2. BACKROUND INFORMATION Editor: Nichola Browne Categories: Music magazine Frequency: Weekly Publisher: Bauer Total circulation: 43,000 First issue: 6 June 1981 Country: United Kingdom Language: English Website: www.kerrang.com Radio: Kerrang! 105.2FM
9. Kerrang first started off as a one time supplement in the Sounds newspaper, which focuses on "new wave of british heavy metal" and also the rise of other hard rock acts.
10. AC/DC was one of the first bands to appear on Kerrangs frst issue of the magazine.
11. The original owners of kerrang were united newspapers who then sold it to EMAP in 1991.
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14. I found out in my kerrang magazine that 52 original pages were used in the kerrang
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17. A symbolic sign is learnt hence when we see it we automatically remembered and followed
18. Similarly a iconic sign that looks alike to what its meant to mean, we also learn this however these are more obvious signs therefore its is easier to understand and follow.
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20. EDITORIAL We found out as a group that there were 5 pages in total of editorial, with a sum of 26 pages of editorial copy images and 18 pages of editorial images. 26 +18 does not equal 5 pages this is due to the fact that the images were all counted but then were put added together which then equaled 5 pages.
21. PRICE When a company is pricing their magazine its crucial for them to consider various factors such as; will the target audience I am aiming at able to afford this magazine.
22. Photo libraries These are images that do not belong to the magazines itself and are brought of another agency, in order to make cost cheaper and have a verity of different contents in the magazine.
23. Photo library 26 photo libraries were used on 16 pages. And 129 original photos were used on 17 pages. images and fonts used seemed more violent and aggressive. This is the kind of image that is associated with that genre of music.
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25. The photograph on the front cover is a medium shot of both members from Linkin Park.
26. The composition of the image is so that both the members of the band are looking directly at the audience. This is arranged so that it grabs the readers eye.
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28. We know what is inside the magazine, from the look of the front cover which shows what will be featured in that magazine and sometimes why they are featured in the magazine.
29. Information on the front cover is arranged around the main image of the two band members. It is mainly shown underneath so the readers can see what the magazine features after looking at the main image.
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31. These colours are significant and they have been used to draw the persons attention as these colours, mainly black are associated with rock and heavy metal.
32. They are also largely liked colours mainly by guys that take interest in that sort of genre of music.
34. It is significant as it demonstrates what type of magazine it is from the colours that link to rock and heavy metal.
35. The type of font that is being used for this magazine is big and bold.
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37. The representational issues identified are that tis magazine is quite stereotypical as it is mainly aimed at those with an interest in the genre rock and heavy metal. Kerrang is also a magazine mainly read by guys rather than girls. This can be shown by the way that the magazine is layed out and the use of colours which are mainly liked by guys.
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39. Layout The layout is often similar for each issue and often contains the same types of features. we think it is like that because it is easily recognisable to the reader and the bold masthead and cover images attract your eyes to the magazine.
40. Quality and Reproduction The magazine quality is high production as it uses glossy paper which is more costly then normal paper however it uses the same paper quality for the cover and the glossy paper felt a bit cheap for the cover.
41. Cover price and production cost The more costly the material to produce the magazine, the more costly the cover price will be. However the magazine does not seem to have a really high circulation hence Kerrang have to sell at a lower price.
