The mojo magazine consists of a more consistent colour scheme than the magazine I had created, as it follows a blue and white theme. On the other hand my magazine it doesn't follow such a strict scheme, yes you could say that it is white and "rainbow". Everything has been selected to match this scheme on the Mojo magazine, even what the main splash is wearing matches with the colour scheme.
A similarity between the Magazines is that they both promote something that is free, on my magazine it promotes a chance to win tickets. On the Mojo magazine, it promotes a free CD. The reason that I had put a promotion on my magazine is that it is very common on a magazine of that genre. However, I believe that Mojo used a promotion to give the reader more intent to pick up the magazine. Another difference between the promotions is that on my magazine it is very big and takes up a large area of the magazine. However, on Mojo the promotion is in the form of a puff.
The Mojo magazine contains a lot more text on the cover, which talks about the contents of the magazine. On my magazine, there are less of these but they are in more depth and explain more on what it is about.
Well done on your first music magazine cover! It is starting to look very convincing.
ReplyDeleteMark 4 out of 15 for cover analysis:
1. You needed to be more organized and thorough in your approach to textual analysis. Start with the most striking feature (the title), draw attention to its features and compare it with your second magazine cover choice.
2. Then pick the centre of visual interest (the main splash) and analyse that. Then compare.
3. You do comment on certain genre conventions such as the cover lines, promotional ploys.