Colours in magazines: Case study 1

Three colours were used for this magazine. This may seem like a lot but its still set up so that it's easy to read and not confusing. The colours also look very good together making it easier to the eyes as it's not flashy. the colours also help to make words stand out to show the most important aspects of the magazines. All these colours represent the target audience of men from the age of 15 to 34

White- Goodness, innocence, purity, and virginity.
Red- Energy, war, danger, strength, power, passion, desire, and love.
Black- Power, Strength,elegance, formality, death, evil, and mystery.

The colours black and red are both represented as power making the magazine seem like it's strong. This fits with the genre sport and how its to do with a football magazine as you have to be strong to be a football player. 

Red is known as an emotionally intense colour. Red is a colour that represents energy, war, danger, strength, power, passion, desire, and love. This also links with the genre, football as football is also an intense sport in which anything can happen. This links with those who read the magazine as they can relate to the magazine, making them want to carry on reading it..

Black is a mysterious colour making the reader want to see what the magazine is hiding or showing.   Black denotes strength and authority; it is considered to be a very formal, elegant, and prestigious colour. This links with the target audience as men are usually known as wanting to have authority. 

White is known as a colour of goodness, innocence, purity, and virginity. This gives sense of how the magazine is perfect as angels are also often represented as white making us feel like the magazine is angel-like.

The colour red in the magazine is used to make specific lines or words stand out so that it shows the reader what are the most important moments in the magazine. Red and white are often put together in the magazine; this combination often represents unity. White in the magazine is used as a background for certain words and the background of the whole front cover. This is used as it goes in contrast with the colours black and red making everything stand out 

Planning
Analysing the colours of the magazine I've realised that colours are important in making the reader feel an emotion reaction towards the magazine. This has made me think that when doing my magazine, I will think about the colours I put as I will want to make my reader feel intrigued.

Research-Representation (Magazine Front Cover)

In the Magazine the 'Rolling Stones' Jay Z is represented as serious, tough and feared. You have a close up of Jay-Z with a direct gaze which helps you to build a personal relationship with him. Within the mise-en-scene Jay-z is wearing all black clothing, black being seen as a connotation of power maybe representing Jay-Z. He is also wearing jewellery representing him as a wealthy man. They also make his face very vibrant, making him seem like he's full of energy and life (high-key lighting)

This commands the target audiences attention - the audience might fear him however they would want to be him. The composition of the magazine cover places his head over the iconic rolling stone branding itself. This not only shows he is more important then the magazine but that the magazine is mostly about him.

Planning

Representation is important in a magazine as it helps distinguish what the magazine is all about. From this analysis I have understood that most pictures on a front cover are what the audience want to be. 

In the magazine of ''NME' Jay-Z is once again represented as serious, tough and feared. The magazines picture for the magazine is a close up, and a direct gaze towards the reader. This helps build a relationship with the reader. In the mise-en-scene I've noticed he is wearing black most of the time with some jewellery (necklace). This represents his power and his personality as black can also represent seriousness. The jewellery displays how he is wealthy. However they have only made half his face look vibrant and the other half look dark making the reader feel like he is hiding something or he is mysterious. In the cover line for the magazine it describe shim as 'He's the king og pop culture. He's superman." The connotation of 'king' also suits how he looks in the magazine as a king is also serious and wealthy. Furthermore the word 'superman' in black capitals connotes him as a strong man with bulging muscles.This is a key piece of intertextuality.

Planning

As I have analysed the magazines I've noticed that Jay-z is represented with the same personality in every magazine. This shows he's is trying to gain respect by everyone as he take his job very seriously with the emotions he shows. This once again tells me that the image in the front cover is always important as it's what helps represent the person.

Comparing

Comparing the two magazines, I've noticed that the magazines show Jay-z with the same emotions. This has an effect on the reader as it represents that Jay-z is the type who is concentrated on his joband makes the reader feel like hes indestructible. He also wears the same coloured clothing (black) in both magazines showing that he wants to also be recognised as someone who has authority and is mysterious. Adding on he also wears the same jewellery in both magazine telling the reader that he is a man who knows who he is and has his own personal style.

Sketch of School magazine

School Magazine

Ideas for school magazine