Analysis Of Classic Rock Magazine Contents Page(s)

This contents within the Classic Rock magazine will attract a primary target audience who are white, middle class and straight male, these people would fall under the social class of C-F. The main star vehicle on this page is Ozzy Osbourne who is from the rock band Black Sabbath and would attract many people who are fans of his rock music. I will now analyse this star model to see if it suitable for the target audience that fall under a variety of theorists.

In terms of mise-en-sense the picture of the image contains the rock star vehicle named Ozzy Osbourne, tattooing a new tattoo upon his arm, which could connote how rebellious he is. This is suitable for the target audience who fall under the theorist of Stanley Hall (1904) “Criminal activity would increase at the ages of 12 and 24, common mood in teenagers was depressed.”

The typography used upon the page is very simple and contains all the information that is contained within this magazine issue, this is very useful for the reader because they could skip to the part of the magazine their most interested in. This would be suitable for the target audience who fall under the theorist of Blumer and Katz (1974.) “Audience members might consume a media text, diversion (escape from everyday problems), personal relationships, personal identity...Surveillance.” The two main purposes people will want to view this image is for personal identity; looking up to their role model and diversion to relate to what the star vehicle is going through.

The main colour themes for the contents page of Classic Rock is black and red, which is suitable for the target audience as this could connote depression and anger. Therefore this would support the theorist Stanley Hall (1904) who states in short “Criminal activity would increase at the ages of 12 and 24, common mood in teenagers was depressed.”

Also in terms of colour this image contains a lot of vibrant colours, like for example Ozzy Osbournes skin and the page colour itself. It shows that this page contains a lot of life and excitement for the audience as you see the star vehicle Ozzy Osbourne has his mouth and eyes wide open, this magazine issue is all about him Therefore this supports the target audience who fall under the Blumer and Katz theory (1974) “Audience members might consume a media text, diversion (escape from everyday problems), personal relationships, personal identity...Surveillance.” The two main purposes people will want to view this image is for personal identity; looking up to their role model and diversion to relate to what the star vehicle is going through.