The document contains summaries of magazine pages about concerts by the bands Paramore and Nirvana: 1) The Paramore page uses puns in the masthead and kicker related to the band's songs and their boat concert. Photos show the band and opening acts performing. 2) The Nirvana page features a black-and-white photo of Kurt Cobain playing guitar. The article discusses the band's top ten gigs. Photos show band performances and a theater advertising their name. 3) Both pages have an unorganized layout with uneven columns and randomly placed images, reflecting the messy conventions of rock music and its target teenage audience.

1. Masthead
The masthead is a pun toward the bands songs as
they actually have a song called ‘ain’t it fun’. And they
changed it to ‘Ain’t it sun’ punning toward the gig on
the boat they did. The fact the masthead is in an
anchor links to the fact that the band is performing
on a boat. The masthead is in yellow writing so it can
stand out against the bold blue colour.
The Guttenberg design principle
The primaryoptical area showsthe beginningof the mainimage
and the masthead.The readermaylookoverto the terminal area
to lookat the otherpicturesof the bandperformingbutsome
wouldgostraightto the article whichisinthe middle butismore to
the strong fallowarea.The strongfallowareahasanotherpicture
of the bandperformingshowingthe readerstheyjoysof what
happened.The weakfallowareahasthe bottomof the mastheadin
it andhas some picturesof the concert.Theyalso puta banner
there to fill the space.
House Style
The main colour scheme seems to
be blue yellow and white with bits
of black and red. Kerrang
magazines tend to use the same
font of writing for their articles.
The pages layout is in columns like
a newspaper type style but is
unorganised as the columns are
different lengths and sizes.
Text
The kicker has a pun toward the filmJaws as itquotes it saying
‘We’re going to need a bigger boat’ implyingto the readers that
there were that many people on the boat they needed a bigger
one. There is another pun in the top left hand corner playingon
the words ahoy and the band’s name ‘Paramore’ getting the
word ‘Parahoy’which is also thename of the gigthey played on
the cruise.The purposeof the story is to entertain as readers
want to know what happened on the cruise,especially if they
weren’t on it. The articleexplains whathappened on the
‘Parahoy’cruise,the articleis likea journal entry as itjust
explains whatthe journalistdid on the cruiseand what the band
did.The sentences are quite long. The articleis quitecolloquial.
This is becausethey talk casually likethey arespeakingto a
friend usingrhetorical questions and phrases like‘um’. There are
shots of the main band that played (Paramore) and all the other
supportacts that played. Theses shot have been chosen to show
the readers what happened on the day.The headlineis a pun for
one of the bands songs and also to the gig they did on a boat.
The masthead is also in theshapeof an anchor to emphasisethe
pun to the factthey are performing on a boat.
Main image
The main image is of the band
Paramore singing at one of their
concerts on a boat. The image is of
the main singer in action as she
sings theirsongs at a boat concert.
The image introduces the band on
the page as it will be the main
focus on the page as, as soon as
the reader looks at the picture they
will know what band it is due to
the well-known artist.
Design Balance/ symmetry
Just likethe other contents page there is no
balanceor symmetry. The pages are unorganised,
photos arejuststuck anywhere. This unbalance
page could link to whom the magazine is aged at
which is teenagers implyingthey are messy and
don’t likecleaning.Itcould also link to the rock
genre and the unorganised convention of that
genre.

2. House Style
The double page spread has the
same font used across the page; it’s
the same font throughout the Q
Magazine. There seems to be a
main colour scheme of black and
white with a hint of pink used for
the badges. The page’s layout is in
columns like a newspaper type
style.
Main image
The main image isof the band
Nirvana’sleadsingerKurtCobain.The
image isinblack and white addingto
the shutterspeedeffectof the
movementof Kurtplayinghisguitar
showinghiminaction.The blackand
white photocouldbe a symbol forthe
genre of musicwhichisrock/grunge
music. The photobleedsslightlyonto
the otherpage.
Text
The purpose of the storyisto both informandentertainas
readerwill wanttoknowwhat happenedanditentertains
themas it isan article aboutthe band beingintopten gigs.
The article explainThe article isformal asitreachesits
target audience interestasthe magazine focusmore onan
olderaudience thanayoungeronso they use more
sophisticatedlanguageswhathappenedatthe bandsgigs.
There are shotsof the bandperformingortogetherat
differentplaces,there isalsoshotof a theatre
advertisementexplaininghowthe bandisyetto gettheir
name up n lights. A quote stoodoutto me.‘At one point
KristNovoselicbeganswinginghisbassaroundbythe strap’.
The mastheadisthe band’sname introducingthemtothe
readers.Itthenfollowsupwiththe gigdate informing
readerwhentheirgreatestgigwas.
Design Balance/ symmetry
The pages has no balance, the badges text and
images are everywhere, there is just no order to this
page, this could be because it links to the rocker
genre and the stereotypical representation of rock
bands being ‘wild’ and ‘crazy’.
The Guttenberg design principle
The primary optical area contains the masthead of the double page spread
making the reader look in the direction first as it introduces the band on
the page. The terminal optical area has the last but of the text in it. The
terminal area is not as strong as the reader would read down from the
primary optical area to the weak fallow area since the start of the text is
there. The strong fallow area has images of the band
Masthead
The masthead is the biggest text on the double page. It is in a badge in
another colour making the masthead stand out. The masthead is the
name of the band mentioned on the page which is Nirvana introducing
the band on the page. The masthead is in capital letters striking it as
important, also conveying it’s as violent and angry linking back to the
rock genre. The mast head is on a badge that looks like a crumple up bit
of paper that looks like it’s just been stuck there making the page look
unorganised yet interesting.