The document summarizes the similarities and differences found within three music magazines: DJ Magazine, Top of the Pops Magazine, and Kerrang! Magazine.
Key similarities included large images and mastheads on the front covers to grab attention, use of cover lines to advertise contents, consistent color schemes, and use of images and page numbers to highlight important pages within contents sections.
Key differences included the type of language, images, and advertising techniques used on covers to target different age demographics, inconsistent continued color schemes between magazines, and varying methods of splitting up text for readability.
The document also included a questionnaire to gather information about reader demographics, music interests, and preferences for design and additional content within music
This document provides an analysis of magazine design elements for several popular magazines including Vice, Kerrang!, and Rolling Stone. For each magazine, it examines colours, fonts, text/language, and imagery used on the front cover, double page spreads, and websites.
For Vice magazine covers, it notes their use of bold colours, black outlines on images, and see-through title fonts. Double page spreads use white/black with quotes in accent colours. Kerrang! magazine covers feature recognizable band fonts and minimal text, while spreads include quotes as titles in varied fonts. Rolling Stone sometimes tailors cover colours to the topic/artist, and includes informal language and appealing imagery throughout.
The document discusses design elements used on magazine covers. It analyzes covers of music magazines focusing on mastheads, images, fonts, colors and other stylistic choices. Specific magazines and artists featured include Schoolboy Q, Lorde, Rihanna, Rolling Stones and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Elements like iconic images, different font styles and sizes, and use of colors aim to attract audiences and signal the magazine's content. Buzzwords, taglines and listings also provide information and intrigue readers.
The document summarizes the proposed layout and design of a student's music magazine focused on the rave/disco genre. It includes an analysis of existing magazines DJ Magazine and MixMag to inform the design. Audience research was also conducted. The proposed layout includes a cover with featured artists and articles, as well as sample content pages.
RWD Magazine is a British magazine that focuses on genres like grime, hip hop, R&B, and dubstep. It became well known in the UK in the early 2000s as grime music was rising in popularity. The magazine and website feature articles on popular artists in these genres and use simple designs and fonts to appeal to their primarily young, male audience.
The document analyzes three pages from the Kerrang music magazine: the front cover, contents page, and a double page article spread. Some key similarities across the pages include:
1) All pages use a similar color scheme of white, black, yellow, with some pages also including red and blue.
2) Each page features a large image related to rock music, whether of a band or musician.
3) Bold headings are used on every page to clearly indicate sections and articles.
4) Text on each page promotes or provides information about articles, events, and bands in the magazine.
5) While the masthead is sometimes omitted, the overall design and elements create a consistent rock
The double page spread features an article on the upcoming album of the band My Chemical Romance. The main image depicts the lead singer Gerard Way staring down which represents the emo attitude of their music. The layout maintains the magazine's house style with bold colors and cracked text. While Gerard is featured prominently, the other band members are also included to show they are equally important. The article provides an exclusive sneak peek of the unreleased album to make readers feel privileged.
This document provides an analysis of the front cover, contents page, and a double page spread from Billboard magazine.
The front covers follow a consistent house style with the logo and masthead placement. Photos are usually close-ups of well-known artists to appeal to readers. Fonts are sans serif to look modern.
The contents page is well-organized with charts on the left and features on the right. It uses various font sizes and styles to attract readers. Images of artists are grouped together.
The double page spread features an article on Rihanna with her quote in hot pink font. Photos break up the text across three columns. Sans serif font and a pink/black/white color
The document analyzes and compares the contents pages of three alternative music magazines: Kerrang!, Rock Sound, and Big Cheese. It finds that Kerrang! emphasizes a busy layout with tightly packed columns and images to maintain their bold house style, though this could be overwhelming for some readers. Rock Sound takes a simpler approach with fewer details, prioritizing large images and a controversial quote to attract readers. Big Cheese balances organization and vibrancy through divided sections and angled images. While all three represent the alternative music genre, they target different age demographics and have varying approaches to industry focus versus artist representation.
This document provides an analysis of magazine design elements for several popular magazines including Vice, Kerrang!, and Rolling Stone. For each magazine, it examines colours, fonts, text/language, and imagery used on the front cover, double page spreads, and websites.
