Textual Analysis of 3 Magazines

Q Magazine

This magazine is a very conventional magazine. It has a main masthead in the top left corner of the page complete with a strapline. the picture is centered in the middle of the page with the main title across the page which is the bands name which makes it more recognisable to the auidence therefore grabbing the reader's attention. there is numberous plugs across the page further grabbing the reader's attention and letting the audience know what else is in the magazine. The barcode is undernieth the masthead with the date, issue and price. Despite the band being slightly over the masthead, the magazine is still recognisable to the auidence so the publishers/editors arn't afraid to do so like this. The auidence for Q is an older aged auidence ranging from 20-50+ as this magazine covers alot of the older bands such as metallica. Also the language used is a more mature formal editing.

Official Xbox magazine

This magazine like Q, is a very conventional magazine with the masthead in the top left corner of the page complete with strapline. the picture is slightly right alligned leaving enough room down the lefthand side of the page for plugs. The main plug which goes with the picture is in the top right hand corner of the page so its not to cover over the picture or any of the plugs. The plugs are their to grab the reader's attentions and to inform them as to what is in the magazine. the barcode, unlike Q is in the bottom right hand side of the page with the publisher logo, date price and issue. The auidence is alot younger then Q and is around 13-20 year olds or anyone who enjoys gaming and software. There is also pictures included with the plugs to appeal more to the readers.

Heat magazine

This magazine like the others, Q and Xbox, follows the main conventions of a magazine. the masthead is in the left hand corner of the page. The main picture goes across the middle of the page and is alligned to the right so the plug can go to the left of the main picture. There isn't many plugs on this magazine but there is still a few which will grab the reader's attention like used in the other two magazines. The plugs go along the bottom and along the top spaceing them out so the page doesn't look conjested and messy. The bar code is unconventionally higher up then we would expect to see it in either a corner or at the top.