1. The contents page lets audience know that they’re reading the contents
Indicates message from
page and what to expect. The colour of the text is yellow and the
the editor which makes
the audience seem like background is black, with a bit of a space theme. This may be related to
the editor is talking the theme and genre of the magazine. The issue number and cover date
directly at them are smaller and just below it.
An image of the ‘This week’ suggests that the
previous “Kerrang” magazine is released every
magazine to show the
week. The theme of the
readers what they’ve
missed out on magazine is yellow and black as
the subtitle has the same
colours and ‘This week’ has the
Page numbers next same colours but opposite.
to images in the Yellow is the background and
corner to let the
black is the writing
audience know the
related article inside.
Subheadings are bold and eye
All the artists have similar catching, also matches the colour
features such as dark hair, scheme
tattoos, dark clothing.
This suggests that the
genre of the magazine
could be rock/indie. Two Advertising more of the
of the artists are holding magazines from the same
a guitar which links to company so the readers can
these genres. see more of their range
The images are all related and
to the genre

2. Masthead relates to the
Contents page letting reader
pictures as its called
know clearly the date of the
“Drummer” and there are
magazine when it was
pictures of drums and a
produced
drummer
Page numbers are placed
next to the subheadings so
its easy for the audience to This picture brings the audience
go straight to the page they in as it’s a live performance. It
want to also shows that the band has
many concerts
Subtitle matches the Colour scheme – main image
colour scheme, lets the is black and white which
audience aware of where represents rock and roll. The
they will find the main numbers are orange as well
focus of the magazine as the extra information and
the background of the title
“contents”
Images represent their
genre which may be rock
and roll, the audience is The “exclusive” is not
familiar with it proportional to the rest of the
contents page which draws
attention from the audience.
There are more pictures than Also that it is on a image that is
writing to make the contents the only greyscale, so the white
page more interesting is more prominent and
Extra reading information for people therefore its more effective
who read the magazine regularly, when captioning the picture
audience will feel privileged and carry
on reading the magazine

3. The masthead is next to Main image on the
the title of contents. This contents page is enlarged
reminds the audience as they are big artists
which company the which the audience will
magazine is from be familiar of
The colour scheme of the Picture of an arena which
magazine is red and white. relate to one of the articles as
Red is a strong colour and well as the large image. The
is noticeable, white is used audience can clearly see this
in the background so that without having to read
the writing is clear for the through the contents page
audience to read
The two men in the main image
are looking directly at each
A brief summary of each other, this could mean that
article under the they have conflict and
subheading to let the competition in the music
audience know what they industry as one of the artists
will be reading and eyebrow is slightly frowned.
whether they're interested Which could link to one of the
in a specific article or not articles in the magazine
The content numbers The layout is very simple and
are apart for example, straight forward, it doesn’t give
“48”, “54”, “62”, as in out information as it lets the
between the pages audience look through it and if
there are posters and it gives out all the information
more information on The contents is ordered in terms of there will be no point of the
that specific article and what is more current in media and magazine
topic the music industry, so it can relate to
people of all ages