For Vice magazine covers, it notes their use of bold colours, black outlines on images, and see-through title fonts. Double page spreads use white/black with quotes in accent colours. Kerrang! magazine covers feature recognizable band fonts and minimal text, while spreads include quotes as titles in varied fonts. Rolling Stone sometimes tailors cover colours to the topic/artist, and includes informal language and appealing imagery throughout.
The document discusses design elements used on magazine covers. It analyzes covers of music magazines focusing on mastheads, images, fonts, colors and other stylistic choices. Specific magazines and artists featured include Schoolboy Q, Lorde, Rihanna, Rolling Stones and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Elements like iconic images, different font styles and sizes, and use of colors aim to attract audiences and signal the magazine's content. Buzzwords, taglines and listings also provide information and intrigue readers.
The document summarizes the proposed layout and design of a student's music magazine focused on the rave/disco genre. It includes an analysis of existing magazines DJ Magazine and MixMag to inform the design. Audience research was also conducted. The proposed layout includes a cover with featured artists and articles, as well as sample content pages.
RWD Magazine is a British magazine that focuses on genres like grime, hip hop, R&B, and dubstep. It became well known in the UK in the early 2000s as grime music was rising in popularity. The magazine and website feature articles on popular artists in these genres and use simple designs and fonts to appeal to their primarily young, male audience.
The document analyzes three pages from the Kerrang music magazine: the front cover, contents page, and a double page article spread. Some key similarities across the pages include:
1) All pages use a similar color scheme of white, black, yellow, with some pages also including red and blue.
2) Each page features a large image related to rock music, whether of a band or musician.
3) Bold headings are used on every page to clearly indicate sections and articles.
4) Text on each page promotes or provides information about articles, events, and bands in the magazine.
5) While the masthead is sometimes omitted, the overall design and elements create a consistent rock
The double page spread features an article on the upcoming album of the band My Chemical Romance. The main image depicts the lead singer Gerard Way staring down which represents the emo attitude of their music. The layout maintains the magazine's house style with bold colors and cracked text. While Gerard is featured prominently, the other band members are also included to show they are equally important. The article provides an exclusive sneak peek of the unreleased album to make readers feel privileged.
This document provides an analysis of the front cover, contents page, and a double page spread from Billboard magazine.
The front covers follow a consistent house style with the logo and masthead placement. Photos are usually close-ups of well-known artists to appeal to readers. Fonts are sans serif to look modern.
The contents page is well-organized with charts on the left and features on the right. It uses various font sizes and styles to attract readers. Images of artists are grouped together.
The double page spread features an article on Rihanna with her quote in hot pink font. Photos break up the text across three columns. Sans serif font and a pink/black/white color
The document analyzes and compares the contents pages of three alternative music magazines: Kerrang!, Rock Sound, and Big Cheese. It finds that Kerrang! emphasizes a busy layout with tightly packed columns and images to maintain their bold house style, though this could be overwhelming for some readers. Rock Sound takes a simpler approach with fewer details, prioritizing large images and a controversial quote to attract readers. Big Cheese balances organization and vibrancy through divided sections and angled images. While all three represent the alternative music genre, they target different age demographics and have varying approaches to industry focus versus artist representation.
The document discusses the target audiences and readership demographics of several alternative music magazines:
- Kerrang! targets 14-22 year olds but has a wide age range due to its diverse music genres. It has more male than female readers.
- Rock Sound focuses only on rock music and has a smaller target audience of 15-24 year olds compared to Kerrang!'s wide audience.
- Big Cheese, which stopped publishing in 1996, would have targeted 16-30 year old males more heavily due to the genres covered.
- XXL, a rap magazine, has a heavily male readership of 78% that matches the male-dominated rap industry. Its readers have a median age of 27 and income
The document provides an analysis of the front cover and contents page of a music magazine called "Top of the Pops". On the front cover, there are many bright colors and images of celebrities scattered across the page to appeal to young teenage girls. The contents page uses informal language and a mix of colors. It highlights the main stories and celebrities featured in the magazine through images and page numbers.
This document discusses the conventions used in various magazine covers, contents pages, and spreads. It analyzes how effective they are and whether they follow typical conventions. Key conventions highlighted include using bold colors and fonts, large images of famous artists, and advertising free items. The target audiences and music genres represented are also assessed. Overall, the document provides insights into magazine design conventions and ideas for layouts.
