What is it called?
Mixmag
Why is it called that?
Because it’s for a large mix of people and types of music.
What are the significant words?
The word 'mix' is significant for a magazine as it proposes it has a 'mix' of subjects and articles unlike other magazines which have very pacific titles like Glamour.
What connotations do they have?
The word mix suggest that the magazine is about new djs and dance music as a dj will mix music together to create a new song.
The publisher of the magazine:
Who publishes the magazine?
Development Hell Ltd
What other magazines does it publish?
They also publish The word which is another music magazine. It includeds popular chart music.
How much does the magazine cost?
£4.20
How often is it published?
Monthly
Does the magazine have a website?
The target audience for the magazine:
What type of reader is it targeting?
Teenagers music insiders like djs and early 20s, people that can afford to go out to clubs and gigs.
How do you know this?
I can tell this from the articles in the magazine.
- Best underage clubs
- Rave rebels
- Insane car sound system
his gives an idea of its target audiance as 30 years wouldnt need to go to underage clubs.
It is also clear that it is for music insiders as the adverts are for mixing deck and other djing equipment.
How does the reader ‘interact’ with the magazine?
With every magazine they give the reader a free CD, they also have many Nightclub listings.
The cover of the magazine:
Analyse the images on the cover; the types of facial expressions, body language, clothing and so on.
There a several different artists so they all have different facial expressions and clothing that are to do with there genre of music for example one female artist called little boots who is an Electro, Pop artist and she is standing on a disco ball.
What do they tell us about the target audience for the magazine?
Like the title of the magazine it tells us that the magazine is for a variety of different music however as they are all young and clothed similarly it tells us that its for young clubbers with not one favourite type of music.
What else appears on the cover?
Nothing else apart from text and a bar code.
The style of presentation of the magazine:
What do you notice about the magazines presentation?
The magazine has arty very detailed pictures which help portray the artists personalities and music, 3 main colours have been used though out the magazine, red black and white this helps the reader identify the magazine however makes the magazine harder to flick thought as all the pages look similar.
Does it look cheap or expensive?
It looks expensive as the cloths being worn look new, bright and clean. The sharp clear font face also make it look more expensive as it look like time has been spent on it and not been rushed.
How does it compare with other similar magazines? Its brighter than other music magazines and has a clearer target audience.
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