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The bottom right of ‘Kerrang!’ magazine there is a subscription advertisement which ensures the audience to by the magazine; this will be placed in every ‘Kerrang!’ issue on the contents page to keep advertising subscription. ‘Kerrang!’ magazines house style uses the same colours; White, Black and Yellow throughout the magazine. The text is a sans serif font as it is aimed at teenagers. Using a mainstream band ‘You Me At Six’ as they are a well known popular band internationally towards teenagers. This is used to Competition intrigues the teenage audience into wanting to purchase the magazine as they could hang out with ‘You Me At Six’. Note from the editor of the magazine to the audience. This shows who the person is behind the magazine and to give an insight on what the magazine is for. Headings for new sections of the pages highlight what the pages are. This shows it is easier for the reader to find the page from the Page numbers help the audience to find their pages which they are looking for faster. As the numbers inform them on where the pages are in the magazine. The ‘Kerrang!’ magazine layout is a simple layout for audiences as it is aimed at teenagers and has to be easier The issue number gives the audience the knowledge of what number the issue is and the Cover date lets the audience

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Page 1: Content page analysis

The bottom right of ‘Kerrang!’ magazine there is a subscription advertisement which ensures the audience to by the magazine; this will be placed in every ‘Kerrang!’ issue on the contents page to keep advertising subscription.

‘Kerrang!’ magazines house style uses the same colours; White, Black and Yellow throughout the magazine. The text is a sans serif font as it is aimed at teenagers.

Using a mainstream band ‘You Me At Six’ as they are a well known popular band internationally towards teenagers. This is used to show who the magazine is aimed at and to show it’s a one genre magazine.

Competition intrigues the teenage audience into wanting to purchase the magazine as they could hang out with ‘You Me At Six’.

Note from the editor of the magazine to the audience. This shows who the person is behind the magazine and to give an insight on what the magazine is for.

Headings for new sections of the pages highlight what the pages are. This shows it is easier for the reader to find the page from the categories

Page numbers help the audience to find their pages which they are looking for faster. As the numbers inform them on where the pages are in the magazine.

The ‘Kerrang!’ magazine layout is a simple layout for audiences as it is aimed at teenagers and has to be easier for them to understand.

The issue number gives the audience the knowledge of what number the issue is and the Cover date lets the audience know when the cover was released.

Page 2: Content page analysis

Like ‘Kerrang!’ the issue number informs the reader of what issue they are reading and the date lets them know of the date it was released. Both magazines include an issue number and date in order to inform the reader of the issue.

‘Uncut’ magazines house style uses very simple formal colours, black, red and white. The writing is written in a serif font which shows the magazine is aimed at the older generation of 24-35 years old. Unlike ‘Kerrang!’ as the magazine is aimed at teenagers and not older people, the magazine uses sans serif, not serif.

‘Uncut’ uses one main image as the picture on the Contents page, Unlike the numerous amount of pictures they have used in ‘Kerrang!’. Having the main image in black and white informs the reader that the magazine is sophisticated and for older people.

The page numbers in ‘Uncut’ are used in the same way that ‘Kerrang!’ has used page numbers. They help the audience locate the page that they are looking for and what is featured in the issue.

This red box, which is titled ‘Reviews’, informs the reader that these pages include reviews of artists and films. This red box highlights the reader on what they should look at. As the box is red, it catches the eye of the reader.

Unlike ‘Kerrang!’, ‘Uncut’ uses a lot of dead space. Keeping the contents page simple and sophisticated and not cluttered as ‘Kerrang!’ is. This gives the audience the knowledge of who the magazines are aimed at. The layouts are both simple as it is set in ways that generation can read and understand the magazine.