Kerrang uses specific magazine features to draw attention to its audience. The first thing the audience get drawn to is the main title of this piece. This shows that the magazine is aimed at ‘younger white’ generation. This magazine comprises a range of media elements such as content language, technical code and content code to produce a really successful good magazine cover. You can see by the photos used that this magazine is aimed at rockers. This magazine easily incorporates a range of skills in order to have its effect with the reader.
The style of this magazine, with the font being used to stand out and bold, and is a bit graffiti like showing you it’s aimed at the younger generation. This magazine uses 4 main colours such as black, white, red and yellow as these work together to make this magazine stand out. The simple yet effective styles enhance the meaning of this piece. This piece also uses the normal magazine layout, and has the normal features such as a small date and issue number; a barcode and these are not the main focus point of the magazine.
The magazine gives the features of this month’s articles. This magazine gives a cover flow view of the highlights meaning the reader can see what appeals to them this month. The main title or strap line of this piece stands out because of its colour yellow and red. A mixture of different font sizes and the use of capitals, also grabs the reader’s attention. From this text you know it is aimed at student life, because the text and font are seen as being ‘younger’.
The main picture of the band my chemical romance relates to the main article of this piece. This covers 2/3 of the magazine and is a mid-range shot showing only their heads and upper body. This cover is jam packed full of pictures and text to make the magazine show it has lots to offer and for the cover of this magazine no to look boring. This also relate to the target audience of white, male, 18-25 rockers.
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