This document discusses pop rock music genre and analyzes the covers of four magazines. Pop rock mixes catchy pop style with light lyrics in typically guitar-based rock songs. The magazine covers analyzed have varying designs with different uses of color, fonts, photos, and article descriptions to appeal to different audiences. They incorporate styles associated with pop, rock, and gothic genres through visual elements like dark makeup, tattoos, and varied color schemes.

1. What is genre?
‘A style or category of art, music and literature.’

2. Pop
Rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a
catchy pop style and light lyrics in its
(typically) guitar-based rock songs. There
are varying definitions of the term, ranging
from a slower and mellower form of rock
music to a subgenre of pop music.

3. Use of colors are mainly red, white, blue
and black. The theme of this magazine
would be quite gothic with the dark black
make up around the eyes and the white
face. The font is bold and in your face, the
font of the text stands out sitting on a black
background as well as the capitols. The
sell lines used are quite short however
catchy causing people to want to read on
, and the photography is also catching to
the eye, something about the main
photo makes you want to read more as
it is a bold feature with interesting
effects, the model is wearing quite dim
colors black over coat and a white color
but the white face brings out bright
colors, this particular magazine cover
doesn't used props.

4. This magazine uses a lot more bright color, there is
lots of pinks and purple which indicates it focuses
more on the pop rather than rock, this magazine
theme is quite girlie as Britney spears appeals to
young girls, the use of bright feminine colors also
suggests a feminine theme. There is several fonts
used on this cover the use of italics on the main sell
line draws people in and appeals to the younger
generation. the article sell lines are aimed at
younger people due to its lexical choices such as
'pop star' and 'oh behave, Britney!' The main photo
used on this magazine cover is Britney Spears she
does have quite a lot of flesh showing however the
top she is wearing is quite rock with the one sleeve
and slit and there is a smaller photo of a band
wearing all black which stands out due to all the
bright colors, Once again this magazine doesn't use
any props.

5. This magazine is also based around red and
black colours like the mojo magazine front
cover similarly there is the same white washed
out face and back ground with dark lips and eye
Make up which seems to be a common feature
of rock/pop magazines, the models style is also
black and white which stands out on the
background.
The title is quite hidden by the model however it is a
bold font, the text at the bottom of the magazine is
italic which stands up as well throughout the front
cover uses varied aspects of bold and italic fronts.
There is catchy article sell lines such as ‘the girl who
broke the rules’ which sounds appealing.

6. This magazine colour is unlike any other magazine
cover i have analysed as it is quite busy in the way that
It has lots of bright colours and lots going on there
However is still a lot of use of yellow black and red!
The model in this magazine doesn’t have a top on
However he has several tattoos which is related to
Gothic things and is quick rock. The font on this cover
varies the kerrang title appears to have a glass smash
effect, there is a lot of bold and italic text and a wide
choice of fonts. There is lots of advertisement of bands
and artists and selling features such as ‘5 awesome
posters’ This magazine cover has one prop, the use of
the camera I feel is quite effective and also relates to the
tag line ’Oli Sykes hot shots!’.