The Kerrang magazine has a use of images inside the magazine on the contents page and it has been constructed by having a load of images of people and with page numbers beside it. At the bottom right hand corner of the contents page there is a picture of three magazines and at the bottom of the picture it says ‘Get it delivered to your door for just £6+ per month’. The picture doesn’t really stand out as much as the other pictures on the contents page but it kind of stands out because it is placed inside a red box and it is different from all of the other pictures and the writing underneath it is a different text colour the rest of the writing on the page because the writing on the page is either black or yellow and the writing underneath the image on the bottom right hand corner is white. It also has a contact number underneath it but in a much smaller font.
The layout of the magazine makes it easier for the readership to find things on the page. I also have images on it so it is very useful for the readers. The style of the magazine is very dark and most especially the celebrities in the magazine as they usually wear dark costumes and dark make up and the readers who love rock would obviously find it interesting and it would appeal to them more than any other magazine. The main colours of the contents page are white, yellow and black. The ‘Contents’ is written in big, block, yellow writing and it is also quite bold. This supports the style of the front cover because it is still quite dark and it has a lot of pictures insides it which readers would like to see. The layout of the magazine is that it has a ‘This week section’ which shows what is inside the issue on that week and the pictures on the left are very well organised and it has one big image on the top left of the group of pictures. This makes it very easy for readers to find things inside the magazine when flicking through it or reading it. This tells us that the magazine is very neat and organised and it is very easy for readers who buy the magazine.
Section B
The difference between these two magazines is that Kerrang! Magazine is mainly aimed at people who love heavy metal rock as this is the main genre focused on in the magazine. These celebrities have their own style and it is either quite gothic or Emo, this means emotional. These celebrities set out an image for their audience and it shows that they try to be role models for them as a lot or their readers love to copy their style. They try to let people know that ‘life is loud’ which is always written underneath the magazine title and basically their just trying to let people know that its okay to be loud and that music doesn’t have to be slow and it can be loud. Also the celebrities in this magazine are quite new and they are much younger than the celebrities in the clash magazine.
The Clash magazine is aimed at an older audience and also it is a variety of different genres of music, for example rock, dance and R n B so it is much more different than the Kerrang magazine because it focuses on other genre’s of music.
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Good analysis of Kerrang contents focusing on layout, ease of use and images. The key thing is that you have realised that a magazine has to have a house style - this means that each page follows the chosen style of the magazine and creates a particular image.
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- How is the layout of the Clash contents page different to Kerrang. Why do you think it doesn't use as many images? Who is the audience for both and does this explain why the layout is so different?
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