Main picture partially covers the

masthead and the band is

positioned so that Hayley

Williams is in the centre

because her bright hair draws

the audience’s attention.

Information on what readers

should expect to see inside.

Red dots separate the different

articles. This is part of the

House Style.

Information on what

you can get inside the

magazine. This helps to

persuade the reader to

buy it.

Kerrang! Website.

Barcode and the price of

the magazine.

Numbers are in a

different colour so that

they are brought to the

reader’s attention.

Direct eye contact with the

reader draws attention to the

images and makes the reader

look at the image.

Main cover image of

major international band

and relates to what will be

in the magazine.

Round ‘box’ with

yellow outline and

slightly shadowed

effect makes it

stand out.

Sans Serif font,

block capitals

and shadow

affect.

Main Coverline: This has a much larger

font and it splits the bottom and the

top of the magazine. The white writing

and black border make it stand out

from the background.

Banner: Like it’s painted on to

make it look rougher and not as

‘clean’. Yellow writing stands

out from the background.

Exclamation marks have

connotations of excitement

and can also be seen as part

of the house style because

the name of the magazine

features and exclamation

mark (Kerrang!)

Features examples of

what posters will be

featured in the

magazine.

Red box with yellow outline

makes this information stand

out. The number is black

because it makes it seem

significant.

Masthead: Special font specifically designed for

the magazine. The masthead is black because it

matches the bands outfits. The onomatopoeia

connotes the sound of symbols crashing.

Informs reader that this

issue is different to

normal Kerrang!

Magazine issues.

This informs the audience who is featured in the

issue. The colour yellow is used because it

contrasts with the black and white background

and masthead. The red outline makes the box

stand out from the masthead.

Masthead: Sans Serif font in block capitals. White

is used as the font colour because it is part of the

House Style and stands out well against the main

image of the background.

Date the magazine was

released and how much

it cost.

The direct gaze of

Florence makes the

audience look into the

artist’s eyes. The main

image is of a famous

British artist.

Barcode

List of bands/artists

that are in this issue.

This shows what kind

of music is in this

magazine.

Text is underlined to

show its importance.

Full name of magazine

write in a Serif font

underneath the

masthead.

Pull Quote: This

shows what the

reader could expect

from the interview

itself. The use of a

serif font with block

capitals makes it stand

out and makes it

seems like an

exclamation.

Main Coverline is the name of the

artist featured as the main image.

The use of block capitals and black as

the font colour makes it stand out

because the black contrasts well with

the white of the artist’s top.

Main Image covers some of the masthead. Adele

is looking directly at the camera which draws the

reader’s attention to her eyes. She also has her

hand to her mouth which also draws the

audience’s attention to her lips. This image

makes Adele look ‘sexy’ which is used to attract

the target audience of males because it uses the

Male Gaze theory and can suggest the idea of an

ideal partner.

Serif font,

block capitals

Round ‘box’ with a white

outline is used to show

important information.

Gold is used because it

has connotations of

sophistication and gives

the sense that it is

important. ‘300’ is in a

larger font size because it

is a piece of significant

information.

Date of when the

magazine was

released, the

amount it cost to

buy and the

barcode.

Underline used

to separate

articles.

Masthead: Uses a red,

square background to

separate the name from

the rest of the magazine.

White used for the colour

of the font because it

contrasts well with red.

Arrows suggest

to turn over to

see this

information.

Name of artist is

in the largest

font because

when reader’s

eyes see this

they understand

who the main

image is a

picture of if they

don’t know

already.

Quote used as a

teaser to show

the target

audience what

they may expect

to find inside.

Used to show reaction

to the article in the

magazine. The use of

‘us’ connotes that more

than one person had the

same reaction.

Overlaps main

image.

House colours

are red, white

and black.

Cover Lines:

Used to show

some the

articles that

are going to be

featured in the

magazine.

The exclamation

marks connote

excitement.