Analysis of front cover, contents and double page spread.

Oscar perillo

Front cover 1Kerrang!Masthead is featured behind the featuring artist. But all other cell lines and sub-mastheads are featured in front of the artists. The sub-masthead is the bands name, in large letters that follow the font of the band’s title normally. The top bar of the magazine features information on a poster you can get from inside the magazine, and also information about the contents “over 1000 Gigs listed!”. The front page also uses only capital letters for emphasis and to make it easier to read from a distance. The overuse of exclamation marks also helps emphasis. The band (you and me at six) are well known and would be easily recognisable. Their photo has been shot so that all band members are visible and has been edited to remover blemishes, and also to add horns to the head of the lead in front.The bar at the bottom of the page advertises the contents of the magazine. The cell lines of the page use the same red and black coloured font. They contain small images from live performances contrasting the main image that was taken from a studio shoot

Front cover 2NMEArtist is featured behind the masthead and cell lines.The cell lines are in white and yellow coloured font. Which follows the magazines three colour colour-scheme of red white and yellow. The photo used, of Dave Grohl from Foo fighters, is a close up of his annoyed expression, which is assisted by a quote from him in large bold letters. The quote comes from his social life and links with technology. The majority of cell lines are on the left hand side, and the photo is towards the right.There is a badge in the bottom right hand side.There are three smaller images attached to the cell lines. The masthead is featured on the top right and is covered over by one of the three images.

Front cover 2Classic rockThe masthead of classic rock, written in their unique and classical font using stars to emphasise the classic nature. The photo, of Muse’s lead singer, is a mid shot that with a grey background. The sub-masthead over the top of the lead singer he is looking at the camera, although his body is facing away slightly.The cell lines down the right hand side are slanted to one side, and make way for the sub-masthead. The red box above the cell lines on the left does not follow the theme so far and so stands out. There is a sticker the the right hand side of the image.The bar code is placed at the bottom of the page with a white background around it.

Aspects taken from these existing magazines that can be found in my own.

• I have taken the concept of placing my artists behind the sub-masthead and in front of the masthead. This appears to relate better to a rock magazine as it appears to create a 3D effect that

• The sub-masthead will cover the width of the page as they appear to do in all magazines so far.

• The colour scheme shall be a maximum of 3 colours.

Contents page 1KerrangThe contents page is basic as it only contains 3 images from the actual magazine, and one of the editor. The contents are written down on the right hand side, with black boxes using yellow font to highlight the category that the contents comes under.The contents itself is written down as only the title of the band featured with detail only being used on a small amount of them. In the bottom right hand corner an advert is placed, probably as a way of making as much money as possible. The yellow follows the colour scheme that kerrang uses and stands out to the black background. The page number is just the number, but with a black background.

Contents page 1Q magazine.The contents page here contains one main image of the band, which contains within its borders the page in which you can find it and also a brief description of the page. The contents are down the left hand side of the single page and are split up into “features” and “every month”. The contents have bold red numbers next to them in order to highlight the page number. There also features a long description on each one about what is contained, potentially to inform the older, more sophisticated audience members. The review section at the bottom of the page appears to be separated from the rest of the text as visible through the grey/blue background.The photo of the band members has been taken outside in a field. This kind of shot is common and seems to represent a band that is united not only in the public eye but also outside of it.