Analysis of Magazine front covers

Analysing Mixmag magazine - DJ/House genre

Colours

The colours of this magazine are completely different most magazines as the main ones are black, pink, white and yellow. The colours mean that the magazine appears to be gender specific to girls with the pink and yellow, yet it is targeted to both genders who love Dance and House style music. This makes it unsuccessful as not many boys would dare to pick up the magazine due to pink stereotyping towards girls. However, the colours create an exciting, loud and lively feeling which is what the type of music is like as well. The colours also appear to be mimicking disco lights which are bright also.

Design and Images

The design of this magazine is extremely effective. This is because it’s very exciting and loud. Everything has been put against a white background which means any colour they use will stand out. The mast head is at the top of the page in big bold letters which attracts everybody’s eyes to the magazine. The feature headline is also in big, bold black and also big bold pink ones and is very exaggerated and over the top. It creates the perfect image for the lively audience it is trying to attract. Along the right hand side are all the cover lines which also follow this house style in pink and black. Although being a lot smaller and less bold, they still stand out against the white background. Although there is no feature image, there are many smaller images surrounding the feature headline. The images are in hexagonal shapes rather than the mandatory squares or rectangles and appear to be coming off ‘disco light’ lines form the feature headline. All this makes the magazine cover very exciting and bold and eye catching for every person who walks past. This means that the magazine attracts more audiences than planned to. 

Language and Words

The magazine’s language and words are used very well to attract their audience. All the words used imply excitement and liveliness, such as, “BOOM!”. It follows a very informal trend, and more like it’s trying to be different and hyper, as is the music it’s about.

Overall Impression

I think this magazine cover does a good job as it attracts so many different audiences with the bright colours and exciting designs as well as its targeted audience. All the colours and large, exaggerated words mean that the whole page stands out to everybody’s eye. The magazine captures the same style as its music extremely well and looks like it would be a good magazine to read. In my opinion, the only problem is that the colours mean that it is gender specific and therefore, doesn’t attract males, who also like this music a lot.