Title Block Analysis

From the title above, it is made clear that the genre of music that the magazine will be based on is ‘Rock’. We know this because, the title of the magazine is ‘Rolling Stone’, which happens to be a ‘Rock’ based group. Furthermore, the colours used in the title are red and grey, in which red is the main colour and grey is used as the 3-D fill in the title. The colour red has been used to highlight the genre of music that the magazine is about. Red gives off connotations of danger and comes across as quite bold, which backs up the genre of rock. Also, the shade of grey in the outline of the title adds effect and helps the red in the title to stand out more. Moreover, the font used by the title appears as quite authentic through the flicks used in the letters ‘R’ and ‘g’. The purpose of this is to maybe catch the eyes of more people through the attractive font of the title. The font adds class to the magazine and might sway a customer’s thoughts into thinking that the magazine is of high quality. The title itself tells me that the magazine will clearly be based on rock related groups. This is due to the fact that the ‘Rolling Stones’ happens to be a really popular rock band. The title supports the genre of rock, as the title of a pop, or a different type of genre related magazine would not be named after a rock based group. Additionally, the title gives us the impression that the target audience of the magazine are rock fans, simply due to the fact that the name of the title is based on a rock group.

From the magazine title above, it is hard to tell what genre the music magazine is about as we aren’t given much information from the title. However, the colours used imply that the genre of the magazine might be pop. This is due to the colour pink being a colour mostly associated with pop, as oppose to other genres such as rock or hip-hop. The colour pink also tells us that the magazine might be quite feminine, seeing as pink is a feminine, or girly colour. Additionally, white is used for the solitary letter in the title to help both the letter and the background stand out. In addition, there happens to be quite a nice and attractive contrast between pink and white. Furthermore, the font used in the title is very bold. This could be to make up for the fact that there is only one letter in the title (Q), or in fact, to emphasise the letter ‘Q’. it could imply that the magazine will be quite bold. Once again, the title of the magazine doesn’t tell the audience much as it contains only one letter. In addition, it suggests that the letter ‘Q’ stands for something, and also, adds a certain air of mystery to the magazine as the audience might be intrigued by the single lettered title and so, want to find out more. Moreover, the magazine title gives us the impression that the target audience for this magazine are teenagers, who happen to be a huge percentage of the audience for pop. This idea is developed through the main colour of the title being pink, which could also indicate that the magazine is aimed towards females over males.

From the magazine title above, we get the impression that this magazine covers different types of music genres. This is because the magazine is called ‘New Musical Express’, which quite literally suggests that the magazine covers new music, whether it be rock, pop, hip-hop, or any other music genre. The colours used in the title font are red, white and black, in which the colour red fills out the letters of the title, while the outlines of the title are in white and black. This highlights the colour red mostly, which happens to give off bright, bold and sort of fiery connotations. Additionally, the white and black outlines contrast nicely, helping the title to appear more attractive towards the audience. Furthermore, the font used in the magazine is extremely bold. This makes the magazine stand out and implies that the magazine will be quite vibrant in its uses and detailed with effect. Moreover, the title of the magazine suggests that the target audience will be people who are looking for fresh, brand new music, as the title is ‘New Music Express’. It is from the title that we can make the assumption that the magazine will be heavily based on upcoming artists and new music.