2. A way in which ‘KERRANG!’
appeals to their target audience is
by the choice of lexis, it is very
aggressive and strong which bites
Pictures dominate the front their attention.
cover with the main picture
over powering everything
else as the eye would pair
the black and white in the The photo is taken in a studio to
photo with the recognisable create the repeated colour
black and white in the scheme. They have posed to
masthead. create an image of carelessness
which appeals to their desired
target audience.
Short, snappy text, Repeated yellow and
allows them to bring red create intertextuality
reader in quickly. of danger and warning
which appeals to their
target audience
because the audience
recognise the element
of danger
Repeated colours of
black, white, yellow and red which
The fonts chosen to use all connote danger and a reckless
appeal to their desired target sort of attitude which appeals to
audience massively as they their target audience
give off a very rebellious and
rocky attitude. The fonts
chosen also tell us
immediately what genre the
magazine is because of the
connotations it gives off.
A lot more pictures to text as
this would appeal to their targe
audience. And where there is
The overall look of the magazine is that it has a writing there is not a lot of it
very careless attitude; gives across this idea which again shouts out to their
because of the colour scheme and the disorganised target audience.
layout.
3. The photograph looks to be taken in
studio. And by their facial expressions
we can gather that they are saying ‘we
are back’.
The colour scheme
contains the colours
yellow, blue, red, black, an
d white. All these colours
don’t seem to blend
together well so that
creates a reckless and The photograph seems to be
careless attitude which cracked but there is sellotape
appeals to their desired suggesting that they are going
target audience. to be fixed Also this damaged
and broken look will appeal to
the target audience.
The fonts used
appeals to their
target audience as
they appear very
loud and
rebellious.
INTERTEXTUALITY
The layout of the
magazine appears to
be disorganised and
slanted. This appeals
to their desired target
audience as they are
sort of going against
the grain and doing
something different.
The photograph
dominates the cover
which emphasises its
importance. Also the
photo creates
intertextuality for old
There doesn’t seem to
fans of the band to a
be a large amount of
familiar magazine cover
text on the front cover;
in ‘the rolling stone’ of The masthead ‘Blink-182’ is put in red and bold they have done this so
the band on a beach, its so that it stands out clearly to the eye. Also that the audience
almost like the picture because of the other text on the cover being cannot be distracted
has been fixed (hence yellow and white, it very much over powers
the crack, and the
from the main picture.
them; therefore it standing out as the most
sellotape)
4. All of the key aspects such
as the colour scheme and
the photography all Even the way the artists
interlink to create an idea represents himself gives
of warning and danger off that rebellious and
which connects to the rough sort of look which
target as the sense of again appeals to their
danger and rebelliousness target audience.
appeals to their desired
target audience.
The choice of lexis is very The main photo is a posed one, I
informal and colloquial with believe he has been told to pull a
phrases such as ‘legged it’ pose which tells the audience he is
and ‘mega-gigs’. This appeals back; which again links up with the
to their target audience as it colour scheme and the masthead
creates a friend like itself.
conversation with the reader
and editor.
The disorganisation of the
front cover (e.g. Slanted
The colour scheme of yellow
text, and the stuck on sort
and red makes us make the
of luck.) appeals to their
connotation of warning and
target audience as it is
danger, which, if we match up
going against the grain
with the main image tells us to
and almost being
be warned, which, matches up
rebellious.
with masthead, ‘I’M NOT DEAD!’
The colour scheme appeals
to the target audience as A lot more images to text which
the feeling of warning and appeals to their target audience as it
danger is what appeals to feels very laid back and its as if he
them. cannot be bothered with a long
introduction which again appeals to
their target audience as his careless
The overall look of the magazine gives off a fiery attitude, this is because attitude attracts to them.
of the colour scheme and the choice of photos. This all helps to appeal to
their target audience as it is what they are attracted to.
