Analysing a third rock magazine

This time instead of a Kerrang magazine I decided to look at Rock sound, I think it is a good idea that I chose a different institution because different companies do different things and I think it good to get different perspectives.

The only two colours used are white and green and I think that it works really well because it stands out against a relatively dark background. It also creates in my opinion a spooky feeling to the magazine and I think this is because of the band they have on the front cover, My Chemical Romance, who are punk rock band but are often associated as being a "emo" band.

The font hasn't got any style it is just plain but I think it is still affective because it stands out and even though that is down to the colours the font is still nice to look at and I think if a customer saw it they would think it looks nice and normally when it comes to me I buy a magazine because it looks nice as well as the content..

There is not much going on for the front cover it just has a picture of the band members to My Chemical Romance, but this is still effective as it once again stands out and if this is in a shop you will notice it. There is a lot of content in this magazine we know this because it has some of the stories are on the front cover. They stand out because they are written in either white or green which is sticking to the house style and it once again makes the magazine good to look at.

The strapline is "songs for the death" this links back to My chemical Romance being an "emo" band as it sets a very spooky and morbid tone to the magazine. I personally do not think that the strapline is very good in the position that they have placed it as I think a strapline needs to stand out and be noticed and if it is written in small and not in the centre of the page it doesn't do this.

Also this magazine has not got a slogan, I think for a music magazine a slogan is essential because in my mind a music magazine is meant to be casual and a slogan does this as it creates a casual and laid-back atmosphere.

I think that using My Chemical Romance as the feature article is a good idea because the idea of having something as a feature articles is because you think it will be popular and sell magazines, and in the rock universe My Chemical Romance are huge so they are guaranteed to sell magazines.

The picture of My Chemical Romance is called a "gaze" this is because the band members are staring directly at you from the magazine, this is welcoming and creates a bond between the magazine and the audience.

This magazine is fit for purpose because it is visually good and it stands out. The ideas I am going to take from this and put into my magazine are: only using two colours, have a simple font and not have to much going on for my front cover.

Analysing another rock magazine

This is another Kerrang magazine the reason I am analysing another one is because I have decided that my magazine will be about rock music and I think it would be a good idea to look at a few of their magazines rather than just one so I can develop new ideas.

On this front cover there is not much going on, the main feature is of Billy Joe Armstrong the singer from Green day, I think Kerrang do this because Green day are a big band with a huge following so if fans see the singer of Green day on the front cover of a magazine they are more likely to buy it. It isn't just die hard Green day fans that will buy this magazine as well just normal fans of music and fans of rock music will buy this magazine as well because the majority of rock fans would have heard something from Green day.

There are a few side stories that will get the readers attention because they stand out and they use words like "WIN" or "PLUS" and these words entice the reader because they feel like they can win something and they also feel like they are getting more for their money because the word "PLUS" is used for more so it makes the reader feel like Kerrang are giving them as much content as possible.

The four colours used are green, yellow, black and white these are good colours because they all complement each other and stand out. What makes it stand out is the fact that all four colours are used proportionately. The style of the font is pretty basic and I think that also makes it stand out because of the colour used on the the font and the reason that these pretty plain light colours(with the exception of black) stand out is because the background is quite plain and colourless and I think that this is quite clever by Kerrang because everything on the front cover complements eachother.