Magazine Analysis

Magazine Analysis 


For this part of my coursework I will be analysing a front cover of a music magazine that is similar to the genre of magazine that I will be creating. I will be using appropriate media terminology to analyse the magazine. The magazine front cover that I am going to be analysing will be the Kerrang music magazine. I will analyse the Puffs, Pugs and other features of the front cover.

First of all is the Masthead that is used on the Kerrang front cover. It is very big and bold and can be seen very clearly from a quick glance. This is good as it draws the attention to the magazine and will help to entice people into buying it. The Masthead used with the Kerrang is consistent throughout all of the Kerrang magazines, this also helps with the house-style which we will talk about later. The font is always the same and always has a smashed effect on it to reaffirm the ideology of Kerrang that it is breaking the stereotype of other more mainstream magazines.There is a small strap-line above the Masthead outlining some of the other features that are included in the magazine. Next we will talk about the house-style of the Kerrang. The house-style is very dark and grungy which is sticking to the stereotype of not conforming to the mainstream, this Masthead used within Kerrang magazines is always the same giving it a very unique house-style that can be instantly recognised. from anywhere. The Cover shot featured on the Kerrang magazine is of one of the Slipknot members, the way in which the photo is portrayed makes the magazine once again stick to its promise of not conforming to the mainstream stereotype as it is a very menacing picture with most of his face cloaked in shadow. The Main Heading of the Kerrang magazine is plainly just the word Slipknot as they are then main feature of the magazine, but this text is in the font of the bands logo giving it instant recognition to people who may know the band, but it also has some anchorage text saying "Somebodys Gonna Get Killed..." once again giving a more sinister approach that other mainstream magazines may not use. The bar-code is situated on the bottom right of the magazine out of the way of the main content. There are also small pieces f text above the bar-code showing some other features of the magazine other than the main story about slipknot.There is a small banner at the bottom of the magazine promoting some of the incentives that Kerrang is offering the purchasers of the magazine such as Free Posters.