I found that the music magazine section was quite restricting as it didn't have a variety of different genre magazines, but i worked with what i got.
Lets begin with the top section of the music magazine stand.
The magazines that are displayed here are; Prog, Blues, Q - just to name a few. These magazines have been displayed on a shelf and when you walk into the magazine section they are facing the audience (you) and for this specific shelf the magazine are facing upright not slanted, displaying the whole magazine name, maybe this was done as these are prestigious magazines and they deserve to have their full name of the magazine displayed. From looking at this shelf i can identify that these must be rock or indie magazines by just looking at the front covers, for example; i'm not quite sure what the name of the magazine is but where the masthead says 'Arctic Monkeys' i know that they're an indie band, i can tell this through the image of slumped looking guys, whom are dressed very laid back, with that " i don't care attitude".
I also noticed that most of the magazines displayed here have a very bold and striking looking masthead apart from that magazine 'Shindig' which is quite funky in comparison to the other magazines displayed next to it. I didn't really notice any prominent cover lines here, the ones i picked up on was on the 'Country' magazine whereby it says "Johnny Cash" this is probably referencing this issue of the magazine is dedicated to that artist. Another cover line i spotted was on the magazine where the Arctic Monkeys are displayed on and as far as i see it says "From the rubble" that must have a correlation to the artists on the front cover as that's what cover lines are meant to do, its like giving the reader a short snippet as to what entails inside.
Lets move onto the middle section of the music magazine stand.
Just to name a few of the magazines displayed here; Rolling Stone, XXL, The Source, Terror, Kerrang and
NME. The way these magazines have been displayed in is more of the usual way i'm used to seeing it, which is called the 'Left Third' this is when the magazines are placed - showing the name of the magazines and where most cover lines are placed (on the left hand-side) this is a good feature to include in making a magazine, and i have taken this into consideration as i will soon be producing my very own magazine, but when we enter a magazine store or anywhere where they sell magazines most of the time or eyes go straight to the center (where the image usually is) or to the left hand-side (where you will find a cover lines). I couldn't really see all the images of the magazines, but what i got to see was 'Terror' magazine and i identified this as a rock or a heavy metal magazine because of the masthead, its still bold but the font-style has that bloody halloween feel to it. i also noticed the house-style of the magazine is black and white no colour at all, even the image is shot in black and white. However the image doesn't really scream rock or heavy metal because of the artist they choose to use because the artist is styled with glasses, but then again hes wearing black and his hair and beard are black and hes embodying a true rock or heavy metal artist.
Lastly lets move on to the bottom section of the magazine stand.
The magazines displayed here are; mixmag, Beats & Bass - just to name a few.
These magazines are also displayed in the 'Left Third' technique and the magazine that stood out to me the most was the Beat & Bass magazine because i like the front cover, there is no image but it looks like a sound wave coming out a giant speaker and this tells me that this must be a dance or techno or house music - something in that lane of magazine genres. Also Beat & Bass magazine isn't its usual layout for a magazine because firstly the masthead is usually in the top right corner but not in this case, its very much centered and on top of that there is writing above the masthead which is quite usual and also there isn't that much on the front cover of the magazine this tells me that the magazine doesn't really need to sell itself that they may have loyal audiences, and their guaranteed to sell magazines even without the typical conventions of a magazine.
So that sums up my findings from the magazine newsstand task.
Lastly lets move on to the bottom section of the magazine stand.
The magazines displayed here are; mixmag, Beats & Bass - just to name a few.
These magazines are also displayed in the 'Left Third' technique and the magazine that stood out to me the most was the Beat & Bass magazine because i like the front cover, there is no image but it looks like a sound wave coming out a giant speaker and this tells me that this must be a dance or techno or house music - something in that lane of magazine genres. Also Beat & Bass magazine isn't its usual layout for a magazine because firstly the masthead is usually in the top right corner but not in this case, its very much centered and on top of that there is writing above the masthead which is quite usual and also there isn't that much on the front cover of the magazine this tells me that the magazine doesn't really need to sell itself that they may have loyal audiences, and their guaranteed to sell magazines even without the typical conventions of a magazine.
So that sums up my findings from the magazine newsstand task.
Some thoughtful analysis and useful in thinking about marketing, product and place.
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