The document analyzes and compares three music magazines: Kerrang, DJ, and Top of the Pops. It summarizes the target audiences of each magazine based on visual elements like colors, images, and topics covered. Kerrang targets older audiences interested in heavy metal based on scruffy images and swear words. DJ targets those in their 20s-30s with a focus on art and music, shown through colorful, informative spreads. Top of the Pops targets teenage girls with pink colors, young celebrities, and relationship topics. Research results show most people buy 1 magazine monthly for under £2 and are attracted by covers and titles. The analyzed magazines effectively convey their distinct target demographics.
- The document analyzes the front covers of three music magazines: Q Magazine, Rock Sound Magazine, and NME Magazine.
- It examines elements like consistent colors, images, text size and placement, and intended audiences.
- Key points analyzed include the use of images to attract certain demographics, highlighting major artists to draw in readers, and using design elements to signify article importance.
- The document discusses possible genres for a new music magazine, including rock, R&B, and hip hop. It analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of targeting each genre.
- The author decides to target the pop genre because it is versatile and appeals to both genders, allowing for a wider target audience aged 16-24. Pop will allow for inclusion of various popular artists.
- Examples of existing music magazines like Blender are analyzed for effective cover designs, color schemes, fonts, and how they target younger audiences through celebrity images.
- The author selects a font for the magazine masthead that incorporates a bubble gum "O" to symbolize the pop genre and target audience. The masthead name "LO
This document provides a summary of the key elements and layout of the NME (New Musical Express) magazine cover and inside pages.
The NME cover focuses on the return of the British rock band Pulp with a large black and white photo of lead singer Jarvis Cocker. Additional headlines advertise articles on Liam Gallagher, new albums from My Chemical Romance and Kanye West, and student riots. The simple one-photo layout emphasizes that Pulp is an important enough band to be the sole focus.
Inside, the content page continues the minimalist black, white and red color scheme. It features more photos than text to appeal to teenage readers. Article previews use quotes as headlines and provide context in
The document provides details about various music magazines, including their target audiences, layouts, and content. It analyzes the covers, contents pages, and double page spreads of magazines like Vibe, Kerrang, NME, Blender, Rolling Stone, and FHM. Key findings are that NME is the most popular magazine, readers prefer a mixture of pictures and text on double page spreads, and covers and content most attract readers to buy a magazine.
The document provides information about Kerrang! magazine, including its purpose, publisher, form and style, content, genre, and target audience. Kerrang! aims to provide rock music news and information to its primarily male readership between ages 15-24. It uses a bold design with red and black colors to match the rock genre. The publisher, Bauer Media, owns over 80 brands across magazines, radio, TV, and online.
The document analyzes and summarizes aspects of music magazine covers and content pages, including their color schemes, photography, writing styles, text-to-picture ratios, and fonts. Key aspects noted include the use of dark colors and photos on rock magazine covers to appeal to their target audiences, the inclusion of quotes and names to inform readers concisely, and variations in these design elements between covers meant to attract attention and interior pages meant for overview.
The document analyzes the design elements of music magazines NME and Rock Sound, including their covers, content pages, and double-page spreads. It discusses the color schemes, photography, writing styles, text-to-picture ratios, and fonts used and how they target younger audiences interested in rock, punk, and indie music genres. Key details like quotes, names of bands and albums, and live photos are used to engage readers in the 17-30 age range. Darker colors and edgier styles on Rock Sound differentiate it slightly from NME but they aim to attract similar demographics.
The document provides step-by-step instructions for designing a magazine cover in Photoshop. It describes setting up the file size and layout, adding basic elements like the masthead, barcode, and publisher logo. It recommends placing the most important conventions first before adding additional text and a cover photo. The instructions explain how to import images, remove backgrounds, and adjust sizing and positioning of elements. Proper use of layers and blending options is suggested to keep elements linked and apply text effects.
The document outlines Courtney Edwards' pitch presentation for two proposed pop magazines titled "Disco" and "Pop Galaxy", describing the proposed format, content, target audience, and design elements for each magazine. Details include proposed covers, sections, and frequency of issues to appeal to their target demographic of female teenagers interested in music, fashion, and celebrity gossip.
