Indie magazines 1

The genre that I have chosen to make my magazine is indie. This is because it is the type of music that I like to listen to, although I do not read music magazines I thought that it would be easier to research if I were to enjoy what I was reading about. Below are 2 "The Fly" magazines which I will analyse.

The magazines below are both in the genre that I will be basing my magazine around. The key object that we can see on both are the main images. This is because of the plain background behind both of them, this technique can be used to draw the audiences eyes to the foreground of the image, the band members, as this is why they will read the magazine. Another key feature is the bold masthead used on both covers. Although the colour changes, the font stays the same and in a fairly similar place, minus the banner at the top of image 1. Both front covers are fairly simplistic in their looks, with not much typography on either page. Both images show direct address, meaning that members of the band are looking directly at the camera giving a connection with the audience, I must remember to include this into my magazine.