Analysis of Q magazine inside pages

Analysis of Q magazine

Inside

How many pages are there?

172

How many pages of adverts?

44

Categories the products advertised into types.

The clear categories of the adverts in Q magazine are:

• · Album Releases
• · Car manufacturers for example Vauxhall
• · Men’s grooming products for example Braun Shavers
• · DVD retailers
• · Alcohol for example Stella Artois, vodka, Jack Daniels
• · Watches - Brietling.
• · Mobile Phones for example Blackberry
• · Headphones for example Bose
• · Royal Air Force
• · HMV
• · Empire magazine
• · Tours and gigs of famous bands
• · T – Shirts and toys

• Make a list of the feature/article topics in the magazine.
• · N – Dubz
• · MGMT
• · The Temper Trap
• · Kasabian
• · The Temper Trap
• · Awards Gallery (50 Best Albums)
• · Bon Jovi
• · Arctic Monkeys
• · Lilly Allen
• · Sonic Youth
• · The Winners Gallery
• · New Albums
• · Reviews
• · The essential tracks to download this summer

Categories the features/articles into types.

• · Music reviews
• · Album reviews
• · The history and general information of popular bands and artists

How many double page spreads are there? What are they about?

There are 31 double page spreads in this edition

of Q magazine.

They are about Q awards, music reviews, reviews on albums, general i

nformation and catching up with up and coming bands for example MGMT and The Temper Trap.

Are there any advertorials where it is not clear if something is an article or an advert, or a mixture of both?

There aren’t any advertorials in this magazine there is quite a significant difference between the two.

I got the main infroamtion from my own Q magazine that i bought, however you can also find out information on Q magazine.

After analysisng the Q maagzine i can make a judgement on the target audience for Q in my opinon it is the rich type who can afford luxuries i have this information from the adverts that are in Q for example the watches that are advertised is a Brietling watch ranging from £2000 and even picking out the alcohol the alcohol advertied is Jack Daniels which is roughly £60 so i think the adverts are cleverly used to reflect the chosen audience.

In my opinion the two biggest music selling magazines at the moment are Q and kerrang they review and analyse similar genres of music but with Kerrang mainly reviewing rock.

Below are the two maagzines in question Q on the right and Kerrang on the left, putting them side by side like this is a good way for me to see the similartites and diffrences both magazines use which makes them sell thousands of copys and be extremely popular and then i can take similar conventions and transfer them into my magazine.

The heading of course is extremely important for any magazine with that the first pieec of the magazine that the target audience view. Kerrang is known for a loud mouth heavey metal magazine and i think their title reflects it dramatically with it being an onomatopia for a person striking an electric guitar. The effects and therfore the layout on the title are very interesting and reflect Kerrangs music genre with thin white lines cutting through the heading. In my opinion the Kerrang is acting like a window or a pane of glass and the rockstar life style associated with Kerrang has smashed it and it has shattered! On the other hand Q magazine have gone for a diffrent syle of heading theres is smaller more sophisticated and is located only in the top left hand corner, the colours are also interesting using simple yet effective colours to hook the audiences attention!