ROCK music magazine analysis

Analysis of a music magazine: ROCK

Front Page:

The front page is very colourful with vibrant and lively colours, the main colour which stands out in this article is the colour yellow, perhaps this magazine company have used this colour because yellow is a bright colour which often attracts easy attention from the audience towards the magazine, hence the reason they have chosen to use such a sunny and optimistic colour on the front page of the magazine. The title of the magazine ‘KERRANG!’ is also in the bright yellow colour, this is used to attract the audience’s attention and it will immediately focus the audience’s attention onto the front page of the music magazine; this will then focus the audience’s mind onto buying the magazine. The main person on the front page of the magazine has red spiked up hair which suggests he is into some kind of rock music or is a musician since the magazine ‘KERRANG!’ is based on rock and indie music. The front page of the magazine also consists of information which will be included inside the magazine; the magazine company has done this so the audience are aware of what they would be exactly expecting inside the magazine, so that they are not disappointed with their purchase. The little bit of information is also given as a small preview to show the audience what is written in the magazine.

Double page spread:

The double page spread is based on two musicians ‘All Time Low’ and ‘You Meet At Six’s’. They talk about their ‘drunken’ experience together and Josh Franceschi quotes ‘All Time Low are hilarious, whereas I'm a miserable English bastard!’ The text is bold and in black which makes the text stand out more and the audience focus on that particular part of the double page spread, the larger writing in a double page spread is usually the focus of the information given on the DPS. Again the title of the page is in yellow which is a bright and colourful colour this then again will attract as many readers to read the article on the DPS. The beginning of the text starts with a capital ‘T’ this shows the reader where to start reading the text, so the readers are aware of the starting of the article. The picture is relevant and suitable to the text n this article, the image is of the two musicians Josh and Alex and they are presented in a sort of ‘drunkenness’ look, which relates to the subject and purpose of the text.

 Contents page:

The contents page is only one page, both text and images are used to present what will be included in the magazine. Perhaps, text and pictures are used because the magazine company does not want to bore the audience with too many information which they will have to read, hence, the reason they have also included pictures of some parts of the magazine; so that the audience can also see for themselves on what the magazine will include.  Again a vast majority of colours are used which seems to suggest that there isn't really a colour scheme to go with the magazine, however, the colour yellow is used continuously throughout the magazine which seems to propose that yellow is the colour which is used frequently and is the key colour used in the magazine due to the fact that it is bright and will attract the audience’s attention.

By Shahena Islam