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Media coursework: 3 music magazine cover analysis: Kerrang.

Cover 2: Country music:

The title is bold,

unusual, and spreads

across the top of the

page; this makes the

title appealing to the

music genre, as well

The main image is very effective in

gaining reader interest as it shows

a star music player in colour, and

great contrast. The fact that the

main image overlaps the title is

interesting as it provides further

The middle text,

featuring the splash of

the cover, also in huge

font, and bold, is also

interesting as this

music genre appears to

be associated with rock.

The font type and sizeportrays influence from

The bar on this left of

the page is also

important to consider.

First of all, it follows

the colour scheme,

containing black and

yellow. Also, it

provides images

showing stars from

Life is loud is the

subheading and

arguably subhead of

the page. This is also

covered by the main

image portrayingfurther examples of

The over line section with the

yellow bar also has bold and

noticeable text, possibly

adding to the theme of

content in this cover, relating

to the rock genre.

The colour scheme of

the magazine cover is

something to be

considered as it is

firstly, a basicscheme with few

colours, besides

colours featured in

images. The colours

are black, white, and

yellow. The basic

colour scheme is a

The only exception to

the colour scheme is

this section, featuring

the red outlines of

images and a phrase.

This does not take away

from the interest of the

rest of the cover,

however, as it is only in

the corner, not taking

away from the heading

Kerrang features a lot of overlapping in this cover. For instance, the

100 greatest gigs ever heading is used here to overlap the main

image, as is all other content on the lower section of the cover page.The main image itself overlaps the title and life is loud subhead. The

overlapping is used here so the reader is focused at the content from

The content featured is interesting to consider. For example, the lack of an ascender for the 100

gigs heading is interesting. There is not space between the greatest and the gigs ever

underneath it. It wants the heading to be scrunched up so it relates to the rusty font theme. This

all relates to the genre of rock music, which usually has this sort of content featured. Another

example is the images in the corner, which shows two singers rocking out. This is interesting asThe main title is of a classical, old

style font. Unlike Kerrang, there are

no headings, and there is actuallylittle amount of content at all. This

may be due to the fact that the

audience and readers of this

magazine are not into large

amounts of content on their pages;

they just simply like country music.

The barcode is also interesting, as it is fairly large for a magazine barcode. It features a website,

date, and telephone number as well as the code itself. This implies that people who read this

The colour scheme is simple, black, white, and red. The

background itself is completely black, supplying a

simplistic design to the cover. The text is either white orred, with the occasional yellow subhead as part of the

page. The colours of text all make the text stand out

more as they contrast with the black background, as

they appear to be much brighter, making them much

more noticeable. In this sense, the content is much

more easy to spot and can make the reader more

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Cover 3: Hip-hop:

The main image is

very noticeable as it

truly contrasts from

its dark background

behind it. The

image of the man is

very interesting, ashe under laps the

title, as well as

other text, showing

that he is a

background feature.

This may have been

done to highlight

the text, as well as

him, as he didnt

need to be at thefront layer due to

colour contrast

already showing

him off. There are

no other images,

possibly due to the

fact that the fans

A close look reveals a

small technical over

line feature showing

the date of the

magazine, as well as

the $2.50 in price. The

fact that it is small isnot unusual,

considering date and

price are usually

inserted as small

inside a barcode.

Since there is no

barcode possibly due

to reduced content

since old country

music fans referCash lives is possibly

the sell line, as this

part of the cover

reveals featured

content based on how

Cash lives and tells

about it. This was

probably a huge

reason why sales for

this were high. This is

The main image may have a certain representation to it. The main

image is very bright, and not just in comparison to the background.

The image has sunlight reflecting on the mans face. Since the cashlives sell line says he lives to tell about it, it is implied that he has

just survived a life threatening illness, and has recovered. The bright

image due to sunlight reflection portrays how he is no bight and

happy due to his recovery. The main image could be foreshadowing

content in the magazine based on the mans recovery. The sell line

itself could count, as it is red. Red could be a connotation for blood.

This is associated with death and illness. This could also relate to the

content of the main story.

The title itself gives

away that this is of

the country genre of

music, so old

fashioned people will

enjoy it.

The Title is once again, stretched

across the top of the page, as this is

an effective way of contributing to

the cover layout. The font for this

text is thick bold, so the word stands

out more. It is also in bright yellow,

surrounding a black background so

colour contrast can occur.

The title is overlapped by

the main image, which itself

is overlapped by text to

make that stand out more.

This image is relevant to

the music genre and its

content, featuring a hip hop

artist. This gets the

The overhead is not

designed to stand out

above the title, image

or other content, but

it does supply info of

who is featured in the

magazine. This could

attract readers to be


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The content featured

all appears as small

white or yellow text

sentences

underneath, larger,

more bold sub-

headings. The sub-

headings are big,

bright and bold as

The colour scheme is

important to consider.

Much like Kerrang,

this has a simple

palette of white,

black, and yellow,

excluding colour from

the main image.

However, whilescheme is basic, the

fact that content is

designed to stand out

from boldness, colour

contrast and mostly

large headings and

sub-headings makes

up for the small range

of colours. The colour

scheme is not that

The main image is

there, firstly, as it

supplies interest via

the promotion of a

hip hop star on the

magazine cover, but

also through colour

contrast as it is the

only piece of content

not yellow, black

and white purely.

This adds affect in

terms of position

and role within the

cover design and

layout. The image

also relates to the

target audience of

the hip hop genre,

as this star will raise

interest for the

readers who like hip

hop, and it also

shows what hip hop

genre is all about.The sell line for this would be JAY-Z, hes

back. Since that is highlighted in big bright

lettering to make it stand out. This

promotion of a returning star raises

interest. Dj premier and the other sub-

The target audience would be for presumably young teenagers or young adults who enjoy hip

hop, rap, and genres similar to it in the art of music. The content of the cover, such as the young,

cool star, and the big bold writing, relate to that. The audience is somewhat similar to that of

the Kerrang audience, only smaller due to a less popular genre and possibly slightly younger too,

Barcode position is

interesting. It is at

the bottom,

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