The document provides an analysis of the design elements used in music magazines NME and Rock Sound, including their covers and internal content pages. Key elements discussed include color schemes, photography, writing styles, use of fonts, and ratios of text to images. Across both magazines, dark colors and gritty photography aim to appeal to their target audiences of teenage to young adult music fans, especially those interested in genres like rock, punk, and goth. Short, informal writing keeps the content engaging for readers.
The document analyzes several music magazines, describing their target audiences, layouts, and content. It finds that NME is the most popular magazine, readers prefer a mixture of pictures and text on double page spreads, and they expect to see the UK Top 40 chart. Research shows the target reader is interested in R&B, spends £2-3 on magazines, and is attracted to magazines based on their front covers.
The document summarizes and compares the covers, contents pages, and sample spreads of several music magazines, including Vibe, NME, Kerrang, Blender, Rolling Stone, and FHM. Key details noted include the target audiences, masthead designs, color schemes, layouts, and types of music featured in each publication. Across magazines, common elements included centering cover images and using colors and designs that relate to the genres of music discussed.
Media cw music magazine reaserch and ideas annabel luceybell101
The document summarizes and compares the covers, contents pages, and sample article spreads of several music magazines, including Vibe, NME, Kerrang, Blender, Rolling Stone, and FHM. Key details noted include the target audiences, visual styles, mastheads, color schemes, and genres of music covered for each magazine. The FHM magazine covers and spreads primarily feature scantily-clad female celebrities to appeal to its male readership.
Music magazine reaserch and ideas annabel luceybell101
The document summarizes and compares the covers, contents pages, and sample spreads of several music magazines, including Vibe, NME, Kerrang, Blender, Rolling Stone, and FHM. Key details noted include the target audiences, masthead designs, color schemes, layouts, and types of music featured in each publication. Across magazines, common elements included centering cover images and using colors and fonts that relate to the featured music genres. Differences were also highlighted, such as magazines including one or two cover stars and the use of more or less text in sample spreads.
Music magazine reaserch and ideas annabel luceybell101
The document summarizes and compares the covers, contents pages, and sample spreads of several music magazines, including Vibe, NME, Kerrang, Blender, Rolling Stone, and FHM. Key details noted include the target audiences, masthead designs, color schemes, layouts, and types of music featured in each publication. Across magazines, common elements included centering cover images and using colors and fonts that relate to the featured music genres. Differences were also highlighted, such as magazines including one or two cover stars and the use of more or less text in sample spreads.
Similarities And Differences Between Different MagazinesMaaZe
All three magazines (Kerrang!, Top of the Pops, DJ) use large images and mastheads on the front cover to instantly convey their target audience. They also use cover lines and incentives to promote content inside. However, the language and images used differ - Kerrang! uses more mature language while Top of the Pops appeals to younger audiences. Additionally, Kerrang! uses rhetorical questions not seen in the other magazines. The contents pages highlight important pages through images, fonts, and colors. Double page spreads contain lots of information across images to keep readers engaged, though they differ in text formatting and language used.
The document discusses the target audiences and readership demographics of several alternative music magazines:
- Kerrang! targets 14-22 year olds but has a wide age range due to its diverse music genres. It has more male than female readers.
- Rock Sound focuses only on rock music and has a smaller target audience of 15-24 year olds compared to Kerrang!'s wide audience.
- Big Cheese, which stopped publishing in 1996, would have targeted 16-30 year old males more heavily due to the genres covered.
- XXL, a rap magazine, has a heavily male readership of 78% that matches the male-dominated rap industry. Its readers have a median age of 27 and income
The document provides an analysis of the front cover and contents page of a music magazine called "Top of the Pops". On the front cover, there are many bright colors and images of celebrities scattered across the page to appeal to young teenage girls. The contents page uses informal language and a mix of colors. It highlights the main stories and celebrities featured in the magazine through images and page numbers.
This document discusses the conventions used in various magazine covers, contents pages, and spreads. It analyzes how effective they are and whether they follow typical conventions. Key conventions highlighted include using bold colors and fonts, large images of famous artists, and advertising free items. The target audiences and music genres represented are also assessed. Overall, the document provides insights into magazine design conventions and ideas for layouts.
