The main image on the front cover of Kerrang, is the members of the heavy metal band Slipknot. This implies that this edition of the Kerrang magazine will be focusing a lot on Slipknot.

The target audience for the Kerrang magazine is for both males and females, possibly around the age of 14 - 20 years old. The readers will also be into genre’s such as punk, rock, emo, heavy metal and bands such as Slipknot and My Chemical Romance.

On the front of the magazine, we are also able to see other bands that will be mentioned inside, as well as 5 posters from bands that have played LIVE.

The main colours used are Red, White, Black and grey. These are all dark colours.

The masks that Slipknot are wearing are quite scary and imply the band’s music is quite heavy. It is also quite intimidating.

The magazine ‘Revolver’ has an image of Taylor Momsen, the singer of The Pretty Reckless.She is holding a Revolver Pistol, which related to the name of the magazine.

The colours used on this magazine cover are Black, White, Red, and Purple.

The magazine also gives out a free Slipknot Poster with this copy.

Taylor Mommsen looks quite seductive which could draw in more people to read this magazine.

The magazine also stars ’The Gore Gore girls of We Are The Fallen, Eyes Set To Kill, Versaemerge, The Letter Black, System Divide and more!!!’

The main colours used for this magazine cover are black, white and red, which sort of add to the theme of rock.A small bit of Yellow and Gold are used on some text at the top and bottom.

The magazine displays what band they will be focusing on, in this case, AC/DC. Most of the band are looking quite serious apart from the member on the far right of the page, who has a smile on his face. This could imply that their music is partly serious, but it can also be fun and laid back kind of music.

The magazine also advertises the 4 free gifts that come with the magazine. 100 Page Book, Die-Cast Badge, 15 Track CD, 5 Guitar Picks.

The front cover also has a picture of the band AC/DC.

We are also informed that this is a 10th Birthday Special Edition.

At the top of the contents page we are told and shown who this weeks magazine edition is based on. ‘Bring Me The Horizon’.

The image shows the singer of BMTH, Oli Sykes.

The main colours used on the contents page are Black, White and Yellow. Titles are coloured Yellow, Background colour is White, and the Titles are highlighted Black.

Below the Contents title, we are told the Issue Number (1286), and the Cover Date (07/11/09).

We are also told that page 40 is about Alice In Chains, and page 47 is going to be on August Burns Red.

At the bottom of the page, we are shown what’s on each page. This allows us to easily navigate to area’s that we are more interested in and read about them if other pages do not interest us.

The contents page for Revolver shows us what Number the magazine is. ‘No. 93’.

The contents page has an image of Taylor Momsen In again, a seductive pose, but this time holding a Katana. There is a quote at the bottom of the page.

“You start to lose yourself when people want you to be something that’s perfect. I’m not f**cking perfect. No one is.”

Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless.

The date of the magazine is also displayed below the magazine Name. (Nov/Dec 2010)

We are told what will be spoken about in the Revolver magazine.

The colours Black, Red, White and Purple are used as they were on the Front Cover of the magazine. Instead of changing the colours completely, Revolver have decided to keep the same colours.

The colours Red, White, and Black are used again on the contents page, as they were on the front page. This keeps the same pattern going, and we will more than likely see the same pattern on other pages inside the magazine.

An image of The Rolling Stones is placed at quite a large size on the middle of the contents page. Their body language and facial expressions make them look chilled and laid back. This could imply that their music, or they themselves are chilled and laid back.

We are told the Date (June 2010) and the Issue Number (145).

We are also able to ‘WIN TICKETS TO BILBAO BBK LIVE FESTIVAL (p27), AND LED ZEP MINI-LP REPLICA BOX SET (p101)!’.

‘EXCLUSIVE ALL NEW INTERVIEWS’ instantly let the reader know that new interviews will be available inside.

Genre: Rock/Hardcore/Alt Rock/Metal.

Target Audience:

14 – 20 years old.

Attention span is key to this Target Audience as there is a lot of detail and the reader needs to be able to take all this in.

Interests:

Readers should be interested in music, bands, gigs and possibly being in a band. This will help appreciate what is being talked about in this double page spread.

Content:

Josh Franceschi, who is the lead singer in the band “You Me At Six”,

Page Layout/DesignThere are 3 columns per page to make the content easier to read and by spreading it out, it makes it seem like there isn’t as much writing. There is one drop capital to signify the beginning of the article and then at the beginning of each section the first two words are in capitals to show the start of a new topic.

talks about his relationship whilst being on tour, advising people going into the music industry not to have a serious relationship because it is too much to maintain.The band talk about life on the road and the songs and albums which they have released and how they’ve grown up, giving them a more professional Lifestyle and also a more professional look.

Magazine •NME

Key Facts•Price £2.20•Frequency Weekly•Circulation 56,284•Readership 411,000•Launch Date 1952•Male/Female 73%/27%•Average Age 25•ABC1 73%

Target Audience

•Men 17 - 30

The main colours used on this magazine are Red, White, Black and Grey. The Black, White and Grey are quite dull, and simple colours, where as the bright Red used stands out among the other colours.

The page uses 3 different types of fonts. ‘USA’ is a Sans Serif, ‘got the love’ is a Handwritten/ Calligraphy type of font, and ‘She’s 2009’s biggest success story, with America at her feet. So why is Florence Welch lying on her floor attacking herself?’ and The rest of the article excluding the Drop Capital ‘D’, is a Serif font.The serif font used for the article is used in the correct place as it is the most important part of information on the page, and has to be easy to read. It also helps it look more professional.

The main image, and only image, is of Florence Welch, the singer from Florence and the Machine. This lets us know what she looks like, and also to recognise her in future articles or on Television etc. She takes up a whole page allowing the reader to know that the article will be based/ talking about her.

The second page on the double page spread is roughly half full with writing, and is neatly laid out on the page. The fairly small amount of writing taking up just over half of the second page, makes it seem as if there isn’t that much to read. It is split up into three columns, and starts with a Drop Capital.

This is he double page spread for the classick rock magazine featuring the famous band Aerosmith. It was released in october 2007. Each page has 2 columns of text Displayed which keeps a tidy layout. There are pictures of the band, as well as a picture of Steven Tyler, the lead singer of Aerosmith. Each new paragraph starts with a Drop Capital which is also in a more stylish font. This allows he reader to perfectly see where a new paragraph begins.The audience will be able to identify this as a

section from Classic Rock because they will be familiar with the picture to text ratio. The double spread is typically more pictures than writing because they make the page look more interesting. If there was more writing then people might be less likely to read the whole article. The article uses language which reflects the bands social class/status and also their personality, the tone of the article is also quite formal as people reading this magazine will be quite mature. For example, “Jimmy made the guitar his own instrument, he never once gave up on his passion for music”, this implies that music is a very important thing to Jimmy and also reflects the bands nterests. Also, the quote is not informal or slang. Most of the images are black and white, these reflect the age and era of the band aswell as drawing attention to the members. However, Steven Tyler’s picture is in colour. This helps to catch the readers eye before they read or look at anything else.