Magazine Research (Contents and double page spread)

Firstly again, I looked at jazz magazine 'Wire'.
The contents page for 'Wire' magazine is simple. The font and the way that the type is set out connotes simplicity and similarly to the front page there are no call outs and mainly just writing. This helps me again determine an audience profile: this magazine is for a person who:

• Likes jazz music
• Likes and enjoys reading
• Cares more about music than style and looks
• Is not concerned with the latest fashions
• Likes simplicity
• Is interested in playing instruments

Next, I looked at a 'Kerrang!' contents page.]

The contents page for Kerrang! is only a single page item. However also unlike 'Wire', Kerrang! has many more photos and differentiating colours. This, like the front cover, causes the magazine to have a more lively feel connoting youth. The poses that many of the models are pulling in the photos are also lively in oppose to 'Wire''s calm feel.

For the double page spread, both magazine follow the same trends as they did in the contents pages: Kerrang! having many photos and vibrant colours and Wire having more plain colours, less active photos and more writing overall. Another thing I have noticed while conducting my magazine research is that all jazz magazines have their text in straight lines and columns whereas rock magazines rarely conform to structure of regular type.


Wire:
Here we see the language used is of a very high lexical choice and the font used is basic with no effects on it. The main photo does not bleed from one page to the next and this is a trend throughout the whole of 'Wire'. Everything is blocked in with straight lines and it is rare to see anything that isn't box like and straight.

Kerrang!: 

In the double page spread for Kerrang! magazine, the writing bleeds across both pages and one picture is used as a background for both pages. In oppose to 'Wire', Kerrang! has many different photos surrounding the main photos of the artist. The lexical choice is simple at best and many slang words are used such as 'sick'. The way the type is laid out is again contrasting to jazz magazines, in this case using font with different effects and colours. It is also not completely straight giving the effect that the title has just been 'slapped' connoting lack of care and rebellion.