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•A monthly magazine focusing on different types of rock music•Probably targeting Teenagers about 16 to 20 year olds who enjoy that type of music.•It is published Freeway Press Inc.•It costs £3.99•The editor is Ben Patashnik•First published in 1999
Simple Colours of white, blue, black and yellow makes it very clear - these colours are muted slightly making the image of the band very clear to see
The colour switch between yellow and white for each band with the main band name “PARAMORE” in white out lined in colours chosen from the image
Yellow has been used for the free CD Puff to make it stand out as there is not much yellow in that section of the page – the free CD is relevant to the magazine as it would have music on it and it is a music magazine
Skyline – attract to the readers to special features
Anchorage text is used to give information about the main article relating to the main image on the front cover
Cover Image - a 5 piece puck rock band, picture is a high angle long shot . Everyone it looking up and has direct mode of address
The layout of the cover lines are in thirds with lots in the top and bottom third and only the text about the image in the middle third
3 columns for features
writers at bottom
Black/white/ red
colour scheme very
simple
Largest links to the
Features with the
others being of
around the same
size.
Letter from the editor in a
speech bubble coloured in
red to make it stand out.
Logo in top corner with issue
number and date
incorporated in the logo
Page numbers are defined
by how long the category's
last with most of the being
listed like 6-28
In each category had a
description of then articles
on the pages with the band
names in bold
Clear gaps
between each
image that had
different categories
making them easy
to see which is
which
One photo in the
bottom that
doesn't’t have a
square edge
brakes up the tiled
affect
Category titles
coloured red so
they stand out.
Large page numbers in
photos link help to find when
there is interested
Large attention-
grabbing portrait
photo takes Both
pages
Text laid out in 2
columns
Very small font – maybe
8pt so that they can get
a lot of information in a
small space
Quirky pose – musicians
jumping at the same time and
showing there personality in
how they are posed
Large title in
a font the
band might
have used
before as
the title is
the name of
the band.
Colour scheme of
white so that is
stands out against
the image
Information about
who took the photo
in the top corner on
the right
Large drop
capital to
start article
Stand first paragraph introduces
the article. This can be found
above the title in bold to make it
stand out
Text wraps around
the photos with a
pull quote in the top
corner of the page
with black writing
and a white
background making
it stand out
Bright
lighting
making
them look
youthful
A sub heading
below the tile
Influence on my magazine
I will imitate some of the features of RockSound
in my magazine
• A full band shot on the double pages that
covers both pages
• A bold colour scheme that stays constant
• 4+ photographs on the contents page
•A weekly magazine focusing on different types of rock music•Probably targeting Teenagers about 16 to 20 year olds who enjoy that type of music.•It is published bauer.•It costs £2.20•The editor is James McMahon •First published on 6 June 1981
Simple Colours of black and white with yellow green and red as accent colours brings out the different features
Most of the writing is in white with key words like Free and the writing above and below the main article in colours
red has been used for the free poser special Puff to make it stand out as there is not much red in that section of the page –the posers are of different bands that might feature in the magazine so it is helping to highlight and advertise the bands
Skyline – attract to the readers to special features
Anchorage text is used to give information about the main article relating to the main image on the front cover
Cover Image - a 5 piece puck rock band, with direct mode of address and each person is in a different pose which shows there personality
It has a 3 column layout
Black/white/ yellow
colour scheme very
simple
Largest links to the
Features with the
others being
smaller
Letter from the editor is next
to the image of the front
cover making it clear what it
is talking about
The issue number and date
are below the title
The page numbers are next
to each tile of the different
pages
Clear gaps
between each
image that had
different categories
making them easy
to see which is
which
The image of the
front cover is at a
canted angle
making it stand out
Category titles
coloured yellow
with a black back
ground so they
stand out.
Large page numbers in
photos link help to find when
there is interested
Large attention-
grabbing portrait
photo takes Both
pages
Text laid out in 1
columns
Very small font – maybe
8pt so that they can get
a lot of information in a
small space
They are in an order
which might signify
their importance in the
band
Large title in
a font the
band might
have used
before as
the title is
the name of
the band.
Colour scheme of white
yellow and green stands
out against the black and
white parts of the image
Information about
who took the photo
in the top corner on
the right
Stand first paragraph introduces
the article. This can be found
above the article in a different
colour so that it stand out
The way
only one
person from
the band is
in colour
makes it so
they the
reader
know
whose the
lead singer
There is a by line
below the stand first
paragraph
Influence on my magazine
I will imitate some of the features of KERRANG!
in my magazine
• I will keep my colour simple keeping it to 2-3
main colours
• 4+ photographs on the contents page
• The text will wrap around a part of the double
page