Masthead:
Is written in bold writing and is easily to recognize as Kerrang! Is well known magazine. The masthead covers slightly by Simon Neil’s head which tells us the magazine is so well known that all the title doesn’t need to be showing for it to be recognized. The masthead is at the top page, it’s the first thing you look at. The magazine’s name is onomatopoeic and refers to the sound made when playing a power chord on an electric guitar, this gives us some insight into the genre of music in the magazine ( Rock). The masthead is written in capitals with an exclamation mark to show it’s importance and because it’s a rock magazine it shows that there’s a lot of shouting, screaming involved for those who like that type of thing.
Detonation:
Main image uses direct mode of address to entice the reader in. The main image is in the center of the magazine. The most well known member has been placed in the center for obvious reasons, the member has to show so that the audience would be interested in and a medium shot allows for us to see their facial expressions. Low key lighting has been used to make the figure to look mysterious which is intriguing for the reader and creates a mood for the magazine. The colour scheme is red, black, white. It’s quite simple and the red bits are there to enhance areas to make them stand out, for instance, the ‘massive music give away’. The colours used often used in other music magazines too, often for other rock and alternative magazines.
Character:
The cover is a photograph of a music band group called Biffy Clyro.
Costume:
Simone Neil’s has a long hood which represents a slight depth of fear. The two other members pose with their arms folded as in some sort of defensive stance. Neil’s non verbal communication is also very interesting as the 2nd member is thinking yet he has a darker light balance between both the other members. But person in the middle is wearing a white hood while the two other members are wearing black, so there’s a contrast but this interest the target audience as the colour balance and light balance attracts and shows light to dark balance.
Cover-line:
The cover lines are at the bottom of the page which show other titles that will appear in the magazine, cover lines are written all in capital letter and exclamation marks, this is made for it to stand out and make them look more interesting than they really are and red is being added to make them stand out so that they can be seen as well as the main cover line. They're at the bottom because they're less important than the main cover line.
Target audience:
This music magazine has been targeted for all types of genders, and people with a more rock type music interest. Aged between 14-25.
Is written in bold writing and is easily to recognize as Kerrang! Is well known magazine. The masthead covers slightly by Simon Neil’s head which tells us the magazine is so well known that all the title doesn’t need to be showing for it to be recognized. The masthead is at the top page, it’s the first thing you look at. The magazine’s name is onomatopoeic and refers to the sound made when playing a power chord on an electric guitar, this gives us some insight into the genre of music in the magazine ( Rock). The masthead is written in capitals with an exclamation mark to show it’s importance and because it’s a rock magazine it shows that there’s a lot of shouting, screaming involved for those who like that type of thing.
Detonation:
Main image uses direct mode of address to entice the reader in. The main image is in the center of the magazine. The most well known member has been placed in the center for obvious reasons, the member has to show so that the audience would be interested in and a medium shot allows for us to see their facial expressions. Low key lighting has been used to make the figure to look mysterious which is intriguing for the reader and creates a mood for the magazine. The colour scheme is red, black, white. It’s quite simple and the red bits are there to enhance areas to make them stand out, for instance, the ‘massive music give away’. The colours used often used in other music magazines too, often for other rock and alternative magazines.
Character:
The cover is a photograph of a music band group called Biffy Clyro.
Costume:
Simone Neil’s has a long hood which represents a slight depth of fear. The two other members pose with their arms folded as in some sort of defensive stance. Neil’s non verbal communication is also very interesting as the 2nd member is thinking yet he has a darker light balance between both the other members. But person in the middle is wearing a white hood while the two other members are wearing black, so there’s a contrast but this interest the target audience as the colour balance and light balance attracts and shows light to dark balance.
Cover-line:
The cover lines are at the bottom of the page which show other titles that will appear in the magazine, cover lines are written all in capital letter and exclamation marks, this is made for it to stand out and make them look more interesting than they really are and red is being added to make them stand out so that they can be seen as well as the main cover line. They're at the bottom because they're less important than the main cover line.
Target audience:
This music magazine has been targeted for all types of genders, and people with a more rock type music interest. Aged between 14-25.
Denotation:
The magazines front cover is shown in a simple gray gradient contrast with a man looking towards the camera, it is a medium close-up shot, from his shoulders to his head. He is wearing a tracksuit hood. His eyes are not visible because he’s wearing a hoody, the whole front cover is toned in different gray tones (except his face). Behind the artist is the rolling stone masthead, and in front of him are four different cover-lines. The photographed rapper has his name at the bottom left of the magazine with a title which briefly describes the artist this gives more interest to whoever is reading the magazine.
Masthead:
The Rolling stone’s masthead is really distinctive and well-established magazines which is devoted to music and pop culture, the colour of the masthead is distinctive to the type of musician they put on the front cover, for this instants the masthead is white with dark grey black highlights, this matches the rappers clothes and cover-lines, the masthead is mostly white so that it can stand out from the grey contrast this also stands out to the buyer. The font has a number of reason to attract the audience, it’s been popular for a very long time it was founded in 1962, another reason for it’s popularity is the font is similar to the coca-cola.
