Front Cover
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The front cover of this magazine, is amazingly put together. Firstly kerrangs masthead which is situated to the top of the magazine, is highly symbolic. The capital letters, symbolises the genre of the music which is Rock, which includes all type of rock, such as heavy metal. The fact that the logo looks like it has a smash effect, shows us that the people in the magazine rock hard, as the music is so loud that the windows and glass smash. This is very effective when appealing to the audience as people will associate themselves, with the loud distinctive the rock.The main image on this magazine, displays one of the biggest rock bands up to date "You me at six", the picture displays the five men in medium close up showing each of their facial specials. The main singer, Josh is closer to the front then the other four band members, this shows that he is the main protagonist in the band as he is also doing a different facial expression to the rest of the band members. This is very effective as most people who are fans of "you me at six" tend to like Josh more then the rest off the band. This would therefore attract more people into buying the product, especially fans of you me at six and fans of Josh. The Anchorage, "rocks new hotshots, doing it their way" is effective when selling a band and the magazine, as it positively persuades people into reading the article and wonder why "you me at six" are so hot. This helps to create the genre, and links in with the masthead, that Kerrang is based aroung rock bands as "you me at six" are one off the biggest names in rock. Therefore encouraging the reader into buying the product, meaning that kerrang is associate with a wider range audience by persuading more people to read the magazine. There are thumbnails of other important articles, which feature in the magazine, however they also relate to the theme of the magazine which is Rock. The thumbnail used as a splash and also teasing contents is displayed on this front cover, which displays bands but have their posters inside to encourage people to buy the product as they will get free posters. The colour scheme that is seen, in this issue of kerrang magazine, is red, black, white, yellow and green. The boys from you me at six are all wearing black or dark colours, this relates to the genre of their music and also to the genre of the magazine which is Rock. the significance of this is that the magazine will seem more appealing to the audience, as the colour scheme all links in with the genre.The price, is situated on the barcode along with the date and issue of the magazine. The barcode is big, which ensures people to know how much the magazine costs. Teasing contents which is situated at the top of the front cover, this is used to persuade the audience into buying the magazine. It also gives the audience an insight to the type of articles that are featured in the magazine, without having to turn the page over and look on the contents page.
Institution:
The institution for this magazine is the producers of Kerrang magazine, the general genre that is continously used for this magazine is Rock. This is to ensure that the attended target audience (neiche audience), will continously keep an interest in the magazine, as it will feature all of their favourite bands. Kerrang tends to use well-known rock bands, in order to keep their audience, this is effective as it ensures that they will maintain an audience in which the magazine will suit.
The institution for this magazine is the producers of Kerrang magazine, the general genre that is continously used for this magazine is Rock. This is to ensure that the attended target audience (neiche audience), will continously keep an interest in the magazine, as it will feature all of their favourite bands. Kerrang tends to use well-known rock bands, in order to keep their audience, this is effective as it ensures that they will maintain an audience in which the magazine will suit.
Ideology:
The ideology of the magazine is music. The ideology also varies like as when the magazine is displaying all the different bands the ideology changes due to the style of the band. The ideology for this particular magazine is rock. The ideology of using "You me at six" on the front cover brings a stereotypical rock band to the magazine.
Audience:
The audience for this magazine is an nieche audience, this means that the magazine is specialised to fit their particular audience.. For this edition the audience is for people who endure rock bands, alternative rock and people who are fans of the well-known band "You Me at Six". There is no set gender for this magazine, the magazine is based on both sexes and will appeal to both female and male. In my opinion I think that using a mixed audience is very effective as the magazine will only appeal to the specific target audience.
Representation:
The representation for this magazine is a positive one as well as having a stereotypical feel. The exciting view that is seen in this magazine is Hot shot rock band! Hunky rock stars create a huge amount of excitement, as well as people talking about the article and the magazine causing more people to buy the product.
contents page
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To begin with the title is situated at the top right hand side of the page, alongside is the date and issue of the magazine. The title is in a clear, bright flamboyant colour, this is effective as it imediately stands out to the reader, and will help to ensure that the reader is immediately engaged. A continous colour scheme of yellow, black and white are used throughout Kerrang, the significance of this, is that it maintains a continous house style, to which the audience can relate to. The colour scheme, creates the genre of the magazine, as black is particulary related to Rock, whilst the colours and white and yellow relate to innocence, creating humor as the artists are no where near innocent. This therefore links to the band, as they are a rock widely associated rock band who relate to the youth of today.The main picture, displays the artist that is featuring in the magazine, the picture of the artist is in a medium close up, to displays the his facial is also not wearing a top showing of his tattoos and is also swearing at the Camera. We tend to associate behaviour like this with rock artists, meaning that this would effectively appeal to the audience. Also we tend to associate tattoos as a rock thing, this helps to endure the genre of the magazine, and also maintains his rock star image. Quotes from other articles, are situated at the bottom of the title, this gives the reader an insight to what other articles are about. The features section tends to be displayed to the right hand side of the page, the features section displays a range of information which helps to organise what articles features where. This helps to keep a professional and orderly fashion to the magazine, which maintains an upper-class audience as well as a more immature audience. Page numbers are highly important as they link in with the previous point of maintaining an orderly and professional manner,as well as helping the audience to indicate what pages each article are on.
