The magazine front covers are summarized as follows: 1) The NME magazine front cover uses a color palette of white, red, and black to match the genre of punk bands featured. It is aimed at an older audience of mostly men familiar with bands from the late 1970s. 2) The Kerrang magazine front cover keeps a typical house style with different fonts and is aimed at a younger, male audience as a rock music magazine. 3) The Mojo magazine front cover features Paul Weller to attract his fans and a new audience, keeping a traditional magazine style while also promoting a website for modern technology. It is aimed at an older, male audience.

1. Magazine Analysis
By
Liam Donnelly & Ryan Batey

2. The colour goes with Exclusives to draw a
the genre of the specific type of audience
bands, as a punkie and could attract other
sort of bands. The fans.
colour pallet is White,
Red and Black.
Don’t need to see full
title as well known
Offers in the magazine magazine.
(Incentive to buy)
Magazine front cover
cramped so it conveys type
of music (Loud & in your
Quote from feature face)
article, so you know
what to expect
(Buying into it)
Different use of
fonts, (The Jam) backs
In general the magazine is up type of music that
for an older audience as band played.. Aimed
bands from late 70’s, I at older market.
would argue mostly men.
Links in with the time of Traditional magazine which
the bands of magazine. suites the audience as
(No download) trying to back to time of Barcode, tells you the price
bands (No modern (typical on most magazines)
technology)

3. Don’t need to
The colour pallet of
see the full
the front cover breaks
title, because it
the conventions of a
is a well known
traditional NME
magazine
magazine
Shows that NME
The magazine is
is a modern music
aimed at a younger
magazine and it is
audience, as shown
moving with the
with the language
times
and artist used
Colloquial language,
Magazine would
something that you
appeal to both men
would not see in
and women, but
other magazines
would mostly be fans
of Lady Gaga
Quote from feature article, so
you have an idea what is inside. Barcode which is
Also asks the reader the a typical
question, which gets them convention of
involved straight away magazines, also
includes the
website(modern
Play on words technologies)

4. Colour pallet of Black,
White and also Red.
Seems like a busy type of
colours to match the Don’t need to see full title
magazine. as it is well known
magazine.
Keeps with a typical
Kerrang house style.
Larger piece of text,
stands out more and There is a few
draws the audience different fonts on
straight in. the front cover of
Kerrang.
Incentive to buy the
magazine because of
the free posters.
Barcode which is a
typical convention of
magazines, also
includes the
Younger generation Extra’s on the magazine to website(modern
magazine, (Rock music) reward regular readers. technologies)
Usually men.

5. Modern use of
technology, website.
This magazine is aimed for the
older man. We get this impression
Incentive to buy by the genre of music and via the
magazine for front cover.
customers
Exclusives to draw a
specific type of
audience and could Try's to attract a
attract other fans. new audience, as a
lot of Paul Weller
fans will buy the
Main headline
magazine
draws the reader
in and could
attract a larger
audience as Feature articles which will
certain fans could convince people that this
also buy this now magazine is the type they
want to read.
CD, keeps in with
the traditional
style of the Barcode which is a typical
magazine convention of magazines