The NME and KERRANG magazines are both weekly UK rock music publications. NME has been published since 1952 and costs £2.20. KERRANG first published in 1981 and also costs £2.20. Both magazines target audiences aged 15/16 years and older and can be obtained through subscriptions or retail stores on iPad, laptops and computers. They utilize colorful designs, large images and varied fonts to attract readers' attention to articles about rock music, concerts and artists.

1. NME Magazine KERRANG Magazine

2. FACTS
Type/focus of magazine – Rock
The NME magazine is around Publishing Company – IPC Media
£2.20, it come out weekly. Its Editor’s name – Mike Williams
target audience is from about Date of First publication – 7th March 1952
15years plus. Music genre is Price - £2.40
rock. How/Where can readers get it? – iPad,
Laptop, Computer, Delivered to you
(subscription), Retail shop.

3. Image overlaps title of Image relates to one of the topics of the
magazine magazine “I DON’T GIVE A SH*T ABOUT A
ROYAL WEDDING” (the bouquet of flowers)
Date/Price Freebie
Uses quotes to
attract The red text attracts
attention attention
Colour
scheme, red/green/black
The black
contrasts against Text surrounds the face of
the white the person on the front
background
Variety of font sizes
Large text
‘captivating’
Barcode situated at the bottom
Other features to attract
you too the magazine

4. Messy letters make it look floating quote is enlarged and
scruffy and uneven makes it instantly draws readers into
less formal the article Black eyes and shabby hair The picture placed on one
create the rock/punk look page automatically being the
Quote takes up half page focus
Black and
white contrast
each other
Small
paragraph, n
utshelling
the writing
below it
Drop capital letter
Her name is highlighted in Text wraps around the image,
bubble writing avoiding the image
Text is extra small in
comparison to the large Quote overlaps her arm but
image and floating quote not face

5. Title more towards the right
Colours contrast Date beneath title
(numbers and text)
Uses block titles to
separate the different
types of articles
Make the Page numbers easily
magazine look visible in red
sophisticated
Main contents in one
list
Bold contrasting titles
Weird subtitle Picture being the main
attraction
Introductionary
paragraph
Drop capital
Advertisement

6. FACTS
Type/focus of magazine – Rock
The KERRANG Magazine is out Publishing Company – Bauer Media Group
weekly, it is around £2.20 and Editor’s name – James McMahon
its music genre is rock, its Date of First publication – 6th June 1981
target audience from around Price - £2.20
16years plus. How/Where can readers get it? –
iPad, Laptop, Computer, Delivered to you
(subscription), Retail shop.

7. Picture overlapping
Eye contact with
heading
buyer
Words overlapping
image but not face
7x Sub headings
Picture acting as a
background
Colour
theme, pink, yellow, black
Sneak preview of and white
freebie
All text in capitals
Barcode at the
bottom
Pictures
overlapping each
other, collage effect
Pink stands out from other dull colours

8. Issue number and date
Magazine title Main picture, covering
half the page
Yellow contrasts hugely
Sub headings, are bolded against black
with the contrasting
colours
Bold topic heading then
small brief sentence Images to break up the list
Small paragraph to
introduce this magazine
Page numbers highlighted
issue
in red
Info about who made
certain stuff
Advertisement

9. Quote is Image is
highlighted, in red medium
4 colour scheme, and in italics Image takes up 3 quarters of a page Image is landscape close up
blue, red black Logo
and white Looking in
2 different
directions
Black paragraph
background
means it is
clearly readable Image is the
behind the main attraction
white writing on the page
Red lines divide the different writing
Besides the colour scheme, because The picture is very high contrast
types. The article, then an advert,
of the high contrast picture, we meaning the person at the front has
then small print. a very vibrant attracting jacket
mainly see yellow blue and red