Research- Front cover 1

                                                          

From the research i conducted when doing the preliminary task i  know what to expect from a magazine and all the common conventions that they follow. Music magazines are no different but they do have a very distinctive style. Kerrang magazine is aimed at teenagers and younger men. It is for the music genre of punk/rock and you can see this in the design of the cover.

• The masthead is in dark colours on a white background and the text is bold and quite modern. The connotation of the colour black is negative and of fear. This reflects the audience and genre for the magazine. Above the masthead is a banner that includes text. This text is also white on a black background
• The house colours are red,black and white. All of these colours represent the genre of rock. The colours also make it more attractive to the reader and would make it instantly recognisable.
• As in most magazines there is a large image in the centre of the page that takes up most of the space on the page. I have learnt that this is very common in all magazines. The image is of a rock band that are all dressed in similar clothes and in a style that represents them. It is a posed photo and they are positioned behind each other. The image is the first thing you see and is the focus point of the cover. It gives the reader an idea of what the magazine is about
• There is text positioned in front and behind the main picture. The text is in bold and is very large. It has to stand out so readers are attracted to your magazine first. The more important text is highlighted in red. There is not much text on the cover 
• There are a lot of images on the page.There are three pictures at the bottom of the page. These are all of music artists and would attract fans of rock genre. They are medium sized and in red and black boxes. These pictures are all accompanied by a small amount of text. Above the image is the headline"poster special". It is in a red arrow shaped box. This empathisises the importance of the text and makes it attractive 
• The Language used is very simple and would be the sort of language that the target audience would use. The language is also very Strong and powerful like "storm" and "uproar"
• At the bottom of the page is a small banner. It includes bullet points that highlight important articles
• All of the magazines i have looked at include a bar code in the bottom corner of the page.