The document analyzes and compares three music magazines: Kerrang, DJ, and Top of the Pops. It summarizes the target audiences of each magazine based on visual elements like colors, images, and topics covered. Kerrang targets older audiences interested in heavy metal based on scruffy images and swear words. DJ targets those in their 20s-30s with a focus on art and music, shown through colorful, informative spreads. Top of the Pops targets teenage girls with pink colors, young celebrities, and relationship topics. Research results show most people buy 1 magazine monthly for under £2 and are attracted by covers and titles. The analyzed magazines effectively convey their distinct target demographics.
- The document analyzes the front covers of three music magazines: Q Magazine, Rock Sound Magazine, and NME Magazine.
- It examines elements like consistent colors, images, text size and placement, and intended audiences.
- Key points analyzed include the use of images to attract certain demographics, highlighting major artists to draw in readers, and using design elements to signify article importance.
- The document discusses possible genres for a new music magazine, including rock, R&B, and hip hop. It analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of targeting each genre.
- The author decides to target the pop genre because it is versatile and appeals to both genders, allowing for a wider target audience aged 16-24. Pop will allow for inclusion of various popular artists.
- Examples of existing music magazines like Blender are analyzed for effective cover designs, color schemes, fonts, and how they target younger audiences through celebrity images.
- The author selects a font for the magazine masthead that incorporates a bubble gum "O" to symbolize the pop genre and target audience. The masthead name "LO
This document provides a summary of the key elements and layout of the NME (New Musical Express) magazine cover and inside pages.
The NME cover focuses on the return of the British rock band Pulp with a large black and white photo of lead singer Jarvis Cocker. Additional headlines advertise articles on Liam Gallagher, new albums from My Chemical Romance and Kanye West, and student riots. The simple one-photo layout emphasizes that Pulp is an important enough band to be the sole focus.
Inside, the content page continues the minimalist black, white and red color scheme. It features more photos than text to appeal to teenage readers. Article previews use quotes as headlines and provide context in
The document provides details about various music magazines, including their target audiences, layouts, and content. It analyzes the covers, contents pages, and double page spreads of magazines like Vibe, Kerrang, NME, Blender, Rolling Stone, and FHM. Key findings are that NME is the most popular magazine, readers prefer a mixture of pictures and text on double page spreads, and covers and content most attract readers to buy a magazine.
The document provides information about Kerrang! magazine, including its purpose, publisher, form and style, content, genre, and target audience. Kerrang! aims to provide rock music news and information to its primarily male readership between ages 15-24. It uses a bold design with red and black colors to match the rock genre. The publisher, Bauer Media, owns over 80 brands across magazines, radio, TV, and online.
The document analyzes and summarizes aspects of music magazine covers and content pages, including their color schemes, photography, writing styles, text-to-picture ratios, and fonts. Key aspects noted include the use of dark colors and photos on rock magazine covers to appeal to their target audiences, the inclusion of quotes and names to inform readers concisely, and variations in these design elements between covers meant to attract attention and interior pages meant for overview.
The document analyzes the design elements of music magazines NME and Rock Sound, including their covers, content pages, and double-page spreads. It discusses the color schemes, photography, writing styles, text-to-picture ratios, and fonts used and how they target younger audiences interested in rock, punk, and indie music genres. Key details like quotes, names of bands and albums, and live photos are used to engage readers in the 17-30 age range. Darker colors and edgier styles on Rock Sound differentiate it slightly from NME but they aim to attract similar demographics.
The document provides step-by-step instructions for designing a magazine cover in Photoshop. It describes setting up the file size and layout, adding basic elements like the masthead, barcode, and publisher logo. It recommends placing the most important conventions first before adding additional text and a cover photo. The instructions explain how to import images, remove backgrounds, and adjust sizing and positioning of elements. Proper use of layers and blending options is suggested to keep elements linked and apply text effects.
The document outlines Courtney Edwards' pitch presentation for two proposed pop magazines titled "Disco" and "Pop Galaxy", describing the proposed format, content, target audience, and design elements for each magazine. Details include proposed covers, sections, and frequency of issues to appeal to their target demographic of female teenagers interested in music, fashion, and celebrity gossip.
