Double Page Analysis

The target audience of this magazine (mixmag) is people around the age 16-30, this is mainly because it is a type of party music along with dance. As you can see from the magazine above the people in the magazine are not always in that age bracket which broadens the age range more however the main ages to read this magazine will be between 16-30. As this is the Q+A section of the magazine the colours used are very plain which is not fitting with the genre of music which is expected to be very upbeat and colourful with lights etc. This picture along with the title suggests that the act seen here may be changing what they do as they are not dressed in the stereotypical clothing of house/dance music and they are in an unnatural surrounding for this genre.

There is only one picture on the first page and a lot of text which gives us the impression that it must be informative rather than the fun that we may expect to see from a Q+A in this magazine.

Voki Analysis

First attempt at voki

Magazine Terminology

House Magazine annotation

This is a Dance/House music magazine and the colour scheme of this particular issue very much goes with the genre of music, it is quirky and upbeat with lots of different colours which is a good representation of House music. The main piece of text, rather than the obvious title, is the names "P Diddy & Felix" who are also pictured on the front of the magazine are obviously the main attraction and what the developers at 'mixmag' think will be the major selling point for them. The main title is in a different font to the cover lines, each edition of this magazine has the same font for the title 'mixmag'. The top right corner of these music magazines always have an advice section or ideas for young clubbers. There are plenty of other artist in this magazine as we can see underneath the 'plus' in  the bottom right corner, it is obvious to us that these artists are not as famous or as sellable to old customers and new customers. Middle left of the magazine there is a free mix CD which is also a way of attracting new customers and keeping old customers aswell.

 

We would usually associate P Diddy & Felix with RnB and Rap so maybe this is an attempt to step out and come into another genre. Underneath their names it says 'Can house save hip hop' this gives us the impression that hip hop is failing and they are using the new upcoming genre of music to save themselves. This magazine is a good way of showing when two music types come together, we have the RnB in P Diddy & Felix and they are fitting in quite naturally to the house style of magazine that this is.                                                             

    



50 Cent/Susan Boyle

This is my attempt of merging two styles of musician together in 50 Cent (Rapper) and Susan Boyle (Light Classical), this was a task set in class and I think by combining the two as one picture will give out the impression that there is some sort of crossover. I have dressed Susan Boyle up in a rappers clothing to signify that rap will be a big part of this song.

Lack of Posts

I havent been able to complete the posts of late as I have had problems logging into my google account, sorry, I will begin posting immediately.