My planning and research into making my own music magazine for AS media Studies

1. Media AS Planning Research
Michael Billingham

2. Masthead allows readers to
acknowledge what the magazine
they’re reading is about and also
gives information on a contents to
win prizes.
The layout looks quite
messy at first glance, yet all
Kerrang magazines follow
near enough the same
layout with one large image
relating to the main story,
pictures to do with posters
in the magazine and
another small picture for a
different story, followed by
various text posts relating to
further stories in the
magazine.
Glossy magazine, as
it is popular and so
shows to be good
quality
The font size varies as the pictures do, the
more main stories have larger text to
show the reader the key parts of the
magazine from first glance. The fonts vary
between three, the magazine title and
then two fonts for stories, one used for
main aspects such as names whereas the
other describes what’s happening with
that person/band
The cover price is displayed in the
bottom right next to the issue
number (£2.20 or Aus: $6.95)
The cover stories explain what
has happened recently with a
certain band or solo artist

3. The whole cover is made up of mostly 3
colours: red, white and black. Even the main
subjects clothing shows only these three
colours.
The magazines title is almost completely covered
with only one letter being fully visible, this shows
that Kerrang Is big magazine and therefore does
not have to show the name for people to know
the magazine
The text through out
the page is very similar
except for the main
article where the text
font is somewhat like
that of a typewriter to
give the impression that
it was done on the spot
without planning and
it’s exactly what Corey
Taylor said, and that
there has been no
editing to it
The text for the main article
is on a tilt whereas the
other large titles are all
straight, thus allowing the
main story to stand out on
the page
The very top of the page shows the
magazine’s name and a current
competition. This stands out because
before you buy the magazine, the top
of it is all you shall see whilst it’s on
the shelf
The story on paramour stands out too as it is the
second biggest image on the page, this is to refer
to it as another main story but not as big as the
cover image

4. Media Pack
• The target audience for Kerrang magazine as show through their
media pack is mid to late 20 year olds and within the ABC1 Social
classes (upper middle, middle and lower middle class)
• Their typical reader is described as:
• This then allows them to advertise products which this age range is
more likely to buy, thus obtaining more from advertising companies

6. • The start of the article is rather comic as it refers to the “Kerrang
office” as a fun place to work with music tea and dinosaur toys.
Which follows throughout the article as it has been written in a non-formal,
intriguing feature which will entice the readers.