Double Page Spread
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The main image displays the singer from the talented band 'My Chemical Romance', the picture is displayed in medium close up and it shows the band singing performing. There are smaller images around the main image and the article, to display what the article is about, this links in with the introduction to the article "MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE INVITE KERRANG TO THEIR RECORDING STUDIO...".The use of ellipsis makes the reader want to read on, to find out more about what happened at their recording stufio. This is to address what audience of the band is by informing the audience what went on in their recording studio. The great effect of this is that this envolves the fans of my chemical romance, into the whole recording process of my chemical romances new album. This means that more people will want to buy the magazine, as they will want to be involved within the process. The page title, is shown at the top left hand corner of the page, this is used to indicate what the page contains. The name of the artists, is in a large clear font, which is placed with the introduction, however you immediately see the name of the band as its in white which stands out on the black background. This stands out to the audience as its quirky and exciting to the audience and is not boring which the audience can relate to.The article itself is writen in two neatly formed columns and is writen in a small clear font, to make it easier for the audience to read. The double page spreads, contains extra information columns, such as contact details, to get in touch with the editort. Like many double page spreads, there is a continuous colour scheme used over the two pages which are white, black and red like many magazine double page spreads.These colours are professional, as well as clear, using them on text will only make it easier to read the text.
contents page
language:
To begin with the title is situated at the top right hand side of the page, alongside is the date and issue of the magazine. The title is in a clear, bright flamboyant colour, this is effective as it imediately stands out to the reader, and will help to ensure that the reader is immediately engaged. A continous colour scheme of yellow, black and white are used throughout Kerrang, the significance of this, is that it maintains a continous house style, to which the audience can relate to. The colour scheme, creates the genre of the magazine, as black is particulary related to Rock, whilst the colours and white and yellow relate to innocence, creating humor as the artists are no where near innocent. This therefore links to the band, as they are a rock widely associated rock band who relate to the youth of today.The main picture, displays the artist that is featuring in the magazine, the picture of the artist is in a medium close up, to displays the his facial is also not wearing a top showing of his tattoos and is also swearing at the Camera. We tend to associate behaviour like this with rock artists, meaning that this would effectively appeal to the audience. Also we tend to associate tattoos as a rock thing, this helps to endure the genre of the magazine, and also maintains his rock star image. Quotes from other articles, are situated at the bottom of the title, this gives the reader an insight to what other articles are about. The features section tends to be displayed to the right hand side of the page, the features section displays a range of information which helps to organise what articles features where. This helps to keep a professional and orderly fashion to the magazine, which maintains an upper-class audience as well as a more immature audience. Page numbers are highly important as they link in with the previous point of maintaining an orderly and professional manner,as well as helping the audience to indicate what pages each article are on.
Double Page Spread
Language:
The main image displays the singer from the talented band 'My Chemical Romance', the picture is displayed in medium close up and it shows the band singing performing. There are smaller images around the main image and the article, to display what the article is about, this links in with the introduction to the article "MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE INVITE KERRANG TO THEIR RECORDING STUDIO...".The use of ellipsis makes the reader want to read on, to find out more about what happened at their recording stufio. This is to address what audience of the band is by informing the audience what went on in their recording studio. The great effect of this is that this envolves the fans of my chemical romance, into the whole recording process of my chemical romances new album. This means that more people will want to buy the magazine, as they will want to be involved within the process. The page title, is shown at the top left hand corner of the page, this is used to indicate what the page contains. The name of the artists, is in a large clear font, which is placed with the introduction, however you immediately see the name of the band as its in white which stands out on the black background. This stands out to the audience as its quirky and exciting to the audience and is not boring which the audience can relate to.The article itself is writen in two neatly formed columns and is writen in a small clear font, to make it easier for the audience to read. The double page spreads, contains extra information columns, such as contact details, to get in touch with the editort. Like many double page spreads, there is a continuous colour scheme used over the two pages which are white, black and red like many magazine double page spreads.These colours are professional, as well as clear, using them on text will only make it easier to read the text.
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