History of Rock Sound… - Rock Sound is a British Magazine- Publishes Alternative Music- Aims at being more underground and less commercial

whilst giving information about well known acts- Was launched in March 1999 by the French Publisher

Editions Freeway - And was bought out by Patrick Napier in 2004- First issue cost £1.95

Institution…

- The name of the Institution is call All Saints Retail Limited

- They were created in 2002- The other effects that they sell are clothinghttp://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/all-saints-retail

The Magazine Analysis… They have used the rule of 3, black, pink, and yellow. Makes the magazine look more professional and attractive. The colours that they have chosen speaks to their audience .

Masthead is bold and recognisable. The masthead directly says what genre of music the magazine is going to talk about.

Primary lead on the cover

Secondary leads

The main central image is of the of the band members in ‘A Day To Remember’. By using them is helps put across to the audience what the magazine is going to be about and the fans of the band would purchase this magazine as they would want to know more about them. They all have eye contact with the camera which engages the audience and they would be attracted to the band.

Instead of placing the puff at the bottom of the magazine they have put it in the middle so that a customer walking past would see it and would want to purchase it. It is next to the primary lead so the reader would definitely see it.

The primary lead and the secondary leads are different colours – helps to make it look colourful and not boring.

I think that the USP would be the 3 free posters and the CD on the front.

Contents…Main Features

All the Main Features in the Magazine

The Primary Lead

Picture of Jacoby Shaddix- a photograph from one of the main stories.

Staring into the audience- engaging them

Quotation from the article- makes the audience want to know more

The layout of the contents is very simple and makes it look professional. They have also used the same colours, rule of three, on the cover as well as the contents. Makes the magazine look attractive

One main image

Contents…Feature

Picture of one of the Secondary lead

Picture of one of the Secondary lead Picture of one

of the Secondary lead

About the magazine e.g. editors

The layout of the contents is very simple and makes it look professional. They have also used the same colours, rule of three, on the cover as well as the contents. Makes the magazine look attractive

They have also used a variety of pictures some in a photo-shoot others are of them performing

Primary Lead… Photo taking up a double page- big and bold

Eyes are all looking into the camera- engaging with the audience, making them want to read it.

The name if the band takes up half of the page- in your face so you will recognise it straight away

An introduction to the article, makes the reader turn the page as they would want to find out more

Talking about their upcoming album- informs the reader

Primary Lead…Again keeping eye contact with the audience

A Quotation- makes the reader interested

One main picture

Used the same three colours- audience will recognise it

Colum's- make it look professional and neat

USP (Unique Selling Point)

Adverts…

In my magazine I have 38 adverts. These are there to promote bands and acts. There are also their for fashion and new albums. However in my magazine its mostly for gig dates. By having these magazine it helps the reader to acknowledge the type of genre the magazine will be focusing on and it is also there to help space out the magazine and to make it look attractive and effective.