The document describes various design elements of a music magazine cover and contents page. It explains features like the skyline, masthead, cover line, drop caps, barcode, puff, house style, issue number, contents, feature photo, cover photo credit, creator credits, sectioned stories, and headlines. Elements like bold colors, fonts, photos, and short descriptive text are used to attract readers and guide them through the magazine content in a clear and organized manner.

1. Sky line: The sky line goes above the
masthead on the magazine and normally
gives extra information about the issue
and what’s inside.
Masthead: Masthead is an alternative
word for the title of the magazine. The
Kerrang logo on this issue is red which
matches part of the text on the cover line.
Exclusive: The magazine says they have an
exclusive story on Fall Out Boy’s new
album. This might attract consumers who
are fans of the band.
Cover line: The main headline goes with
the main image on the cover as Black Veil
Brides are the band on the picture. They
have used a quote and have not given
very much information on the article so
the reader can find out more about the
main headline. This cover line tells you a
lot about what the band have been doing,
but they don’t give too much away that all
of the information is on the front and you
won’t need to read the inside, which may
attract more people into buying it and
wanting to find out more.
Drop Caps: Every word on the cover of
this magazine is in capital letters. Bold,
capital letters will attract the readers to
different stories talking about on the
cover.
Barcode: The barcode tells the readers
the price of the magazine, the date and
the issue number. The barcode also tells
the employer how many magazines are
left in the shop, therefore how many
they can put out for customers to buy.
Puff: this magazine is offering you a chance to
win some free tickets to a show. The puff is the
promotion of a bands show; it gives the band the
publicity of the show and will hopefully get more
people involved and wanting to go see their
show.
House style: the layout of this article is quite
packed and doesn’t seem to fit a theme, things
are placed anywhere, however it’s still easy to
read everything on the actual page. The reason
everything is so clear to read but still together is
because of the bold and the well-used colours.
The main ones are; yellow, red, white, with
black outlines. These colours all work really well
together, which makes the page seem better to
read and to notice things more. The black
outline brings out the text and the things that
would have gotten lost behind everything else.
The white background brings the picture out
more, when a coloured one would have made it
look unappealing because of the dark tones, the
picture has. The font used makes the cover look
smart and organized, even though it is not, the
writing is clear because of how spacious it is
and because of the dark colours used
underneath it. A member of the band on the
front covers up some of the title of the
magazine; however they use a font which a lot
of people can recognize now, and his head also
doesn’t cover up a lot of it, but highlights the
band as well. The small photos and text around
the edges, tell you a lot about what’s going to
be inside and although they come across as
small, they are still big enough for you to read.
Photos of the posters are displayed at the top
so it will attract readers into buying it, because
it may be one of the first things they see.

2. Issue number and cover date: kerrang has put
this information at the top of the page, this is so
it’s the center of attention and because it helps
the reader know what issue they are actually
reading and how old the magazine is. Especially
for collectors it will help them keep up to date
and so they can put their collection in the
correct order.
Contents: At the top of the page as well it
tells you what this page is actually called. The
word ‘contents’ is shown in a black circle,
which makes it easier to read the white
writing especially because of the white
background. The contents word, allows
people to know what they will actually find on
this page, making it easier for them to
maneuver from page to page easier.
Underneath it also shows a punch line that
changes through the issues, this is simply for
entertainment purposes.
House style: the main background colour is
white, which is also like the front page; this
color makes it easier to read any other colour
of it. The main colours stick with the same
theme as the cover and have used: yellow,
red, white and black. The limited use of
colours makes this page look smarter and not
as busy as it could have done. The yellow and
the red are quite bright colours; therefore
stand out more against the black boxes and
text. The page numbers are in red and
against the black text makes it easier for the
reader to know what pages they could go to.
All the writing is in the same font which
makes it more appealing rather than messy,
however its still bold, which stands out more.
Feature photo: kerrang for this article
have used a different photo to what
would be shown on the double paged
article. I think because of this it allows
people to get curious as to what they
may get to read about , which could get
more people into buying the magazine, if
they the read the contents first. This
photo was mentioned on the cover,
which could be a reason as to why they
put this here, or because they know a lot
of people would be interested in what
this picture offers. There isn’t really
much said on the front for this photo,
which could get people curious and
would attract more fans. The page
number is shown on the photo in bold,
so people can quickly maneuver to that
page, without having to go through it all
if they don’t want to.
Cover photo credit: this is here for copy
right issues. Also so people who like the
over could do further information onto
the artist who created the cover or took
the photo.
Creator credits: this is to dedicate a special
little part to whoever created the actual
magazine. It’s to get them recognized for
their work. It’s in a red box and stands
outs a lot so people can see it and know
more about the editor. It’s a lot more
visual
Sectioned stories: the stories are in sections
which a lot of people will like because they
can easily head to the page they want to
know more about, if they are interested in
one thing and not the others, also its makes
the page look cleaner and more organized.

3. Headline- they have used the term ‘ahoy’ in their
headline because of the picture underneath taken from
one of the concerts. This makes it more humorous and
clever. They’ve underlined the word ’ahoy’ and ‘new’
which makes you want to read on because it’s not
telling you an awful lot but leaves you wondering what
could be new about the band it doesn’t directly say
what the article about but will attract the reader
more.. These two words are also in white, when the
bands names are in yellow, this makes the title stand
out. The title is rather bold but is the center therefore
it will be the first thing the reader says.
Features- This double page spread includes
an image of the album cover of the upcoming
album and a quote from the bands guitarist,
Pete Wentz, telling the reader the album is
closer than they’d expect. The text is in bold
capitals which would draw the reader’s eye
straight to it, encouraging them to read the
article.
House Style- The colour scheme used on this double page spread is
yellow and white for the title and the exclusive subtitle. This makes
the text and the main image separately stand out. The article itself
has a different colour scheme as the main colours used in it are black,
white and red. The white is used as the background with black text.
The red pieces of text are the bits that stand out that attract the
reader.
News- On the news sign it says ‘Chicago’s
finest sail back!’ meaning the band have
been out of the scene for a while and they
have made their return with a new album.
Main image- The main image covers both the
pages of the double page spread. The image
of Pete Wentz in a inflatable boat links with
the headline as it says ‘ahoy’.
Summary- Above the article is a couple of
lines telling the reader what the text is going
to be about. Part of the text it highlighted
red, this shows the band name so the reader
knows what the article will be about, as well
as the headline.