Magazine Analysis 1

In this section of research, I will be analysing various types of magazines in terms of their style, font, context and content. However, because my chosen artist is fairly recent, he has not yet been promoted on the cover of any music magazines to this day. As a result of this, I will be analysing an artist that is similar in terms of his genre and style of music. This artist will be Paolo Nutini.
The image shown below is an example of a magazine cover, published by "The Big Issue" on 6th June, 2011. As it is clearly shown, this particular issue has been published to promote the artists album release, awards and personal life experiences. The overall context of the image consists of a shallow focus of paolo on a motor bike, looking towards the lens of the camera. This allows the viewers of the magazine to instantly become familiar with the artists appearance; or in some cases become more appealed to the magazine if that particular person happened to be a fan of his music, drawn to the context of the magazine. The image also promotes the artists style in terms of his fashion physical appearance. The magazine name and issue number are placed behind the artists image, with his name positioned in front of him, providing the cover with depth. His name is presented boldly in bright yellow, a colour which works strongly in front of brown; a colour which appears to have dominated the pallet of this particular cover. The content of the magazine is promoted above the artists name and towards the bottom right of the page. These features are presented in a smaller font, however still bold with their combinations of yellow, white and brown to keep them standing out from the background image. The price of the article is also shown at the bottom right of the page; in this case, the magazine is £2, promoted in a bold white font.