Analysis front cover 'Kerrang'

Main Image: the main image of this music magazine consists of the lead singer out of the band ‘Green Day’. The Lead singer is holding an electric guitar, which helps the audiences suggest that the type of music ‘Kerrang’ specializing in is aimed at a niche audience who is interested in rock music. The singer is placed in the centre of the page this attracts audiences, as it is the first thing they will see – eye catching. In ways of the mise-en-scene the singer hair looks very rocky and messy, which allows audiences to identify with him and the rock genre.  It looks like he is placed on a stage; the fact that the lighting comes from the back makes it more standing out and eye catching.

Typography: The magazine editor has used a lot of different type of fonts to attract aud9ience’s attention. For example the band’s name ‘Green day’’ has been written in big bold capital letters and to make it even more standing out they typed it up in the colour white. They have done this as ‘Green day’’ is a well-known band therefore they want to attract their fans in buying this magazine.

Floating Quote: The fact that they have used a floating quote ‘This is the best show out there’ will draw audiences as it gives them a taste of what the main article is going to be about and therefore encourages them to buy the magazine.

Colour scheme: In the front cover they have also used a lot of different colours (green, yellow, black, white) the editor might have done this to make the magazine stand out. The colour green stands more out than the other colours, which also links, to the band’s name ‘Green day’.

Main title: The title of the magazine ‘Kerrang’ has an unusual type of font; the cracks in the title can be related to the guitar strings. This gives the magazine a unique selling point. The font is bold and used an explanation mark at the end which adds excitement and shows enthusiasm.

Additional cover lines: The fact that the editor has used the phrase 'WTF' suggest that the magazine is aimed at a young rock audience as this slang word is used most of the time between teenagers. By having this phrase young audiences get attracted and might identify with it therefore want to buy and read the article consisting this word. Words such as ‘New, Plus, Win’ are used a lot to draw audiences attention.