This document provides a detailed summary and analysis of the front cover of the Kerrang! magazine. It analyzes various design elements including the masthead, images, colors, and text used. Some key points summarized:
1) The front cover uses images, colors, and text in strategic ways to draw in readers and highlight important artists and stories. Elements like the masthead, colors, and buzzwords are intended to stand out.
2) The inside contents page continues this approach, using humor, contrasts, and layout to guide readers to find articles of interest.
3) A double page article spread is analyzed in detail, with explanations of how design choices like the drop capital, colors, layout,
2. The barcode is in the bottomright corner. It
contains the usual things a barcode would, such as:
Issue number
Date
Price
URL
This would give this individual magazine itโs own
identity.
3. The masthead, Kerrang!, is written in
white, which is a contrast to the
background that is red.
It is placed behind the main images to
connote that the people of the main
image is more important.
Also, it could mean that this rock
magazine is so famous that is doesnโt
need to prove itself!
4. There are
This is to draw the reader in. In this case it is:
โWinโ is also a buzz word, to stand out to the
magazineโs audience.
There are more examples of buzzwords. In the
top left corner there is another puff
โExclusive makes the reader think
they are invited into a secret!
5. There are 9 more smaller images on this front page.
6 of which are โAMAZING POSTERSโ
There is an image of Miles Kennedy, lead singer
of Alter Bridge next to his puff which anchors down his image.
The last image is a disabled stick man putting his โhorns upโ allowing a
broader audience.
Thereโs a caption next to an image of
Metallica along with their sub line.
METALLICA:THE FILM
6. Strips!
+ MALLORY KNOX PEARL JAM BRING ME TO THE HORIZON
At the very bottom thereโs a strip.This is to inform the reader
that there is a more information to give and more articles to
read.
The contrast of yellow and red make it stand out
There is also a plus sign to show there is extra to see!
ALTER BRIDGE ON SLASH, CREED AND
THE NEW ALBUM!
As mentioned before, Miled Kennedy had a photo and puff; this is all in the strip
at the very top of the cover!
This is to offer more to the reader.
7. COLOUR SCHEME
The colour scheme in this
front cover is a mash up of:
YELLOW
CONNOTES HAPPINESS, FRIENSHIP, WARMTH
RED
CONNOTES DANGER AND SECRECY (SOMETIMES LOVE)
BLUE
CONNOTES CALMNESS AND RELAXATION
WHITE
CONNOTES PURITY AND NEW THINGS
9. The first thing that caught my
eye was the cartoon dinosaur
skeleton. It also has people,
and who I think may be Ben
Stiller, around thing dinosaur.
The caption below says
โA NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
TO REMEMBER, OH YEAH.โ
This is a play on words which
can be funny. โA night in the
museumโ, referring to a popular
movie, and โto rememberโ is
from a metal band โA Day To
Rememberโ.
Beneath are 3 columns, which have at
least one picture. 2 of which are of
article numbers and explanation of the
body copy. The last column has 2 blocks
of text; and editors note and a note from
a band member. There is a banner to
separate these.
10. โContentsโ is written as if it
was written by hand. This
makes it seem as if it is a
sincere letter or gift to the
reader, making this
magazine something
personal.
The numbers of the
pages are written in
colours that are a
contrast to the
background they are
on.
This makes reading
this more ascetically
pleasing to the reader.
It also adds more
variety onto the page.
The yellow-on-red
contrasts stands out,
as if they are the more
important articles.
12. On this page there is a clear example of a drop capital. This would
also be appropriate as the drop capital is the first letter of the lead
singer
Miles Kennedy. This would connote that this article is about him and
his band,
but his story in particular.
It is orange which matched the colour
scheme of orange, black and red. Miles, as
seen taking up the majority on the left
page, is holding a more-or-less orange and
black striped guitar. This is probably where
the colour scheme came from as the
colours would fit together.
13. The title of the story is:
The name of this band is โAlter Bridgeโ
making his title a play on the words of their
band. Alter Bridge went on hiatus not too long
ago, and the term โbuilding bridgesโ often
refers to people coming back together and
forgetting the past. So this article would be
the points of views of the
band members and how they have come
back together.
A quote used by Miles โIt feels
like Iโm coming back to my
familyโ suits the title and has
everything to do with the
story.White on black print
would stand out, making the
reader possibly read the
quote first therefore
influencing them to read the
article.
Is the quote is an anchorage
to the picture above.
14. The โstand firstโ of this article is appropriately place
next to the orange and white subheading which is an
introductory to the article.
Miles is seen separate from the rest of his band, this
could connote that he is still getting to the other side
of the bridge, getting back to them. The titles of this
could act as the bridge as it is slightly curves like a
bridge.
Here is another
example of a
drop capital.
15. Here is a caption of a photo of
Miles himself with Slash!
There are no picture credits as it
would look to busy. Usually in
Kerrang! the captions have a
humourous mode of address so
they wouldnโt be any room for
picture credits.
The bandโs logo is at
the very top right
hand corner.This is
to officialise this
article.
There is a faint glimpse of a by-line.
