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Headlines
The headline is"PunkRock,the complete untold historyof Warped.Thisheadline mayhave been
chosenbecause itentice audiencetobuythe magazine thisarticle because itsaysuntoldhistory
whichmakesthe audience thinkit'sasecretand theyshouldreaditto knowwhathappenedto
warped.The headline alsostandsoutbecause the textisinbigcapital letterandthe toptextisin
readwhichmakesit standout evenmore.The word'Warped'is inbig yellowletterwhichstandout
to the audience because itstellingthemwhothe magazinearticle isabout.
DesignBalance
The designbalance isinformal.Itis
informal because thispage isvery
chaotic,everythinghasjustbeen
placedanywhere andithasno
orderto it or beenplacedina
certainplace.It wouldalsobe
informal because there isaloton
thispage and it lookscrazybecause
there isa lot goingandthe audience
won'tknowwhere to lookfist. This
may entice peoplebecause the page
doesn'tlookboringsopeople may
thingthat the article won'tbe
boringand itwill interestingtohear
whathappenedtothat band.
Text
The main article texthasbeen
placedona bigread background
withwhite text.Theymayhave
done thisbecause whenpeople are
quicklylookingthroughthe article it
will standoutto temso people will
wantto stop and readit. They have
alsopulledquotesfromwhatthe
bandhas saidabout theirconcerts.
The quote says “People were saying
theywere comingtokill me...".This
standsout because itcan impact
people because it'sabold
statementtomake whichwill make
people wanttoreadmore to find
out theirstory.
The GuttenbergDesign
Principle
In the strongfallow areathere
isa lotgoingon. Inthe top
rightcorner there are a lotof
picturesrelatedtothe article.
Theymay have done thissoit
mightentice peopletoread
the rest of the magazine. All
overthe page there isa lot
goingon eveninthe weak
fallowareabecause the isa
bigpicture of someone crown
surfing.
Main Image/Images
The main imagesare
people ata rock concert
and there are imagesof
the artistsat the concert
and the people inthe
crowed.Theymayhave
put these imagesbecause
it relatestowhatthe
article isabout. All of the
imagesonthispage
match the genre of the
magazine whichisrock.It
matchesthe genre
because the article is
abouta rock bandand
abouttheirprevious
concerts.Thiswill meet
the needsof the target
audience because its
abouta rock bandwhich
iswhy theyreadthe
magazine.
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The GuttenbergDesignPrinciple
In the strongfallowareathere
isn’tmuchgoingon, there isa
little textandthere isone of the
memberisthere butthere isn’ta
lotof text.Inthe weekfallow
area there isa boldheadline,abit
of textaboutthe bandand two of
the members of Coldplayare
there.
Main Image/Images
The main image onthispage is
Coldplaymessingaboutand
actingcocky whichmatchesthe
maintext. Inthe picturesthe
back people are actingcockyand
self-assuredandthe leadsinger
at the frontisjokingaboutand
messingabout.Thisreflectswhat
type of band theyare howthey
thinkof themselves Headlines
The headline says"Were the bestfuckingbandinthe world" Thisstandouta lotbecause
of howthe textisin bigboldwhite lettersandhowtheyhave usedtaboolanguage.The
taboolanguage standsout because itshows self-assuredtheyare aboutthemself.Italso
standsout because itsstrongworkto use and it showshowgoodtheythinktheyare. This
connectsto the genre of the magazine because it’sarock magazine and taboo language
whichisusuallyinRockmusicand it's notanythingbad inthistype of magazine
DesignBalance
Thispage would be informal.
Thiswouldbe informal because
of the chaoticbackgroundthey
have usedwhentakingthe
picture.Inthe background
there are brightcolours and
there israndomdrawings
placedanywhere. Youcanalso
tell the genre of musictheyplay
by the waythere standingand
the colourstheyare wearing.
You can tell thattheycreate
upbeat,popmusicbecause they
are wearingbrightercolourand
theyhave a colourful
background,unlike if theywere
ina rock bandbecause they
wouldhave brightcolours.
Text
On thispage theyhaven'tused
much textonthispage they
have justput the headline inbig
textwhichtakesupa lotof the
page. In the texttheyhave used
taboolanguage whichreflects
the type of magazine itis.This
magazine will be foradults
because of the language and
howbig theyhave made the text
because if itwasn't foradultsit
wouldbe insmallerwritingso
people wouldn'tsee itasthey
are flickingthroughthe
magazine.
