This is the first magazine, of 3, which I looked at the conventions. I chose KERRANG since my chosen genre is rock and KERRANG is probably the biggest/most popular rock music magazine.

1. Masthead: It is always cracked like This banner shows some of the other articles included in
this. However it alternates this issue. It is yellow and has bold writing. This is to catch
between being black and being a person’s eyes; leading to them wanting to read on, at
white It is also sometimes least until that article. This would entice a different range
anchoring the cover photo. It is of buyers because different people would read different
behind it a lot of the time, like this articles.
particular issue.
The cover photo shows
the band looking either
fierce or posing with
the traditional rock
hand gesture. This
shows that they are a
rock band. It is also a ‘ALL TIME LOW’ This
rather big and covers is clearly the name
the entire front page. of the band. You can
They are wearing tell this because it is
rather bright clothes not only anchoring
and the background is the cover photo but
also white. This makes it is in a bright blue.
them stand out more This would entice
than a band that would fans of that specific
all be wearing black. band to want to
White also symbolises read the article. This
purity. These are young would lead to them
men so you want to buying it. The size of
believe they are the writing also
innocent however the indicates that the
sell line ‘PUKE! article is going to be
NUDITY! TOTAL important.
MAYHEM’ says
completely the
opposite
These are both bright and include a lot, like the top banner, about
what is included in this issue of the magazine. They have writing in a
pretty simple but effective font. It is bold which makes it easy to read.
The boldness also makes the bands being written about seem This line indicates that the band on the
important. They are still shown to be less important than the main cover are international and don’t spend
cover photo/article but will still entice the audience to buy the much time in the UK.
magazine.
The pictures on the left side of this banner show what posters you
receive in this issue. This again would entice different buyers because
different people may want a different poster for their room.

2. There are many pictures of Dave Grohl. This shows, if
you were just flicking through, that this article is The main image on these pages is one of Dave, at
about him. One of the pictures is of him with his a show. We know this because he is playing his
band, another his wife and one more, I think is his guitar and there seems to be a large amount of
mum. These indicate that the article is going to be people in the background of the photo. You can
rather personal and talk about his family and band also tell that this is the most recent photo as he
life. looks a lot different compared to himself in the
other photos.
There are captions on the pictures. These
will tell us who is in the photographs with
There is a lot of writing on these pages but as you
Dave Grohl. Also, knowing the history of the
can see from the bold passage at the bottom of
magazine, the captions may be witty and
the right hand page, this is the last of the article.
clever.
You can also tell from the beginning to the artivle
on this page, that it is not the beginning. That
clearly starts on the previous page. You can tell
This is a snippet from the article. It is rather inspiring actually. It
though that the article is in depth. The pictures
reads ‘You’ve got one life so you better live it as best you can’
do take up a large amount of space but leave
This to me shows that Dave Grohl is a man that likes to live life to
enough room for plenty of writing.
the full and spend it with his friends and family (judging from the
pictures). Also, this extract is made to stand out from the rest of
the article by being white writing on a black box out of sorts. In
contrast to the main interview which is black writing on a white
background.

3. Here is a welcome note from the editor of the
magazine. This is just a little passage to say
hello and what has been going on through
the week. Sometimes it would include a piece The date of this issue is 01/11/08 Which would coincide with
from a special guest editor. my earlier assumption of the large picture on this page being
to do with Halloween.
The font is block,
black, capital letters. If
The picture of the this was to be the
band with the fake deciding factor of who
blood on is the would read this
largest picture on magazine, I would
the contents page. associate it with a
This to me says that male audience. The
it is a really headers of each page
important poster or area are in Yellow.
important article. It This shows which part
could also show that of the magazine the
this is either a article will be in.
Halloween issue or
it is just a special
edition poster.
The headings of the
articles are names of
bands which would
The contents page is suggest an article
rather tidy but you about them will be in
can still identify that the magazine. The
this is a rock bands are rather well
magazine. This would known in the ‘rock
be from the fonts world’. This would
used and the way appeal to Kerrang’s
things are laid out. 16-24 target
audience.
The articles advertised on this contents page with There is a subscription advert in the corner of this
the pictures show the readers what the main page. It uses the term ‘FOR JUST’ which implies that
articles are without just listing them and their it is a good offer and you really would be getting a
page number along the side of the page. These bargain. You would also be enticed by this advert
pictures, again, are of popular artists. It also shows because it say that the magazine will be delivered to
which page the gig listings and album reviews are your door directly, making it easier to receive your
on. These are important articles because some favourite weekly, rock music magazine.
people might want to know when their favourite
band are touring or how good someone’s new
album is.