The document provides an analysis of the design elements used in music magazines NME and Rock Sound, including their covers and internal content pages. Key elements discussed include color schemes, photography, writing styles, use of fonts, and ratios of text to images. Across both magazines, dark colors and gritty photography aim to appeal to their target audiences of teenage to young adult music fans, especially those interested in genres like rock, punk, and goth. Short, informal writing keeps the content engaging for readers.
The document analyzes several music magazines, describing their target audiences, layouts, and content. It finds that NME is the most popular magazine, readers prefer a mixture of pictures and text on double page spreads, and they expect to see the UK Top 40 chart. Research shows the target reader is interested in R&B, spends £2-3 on magazines, and is attracted to magazines based on their front covers.
The document summarizes and compares the covers, contents pages, and sample spreads of several music magazines, including Vibe, NME, Kerrang, Blender, Rolling Stone, and FHM. Key details noted include the target audiences, masthead designs, color schemes, layouts, and types of music featured in each publication. Across magazines, common elements included centering cover images and using colors and designs that relate to the genres of music discussed.
Media cw music magazine reaserch and ideas annabel luceybell101
The document summarizes and compares the covers, contents pages, and sample article spreads of several music magazines, including Vibe, NME, Kerrang, Blender, Rolling Stone, and FHM. Key details noted include the target audiences, visual styles, mastheads, color schemes, and genres of music covered for each magazine. The FHM magazine covers and spreads primarily feature scantily-clad female celebrities to appeal to its male readership.
Music magazine reaserch and ideas annabel luceybell101
The document summarizes and compares the covers, contents pages, and sample spreads of several music magazines, including Vibe, NME, Kerrang, Blender, Rolling Stone, and FHM. Key details noted include the target audiences, masthead designs, color schemes, layouts, and types of music featured in each publication. Across magazines, common elements included centering cover images and using colors and fonts that relate to the featured music genres. Differences were also highlighted, such as magazines including one or two cover stars and the use of more or less text in sample spreads.
Music magazine reaserch and ideas annabel luceybell101
The document summarizes and compares the covers, contents pages, and sample spreads of several music magazines, including Vibe, NME, Kerrang, Blender, Rolling Stone, and FHM. Key details noted include the target audiences, masthead designs, color schemes, layouts, and types of music featured in each publication. Across magazines, common elements included centering cover images and using colors and fonts that relate to the featured music genres. Differences were also highlighted, such as magazines including one or two cover stars and the use of more or less text in sample spreads.
Similarities And Differences Between Different MagazinesMaaZe
All three magazines (Kerrang!, Top of the Pops, DJ) use large images and mastheads on the front cover to instantly convey their target audience. They also use cover lines and incentives to promote content inside. However, the language and images used differ - Kerrang! uses more mature language while Top of the Pops appeals to younger audiences. Additionally, Kerrang! uses rhetorical questions not seen in the other magazines. The contents pages highlight important pages through images, fonts, and colors. Double page spreads contain lots of information across images to keep readers engaged, though they differ in text formatting and language used.
Jay Kee-Pinner's Music Magazine Evaluation JayJay Jumanji
This document evaluates a music magazine called Roar Music in comparison to similar magazines like Kerrang and Rock Sound. It analyzes aspects like layout, design, target audience, and distribution. The target audience of Roar Music is described as alternative people who dress differently and listen to less mainstream music. Bauer Media is proposed as the best company to distribute Roar Music since they already publish the competing Kerrang magazine. The document also reflects on what was learned from the process of constructing the magazine prototype about technologies, design, and making the content more appealing to readers.
The document outlines plans for two music magazines called Mixer and Xtra, including proposals, designs, photoshoots, and layouts. It provides details on the target audiences, styles, and content for each magazine. Sample interviews and draft articles are also included to demonstrate the planned content and tone for the publications.
Kerrang! is a magazine published by Bauer Media Group based in Germany with a circulation of 44,013 and readership of 421,000 people mostly aged 22. The magazine focuses on appealing to readers of all ages interested in different genres of rock music, both new and classic bands. In addition to the print magazine, Kerrang! has online platforms like radio and TV and hosts an annual music awards show. The magazine aims to educate readers and keep them informed on the biggest events in the rock music world each week.
