and the white
painted face makeup is becoming a
trend by imitating a cartoon character
or something relating to his context.
The red lipstick is a statement and the
fact he has makeup on is subverting
from the dominant ideology that only
women can flaunt their face with
makeup. Again the stylists have been
clever with his dress up to rove a point.
An independent audience will maybe be
targeted for this? Just like the first
INDIE
magazine
cover.expression
The strange
facial

along with the creepy looking

red smeared smile created a
pre judgment for the audience
and before picking up this
magazine a certain personality
within people would be
attracted to it. Of course, it is
most certainly different.