Character: The cover photograph is of a famous American rapper who was raised in Detroit and started his career with another rappers help called Doctor Dre.
Composition:
He is posed in a side direction but his face is tilted towards us, he’s hidden and the position he is in is as if you called his name and he tilted in such a manner as if he’s not bothered, very slouched, although the title under his name “the road back from hell” describes his position.
Costume:
The gray hoody describes the mood, very dark again fitting in with the cover-line, very mysterious looks, secretive making the reader interested by the mysteriousness.
NVC: The non-verbal communication gives a lot in this front cover, Eminem shows a blank face but people who know him (fans) would understand his position, the face is very cold but it brings you in, it wants to be read, without the shadows on his face the picture would be less intriguing.
Lighting:
The is a low key lighting on the face and on his left shoulder down but on the other side is a high key lighting the light is very strong and you can see the fabric on his hoody.
Setting:
There is not much setting although there is a gradient background of grey which is the same as Eminem’s jumper.
Cover-lines:
The main cover line stand out with a doubled size font than the rest of the cover lines, ‘The Road Back From Hell’ relates to him and his drug issue he had.
The magazines front cover is shown in a simple gray gradient contrast with a man looking towards the camera, it is a medium close-up shot, from his shoulders to his head. He is wearing a tracksuit hood. His eyes are not visible because he’s wearing a hoody, the whole front cover is toned in different gray tones (except his face). Behind the artist is the rolling stone masthead, and in front of him are four different cover-lines. The photographed rapper has his name at the bottom left of the magazine with a title which briefly describes the artist this gives more interest to whoever is reading the magazine.
Masthead:
The Rolling stone’s masthead is really distinctive and well-established magazines which is devoted to music and pop culture, the colour of the masthead is distinctive to the type of musician they put on the front cover, for this instants the masthead is white with dark grey black highlights, this matches the rappers clothes and cover-lines, the masthead is mostly white so that it can stand out from the grey contrast this also stands out to the buyer. The font has a number of reason to attract the audience, it’s been popular for a very long time it was founded in 1962, another reason for it’s popularity is the font is similar to the coca-cola.
Character: The cover photograph is of a famous American rapper who was raised in Detroit and started his career with another rappers help called Doctor Dre.
Composition:
He is posed in a side direction but his face is tilted towards us, he’s hidden and the position he is in is as if you called his name and he tilted in such a manner as if he’s not bothered, very slouched, although the title under his name “the road back from hell” describes his position.
Costume:
The gray hoody describes the mood, very dark again fitting in with the cover-line, very mysterious looks, secretive making the reader interested by the mysteriousness.
NVC: The non-verbal communication gives a lot in this front cover, Eminem shows a blank face but people who know him (fans) would understand his position, the face is very cold but it brings you in, it wants to be read, without the shadows on his face the picture would be less intriguing.
Lighting:
The is a low key lighting on the face and on his left shoulder down but on the other side is a high key lighting the light is very strong and you can see the fabric on his hoody.
Setting:
There is not much setting although there is a gradient background of grey which is the same as Eminem’s jumper.
Cover-lines:
The main cover line stand out with a doubled size font than the rest of the cover lines, ‘The Road Back From Hell’ relates to him and his drug issue he had.
Magazine:
The magazine contains a young-aged man looking straight at the camera with a close-up shot of his face. His emotions are straight, his top button is done up making the magazine aimed at an indie type of crowd.His hair is put to one side again showing more stereotypical indie type of music which is based at that kind of genre, the colour in the background stand well as it makes the picture of the artist stand out more. It’s mast heading is on top of the artist.
Masthead:
The masthead is nice and BOLD making it distinctive to the readers, the writing itself is filled and it’s ending sharp, the word CLASH sounds very strong and effective for the genre of music aka rock because it grabs the attention of the reader if someone reads the title this would be effective because that’s what teenagers like ‘danger’
Character:
The cover photo is of Jake Blake, he is a musical artist who is very talented in the indie industry, i've listened to two of his songs and it sounds good.
Composition:
A straight face in the middle of the magazine, light hitting him directly onto his face which makes it high key. There’s no non verbal communication involved.
The magazine contains a young-aged man looking straight at the camera with a close-up shot of his face. His emotions are straight, his top button is done up making the magazine aimed at an indie type of crowd.His hair is put to one side again showing more stereotypical indie type of music which is based at that kind of genre, the colour in the background stand well as it makes the picture of the artist stand out more. It’s mast heading is on top of the artist.
Masthead:
The masthead is nice and BOLD making it distinctive to the readers, the writing itself is filled and it’s ending sharp, the word CLASH sounds very strong and effective for the genre of music aka rock because it grabs the attention of the reader if someone reads the title this would be effective because that’s what teenagers like ‘danger’
Character:
The cover photo is of Jake Blake, he is a musical artist who is very talented in the indie industry, i've listened to two of his songs and it sounds good.
Composition:
A straight face in the middle of the magazine, light hitting him directly onto his face which makes it high key. There’s no non verbal communication involved.
