Analysis of content and design of a music magazine

Double Page spread

On the right hand side page on the spread there is a medium shot of Lady Gaga and across it there is written; “LADY GAGA WHAT I’VE LEARNED”. On the top of the page there is a banner going across the page which says; “The most exciting people in music.” On the footer of both pages there is the “Q” logo, the page number, the date and a website address.

On the left hand side page there is a title and underneath it the name of the interviewer and photographer’s names are given in bold. There are questions written in red and the answers are written in black. In the centre of the page there is a blank red text box and the bold red quote written.

The image of Lady Gaga is to attract the audience, because she is an iconic musician. The bold writing in the centre of the article is done to attract readers to an important and interesting thing that Lady Gaga has said in the article. The footer is promoting the publishers company of “Q” by advertising the website address.   The name of the interviewer and photographer is shown to advertise their work.  The title across the image of Lady Gaga is bold and draws people’s attention.

The image of Lady Gaga shows her in a very sexual pose. She is wearing what looks like a piece of lingerie, which is exposing bare skin. The image shown is representative of the stereotypical image of females in the hip hop industry. She is poking out her bum and has her fingers in the mouth, which is suited to her image of being a “sex symbol”. 

This targets the audience because she is engaging their attention with her direct eye contact towards the camera. The body language will attract male attention because it’s very sexual and appeals to them. Women will be draw to her too because of her iconic style and will compare themselves to her.

Once again red is the dominant colour used in this article. “Lady Gaga” is written in bold red font and the quote used in the centre of the page where the article is written is in bold red font to. This is because red is a very bold eye catching colour, it engages the audience and is the iconic colour used to represent “Q”.  The only other colour used is black; this is used because it has good contrast with the colour red and it easy to read and fits the formal professional layout.