This document provides a detailed deconstruction of the front cover of Kerrang! magazine. It analyzes various design elements including the barcode, masthead, buzzwords, images, and color scheme. The contents page is also examined, noting the cartoon dinosaur skeleton and play on words in the caption. Finally, the document analyzes a double page article spread, highlighting features like the drop capital letter, title, quote, photo positioning and captions.

1. Kerrang!
Magazine
Deconstruction
the front cover

2. The barcode is in the bottom right
corner. It contains the usual
things a barcode would, such as:
Issue number
Date
Price
URL
This would give this individual
magazine it’s own identity.

3. The masthead, Kerrang!, is written in white, which is a
contrast to the background that is red.
It is placed behind the main images to connote that the people
of the main image is more important.
Also, it could mean that this rock magazine is so famous that is
doesn’t need to prove itself!

4. There are
This is to draw the reader in. In this case it is:
‘Win’ is also a buzz word, to stand out to the
magazine’s audience.
There are more examples of buzzwords. In the
top left corner there is another puff
‘Exclusive makes the reader think
they are invited into a secret!

5. There are 9 more smaller images on this front page.
6 of which are ‘AMAZING POSTERS’
There is an image of Miles Kennedy, lead singer
of Alter Bridge next to his puff which anchors down
his image.
The last image is a disabled stick man putting his
horns up!
There’s a caption next to an image of
Metallica along with their sub line.
METALLICA:THE FILM

6. Strips!
+ MALLORY KNOX PEARL JAM BRING ME TO THE HORIZON
At the very bottom there’s a strip.This is to inform the reader
that there is a more information to give and more articles to
read.
The contrast of yellow and red make it stand out
There is also a plus sign to show there is extra to see!
ALTER BRIDGE
ON SLASH, CREED AND
THE NEW ALBUM!
As mentioned before, Miled Kennedy had a photo and puff; this is all in the strip
at the very top of the cover!
This is to offer more to the reader.

7. COLOUR SCHEME
The colour scheme in this
front cover is a mash up of:
YELLOW
CONNOTES HAPPINESS, FRIENSHIP, WARMTH
RED
CONNOTES DANGER AND SECRECY (SOMETIMES LOVE)
BLUE
CONNOTES CALMNESS AND RELAXATION
WHITE
CONNOTES PURITY AND NEW THINGS

8. the
contents
page

9. The first thing that caught
my eye was the cartoon
dinosaur skeleton. It also
has people, and who I think
may be Ben Stiller, around
thing dinosaur.
The caption below says
‘A NIGHT AT THE
MUSEUM TO
REMEMBER, OH
YEAH.’
This is a play on words
which can be funny. ‘A night
in the museum’, referring to
a popular movie, and ‘to
remember’ is from a metal
band ‘A Day To Remember’.
Beneath are 3 columns, which have
at least one picture. 2 of which are
of article numbers and explanation
of the body copy. The last column
has 2 blocks of text; and editors
note and a note from a band
member. There is a banner to
separate these.

10. ‘Contents’ is
written as if it was
written by hand.
This makes it seem
as if it is a
sincere letter or
gift to the reader,
making this magazine
something personal.
The numbers of the
pages are written in
colours that are a
contrast to the
background they are on.
This makes reading this
more ascetically
pleasing to the reader.
It also adds more
variety onto the page.
The yellow-on-red
contrasts stands out,
as if they are the more
important articles.

11. the double page
spread

12. On this page there is a clear example of a drop capital.This would also be
appropriate as the drop capital is the first letter of the lead singer
Miles Kennedy.This would connote that this article is about him and his
band,
but his story in particular.
It is orange which matched the colour scheme
of orange, black and red. Miles, as seen taking
up the majority on the left page, is holding a
more-or-less orange and black striped guitar.
This is probably where the colour scheme came
from as the colours would fit together.

13. The title of the story is:
The name of this band is ‘Alter Bridge’
making his title a play on the words of their
band. Alter Bridge went on hiatus not too long
ago, and the term ‘building bridges’ often
refers to people coming back together and
forgetting the past. So this article would be
the points of views of the
band members and how they have come
back together.
A quote used by Miles ‘It feels
like I’m coming back to my
family’ suits the title and has
everything to do with the
story.White on black print
would stand out, making the
reader possibly read the
quote first therefore
influencing them to read the
article.
Is the quote is an anchorage
to the picture above.

14. The ‘stand first’ of this article is appropriately place
next to the orange and white subheading which is an
introductory to the article.
Miles is seen separate from the rest of his band, this
could connote that he is still getting to the other side
of the bridge, getting back to them. The titles of this
could act as the bridge as it is slightly curves like a
bridge.
Here is another
example of a
drop capital.

15. Here is a caption of a photo of
Miles himself with Slash!
There are no picture credits as it
would look to busy. Usually in
Kerrang! the captions have a
humourous mode of address so
they wouldn’t be any room for
picture credits.
The band’s logo is at
the very top right
hand corner.This is
to officialise this
article.
There is a faint glimpse of a by-line.

16. By MaddieWilliams :D