Analysis Of Article 2

 The image suggests that the legend that was the lead vocalist in the 70’s rock bad Led Zeppelin is creating his own sound his target audience could possibly be old Led Zeppelin fans as they liked Robert Plant in the band so they believe they now. The audience could be rock or blues fans as Robert plays and sings both genres.
 The Semiotics language used in this 3 page article is like an academic quality as it is formal language, which introduces a professional approach. This language could appeal to the audience as they would think that he is a man who has been around for three decades and he is very inspirational. ‘the shift into two nine is alkalito to Thompson’s acid, a stomping acoustic blues borrowed from lightning Hopkins but imbued with a banjo hoedown spirit’
The magazine addresses the reader like an interview as the article is set out in a way that the reader observes the article as a point of view, that the article asks questions and we get the interviewee giving a detailed description
The font in this article is Sans Serif as the person asking the questions is writing in bold letters which look to be Ariel Black, and the interviewees writing is clean and looks professional, like Ariel. This persuades the audience to believe that the artist is serious about his music and that he is a legend who knows what he is talking about . This font is a regular occurrence on all pages this represents the artist how he was a constant through all the years of ‘Led Zeppelin’ then to do his own music afterwards.
 The paradigm is laid out that the article is 3 pages, the first page is a picture surrounded by text and the second page is a picture that takes up most of the page and hen some text by the side of it, then the third page is all text which makes an even amount of text and images, which gives the audience a visual idea and reading idea.
 The images used in this article are very important as they can persuade a reader on who they think the artist is, and how they see them , the artist on the first page is a long shot so we can see his body positioning and what kind of costume he wears which shows what kind of artist is. Since he is sitting on a chair with his feet up he looks very relaxed and he is looking up not directly at the camera.
 The article picture isn’t similar to any other picture on the magazine , so it represents that there are many sides to this artist and that he has different styles not like most artists who has just one.
The article shows the artists background and how he presents himself and his music through the text but also shows his costume and facial expression through the images, this is through out the article which shows a sense of routine and similarity to the article.
　

Analysis Of Article 1

 The article features a band called Paramore, and each member has there own interview, this gives there audience a chance to get to know them better individually, the band are a indie, rock group that always has a lot to say, there target audience would be indie, rock fans among the ages of 15 to 50.
 Informal language is used but only to an extent as it is not all big words , there are some words that suit the genre of the band such as ‘post-hardcore’ and ‘charisma’ this informal language is to make the reader feel like they are actually talking to the group instead of reading it from another persons experience with them.
　
 The magazine addresses the reader like a foreseer, a person who happened to be at the right place at the right time, as he/she introduces the bands life before they got famous and then gave quotes that they actually said ‘I am who I am with no apologies ‘this gives the reader a burst of excitement as they start to believe the article when they see the bands own words provided.
 The font used in this article is a sans serif as the font is bold, hard and more clean, it looks like Ariel, this persuades the audience to believe that the band are fun and different but they are serious about there music and are determined to show people that they are one of the bests bands out there, this style of font is common on most pages especially on the article pages but some pages have serif font which brings out the fun and energetic side of the band. The text is arranged to a clean standard as all the lines are joined up, although the subtitles above the text are bolder and are highlighted, so it brings a bigger image of the kind of band the magazine are interviewing.
The page is laid out that the article is two pages, there is one page full of article then the other page next to it is a huge picture of the interviewee which for readers who do not know who Paramore are could identify them if they saw them again, there is also a long shot photo of the interviewee again in between both pages that is smaller then the big image but still a good size. There is one full page of article writing which shows that the band is about appearances as much as getting there opinion across.
 The images used in this article are very important as it could persuade the audience to either like the band or dislike them, the images of each band member is a mid shot to show there body position, the main singer ‘Hayley Williams’ is bent forward with a smile/pout on her face and has tried her best to make her eyes look good with her head tilted, this shows her playful side. However the other band members are all boys and there poses are very serious with there hands by there side and with serious faces , this could show that Hayley is the fn and adventurous one while they are more focused on the work.
 The article is similar to the front cover as they use the same colours which are white, black and red and all the band members are wearing the same costume as they were on the front cover they are also doing similar poses on the front cover as they were in the articles. The article shows the basics of the band and still shows the same colour scheme and layout which was provided in the front cover this shows a sense of routine and is good for readers of the magazine as they would know what to expect.
　
　

First Draft For My Music Magazine

Gracie Day

DATE OF BIRTH: APRIL 24, 1987
WHAT DOES SHE DO?: Vocals, Piano

Who is she?

Waiting for her name to be called among the other hopefuls for her primary school Christmas play, Gracie Day felt the anxiety of having to audition in front of her fellow class mates, never knowing how they would react to her voice, standing in the middle of the stage looking out into the darkness with a single spotlight over her she began her song, the feeling of expressing her emotions in that audition shinned through her performance and she ended with a smile on her face, that was the first time people saw this young girl sing, as she was agreed the lead in her play . From a young age Gracie loved to sing and listen to the classics her family would play as she walked in everyday from school, the music her family loved were the classics to the blues, this led to Gracie’s  journey into music and began singing regularly.

Born in the city of London in the 1980’s Gracie began to explore as many kinds of music as she could but as the 80’s funky and outrageous new kind of sound appeared the trend for classical music wasn’t the rage and made it hard for people to be interested in it, but she knew that she had to prove to everyone that she had what it takes. From the age of seven Gracie had started singing lessons, she knew a few pop songs that she herd in school but she knew her heart lied with the classical style of music.

After Gracie’s grandmother died of a stroke in the summer of June 5th 1999, Gracie moved with her family to Dublin to start a fresh new life, she was determined to pursue in singing and wasn’t going to take no for an answer, she spent two years building up her appearances in local festivals and writing her own songs, eventually Gracie became noticed by a label called ‘Albany Records’ from then on she has graced her fans with the wonderful, soulful music she wrote along with her charming voice. Along the years we have been listening to Gracie she has evolved very much as she can create a relationship with her crowd within moments of her being on stage, she also has matured hugely with her performances and song writing as she is even more confident then she was previously and now has provided two world wide singles ‘your love is my all’ and ‘sleeping alone’. These songs have opened Gracie’s groups of audiences as she has different listeners then she would normally have.

What‘s her opinion?

Many things have occurred in her life which have been apart of her success, some are awful and some are excellent, but through all this she still finds time to enjoy it all and stay on top ‘ I know who I am and know that my music will speak to many different people’,  Gracie makes an effort to try and speak to many different kinds of people through her music, as she has always believed that people into genres other then classical would enjoy her music as it is an urban classical music. Gracie has always been praised by her fans for writing all of her own songs, they also admire how she writes for other singers even in different genres of music as she rote for artists such as Jasmine Cooper and Daniel Lenn ‘I find that if artists are interested in my music then they are more then welcome to sing my songs, my fans know who I write for but I hope they will continue to listen to me as I feel like I am the luckiest girl alive’

Preliminary College Magazine Front Cover

By creating this magazine I have used Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, by using Photoshop I was able to change the brightness and contrast of my image to make it lighter and more professional, while in illustrator I made many changes such as the gradient, making it look more sharp and more pleasant, I learned how to make a text and image disappear with the use of the wand tool.

Premliminary Image