DIY cover analysis

 On the front cover of this magazine, black is the main colour used. Other colours include bright ones like pink, blue, purple gold, green; all of these bight colours can be feminine because of the tone that the colours are. Therefore the black advertises to the male audience and the bright colours also show that the magazine can be for girls and this widens the market for the magazine. The tagline for the magazine, “The genius of grimes”, covers the part of the photo that didn’t have much going on in it, I can use this for if my photo features a space that isn’t being used. DIY has also left space at the bottom of the page so they can place other artists there; this informs the target audience of what kind of genre the magazine is. There are a lot of different kinds of artists at the bottom and so it widens the audience for the magazine. Smaller text is below the masthead and this features in very DIY magazine; it gives information about the issue number, the date it’s released and their website. It also states “set music free” above it, which can target to the kind of rebellious audience and stereotypically teenagers are rebellious and therefore this magazine can target to teenagers interested in music. The masthead itself is big, bold, and simplistic just like most other magazines. Magazines often use this kind of font because it stands out and people viewing the magazine, even at a glance; can recognize what magazine it is that they look at. Artist’s names at the bottom of the page, are all the same size. This even includes Kanye West being the same size as much smaller bands such as ‘YAK’. DIY may have done this to show how they aren’t a huge commercial magazine and that they do not give bigger artists a bigger spotlight than smaller ones. This can market to the kind of audience who enjoy reading about any artists even if they are not big which also shows that they may be an alternative music magazine.