Magazine newsstand analysis!

Magazine newsstand analysis:

As you can notice this music magazine is laid out differently, this implies that it was set to be positioned specifically in this way for the targeted audience of this type of music magazine. The magazines are placed one after the other in a vertical position. This suggests that the audience will be drawn towards the masthead of the music magazine as well as the medium close up image on the front page of the magazine. The masthead is named as ‘Kerrang!’ it is bold and big which I assume will immediately catch the reader’s attention towards this piece of article, the masthead is slightly covered due to the medium close up of the image on the front page of the magazine, however, you can tell that the magazine is called ‘Kerrang!’. The medium close up is also used to interest the reader’s, the facial expression of the person on the front page is shocked and surprised, this could imply that the information within this specific music magazine has shocking and surprising information closely linked to the person on the front page of the magazine. The cover-lines on this magazine are fully showed only on the magazine which is placed at the front, these cover-lines attract the reader’s attention as the audience will know what to expect in that particular magazine, and so they are not disappointed. The corner of the music magazine ‘Kerrang!’ does use terminology for teasers to perhaps attract and interest the audience’s attention so that they are willing and eager to buy the music magazine.     

By Shahena Islam