This is a country magazine with Dolly Parton on the front who is a more vintage artist but the photo is more modern. The masthead of the magazine has a serif font, which is traditional for country magazines. However the headline is San serif which matches the style of Dolly Parton because she is an exciting artist, and I can also tell this because of the way she is dressed because she is wearing an exotic shirt, that is different from usual country clothing. 
It has a barcode at the bottom right of the page which tells us the date and the cost of the magazine. Most of the text is a the top of the page in a banner which gives us a quote from inside the magazine. The magazine uses a plain background to draw the attention to the model, also the model is very bright. She is wearing a bright blue top which shows health, this links to Dolly Parton in this image because she is trying to show that even though she is getting older, she still looks good. The model is doing an 'over the shoulder' look and is not looking into the camera. The models look, I feel is pretty natural, however she is wearing a lot of make up and I think that her face has been edited to make it shine and to make the model look good. The image is in colour which could suggest that it as modern magazine and it has a plain background to make the model stand out from everything else. Also the model fills most of the page, which also tells us that the model is the main focus.
At the top left corner of the page there is one of the logo for one of the brands who published the magazine, this is at the top left because it wants the reader to see who presented the magazine however they did not want it to over shadow the main headline.
Also at the bottom left corner next to the barcode there is the magazine institute logo for 'TeamRock' this tells us that this magazine was produced by 'Classic Rock'.Even though I can only see half of it I recognise that it is 'Team Rock' as it is a well known brand and has a well known logo.
At the top of the magazine front cover there is a pull quote from an artist; Dolly Parton is the main feature of the magazine and there is no other feature on the front cover suggests that the quote is from Dolly. However this can be used to draw readers in as they will want to know who said it so they will read the magazine to find out.
Under the masthead at the top of the page is a subheading to go with the masthead of the magazine "music magazine no 2" because it states that this is the second magazine, it suggests to the audience that the first magazine went well so they made a second one. This attracts the audience from the previous magazine because if they enjoyed the first one so much then they will want to read the second one. I like the idea of this text being behind her head as it is noticeable but does not get in the way of her image.
Institution/Distributor
As I said before this magazine is produced by 'Classic Rock' who are a 'Team Rock' magazine company. However the magazine was distributed by 'Seymour Distribution ltd' who are the largest distributor of UK magazines internationally. This suggests to the reader that this is a very popular magazine as a big name distributor has taken it on. 
'Team Rock' are a big institution as they have produced well known companies like "Metal Hammer" and "Classic Rock" which are their two biggest name companies. However even though they produce rock magazines, they also produce blues magazine. One of their magazines is called "Blues" which is another big name brand that 'Tea Rock' produced but it is not as successful as their rock magazines.
Even though I have analysed this magazine institute, I will not consider them for my magazine as my magazine targets a younger and more peaceful audience.
How this has influenced my ideas
- I like the idea of having a blank background
- I like the idea of exotic clothing
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