1. Analysis of
Magazine
Front cover,
Contents page
&
Double page spread
By Amait Boora

2. Header
House style Front Cover The header gives us a little
The house style mainly consists extra information on what is in
of Sans Serif Fonts and the the magazine and is
colour scheme of black, red and positioned at the top of the
yellow. cover.
Main Image
Masthead This is a medium
This is the title shot of Jared
of the magazine Leto, he is looking
and their logo. directly at the
Flash camera, making it
The red flash stands relate to the
out from the rest of audience.
the magazine giving a
little bit of extra
information.
Cover lines
These cover lines
tell us about what
Main cover line contents are in
This is the main cover the magazine.
line that anchors the
main image of the front
cover.
Barcode
The barcode is placed on the
Footer bottom right of the page because it
This adds a little extra is easy to spot and easy for
information and is retailers to show. It also features
positioned at the the issue date.
bottom of the page.

3. Target Audience
The target audience is
mainly teenagers and
young adults aged around
15 – 25. It’s mainly targeted
at Rock fans as all the
artists in the magazine are
focused around rock. You
can tell this through the
cluttered layout of the
magazine which suits the
genre of music and the
standing out images that
would appeal to a younger
audience.

4. Contents page
House style
The house style mainly consists
of Sans Serif Fonts and the Issue & cover date
colour scheme of black, red and Shows the issue number and
yellow. cover date of that magazine
Main Image
This is a group shot of
‘You me at six’ holding
a Kerrang award. Contents of magazine
Which anchors to the This is the general contents of
main cover line and the magazine, relating to page
article of the numbers so readers can find
magazine. them.
Introduction Advertisement
The introduction This is a good place to position
introduces the magazine, adverts as many readers will
writing about certain notice it, as most readers will
article and a general look at the contents of the
overview of the magazine magazine to search articles
issue. they’d like to read.
Layout
Rule of thirds, reverse C layout.

5. Layout
The layout consists of writing framing the images
Double Page spread of the article. With the review of the gig in the
Title column on the right and the and the extras to the
article like opinions of the gig on the left of the
The title of the article.
double page spread.
By Line
Credits to the
writers and
photographers
of the article.
Images
Page Numbers
The main image is a long shot of the lead singer (Rou) jumping The page numbers are positioned on the bottom
into a crowd at one of their gigs. Overlapping the main image left and right corners of the pages so that it’s easy
that is mainly used as a background is 4 medium shots of each of for the reader to spot. They also relate to the
the band members along with the song list they were numbers on the contents page so readers can find
performing. the articles they are searching for easily.