The document provides details on the planning and design process for a mock rock music magazine. It includes:
1) A mood board and mind map to establish the genre, target audience, and branding for the magazine. Images and themes were selected that would appeal to typical Kerrang! readers.
2) Rough sketches of the front cover and double-page spread layout, including placement of images, headlines, interviews, and other elements. The color scheme and fonts aim to match the style of Kerrang! magazine.
3) Notes on the overall house style and dimensions of the magazine, which will follow a traditional print format. Color schemes and elements will be repeated from Kerrang! for consistency.
This document summarizes the key design elements of the cover of Kerrang magazine's Halloween edition. The cover uses a variety of colors, fonts, images and text placements to attract the target audience of 15-24 year old male rock music fans. The large masthead and bold coverlines draw attention, while images of tattooed rock artists and previews of posters provide incentives to buy. Color schemes emphasize Halloween tones of green and yellow while maintaining associations with black and white. The overall busy, angled layout creates an impressionistic feel to appeal to the rebellious sensibilities of the target readership.
Kerrang is a weekly rock music magazine published in the UK since 1981. It has a circulation of 43,000 and is published by Bauer Media. The magazine focuses on mainstream rock and metal bands and also covers underground and unsigned acts. It uses bold fonts, black and white colors, and serious photos of bands on its covers to attract its niche audience of predominantly male rock and metal fans.
This document summarizes Kaylor Wright's process in designing an alternative music magazine called Antidote. Some key points:
- Kaylor was inspired by the layout of Kerrang!, particularly the large images and masthead. They aimed to use a similar house style with black, white, and red colors.
- The magazine uses codes and conventions from Kerrang! such as large band images, large masthead text, and clash of black and white colors. However, it differs by only having one plug and smaller footer images.
- Kaylor learned skills like image manipulation in Photoshop and Fireworks. They also gained experience with InDesign from their preliminary college magazine task.
- Feedback from
The document summarizes the contents page of the Rolling Stone magazine. It uses a black, red, and white color scheme for cohesion. The magazine name is in a bold sans serif font as a constant reminder. The main focus is a popular band to attract readers to the featured article. Capital letters in block color make the layout clearer. The left column lists bands to show the music genre. Page numbers by bands make content more accessible. A yellow sans serif font highlights sales to attract attention through contrast. The magazine name is not placed on the contents page. Text is small except main features. The retro look fits the rock music genre. Random color flashes update the page while black and white images and serif font add
The document summarizes the contents page of the Rolling Stone magazine. It uses a black, red, and white color scheme for cohesion. The magazine name is in a bold sans serif font as a constant reminder. The main focus is a popular band to attract readers to the featured article. Capital letters in block color make the layout clearer. The left column lists bands to show the music genre. Page numbers by bands make content more accessible. A yellow sans serif font highlights sales to attract attention in contrast to the color scheme. The magazine name is not placed on the contents page. Text is small except main features. The retro look fits the rock music genre. Minimal color is used to seem vintage while colored images update the
The document summarizes the contents page of the Rolling Stone magazine. It uses a black, red, and white color scheme for cohesion. The magazine name is in a bold sans serif font as a constant reminder. The main focus is a popular band to attract readers to the featured article. Capital letters in block color make the layout clearer. The left column lists bands to show the music genre. Page numbers by bands make content more accessible. A yellow sans serif font highlights sales to attract attention in contrast to the color scheme. The magazine name is not placed on the contents page. Text is small except main features. The retro look fits the rock music genre. Random color flashes update the page while black and white images and
The document summarizes the contents page of the Rolling Stone magazine. It uses a black, red, and white color scheme with bold fonts to create cohesion. The main focus is a popular band to attract readers to the featured article. Capital letters and block colors make the layout clear and obvious what genres of music and featured content the magazine offers. Minimal color is used throughout to give it a vintage retro feel fitting for the music genre while still updating it with random flashes of color and images.
The document summarizes the contents page of the Rolling Stone magazine. It uses a black, red, and white color scheme for cohesion. The magazine name is in a bold sans serif font as a constant reminder. The main focus is a popular band to attract readers to the featured article. Capital letters in block color make the layout clearer. The left column lists bands to show the music genre. Page numbers by bands make content more accessible. A yellow sans serif font highlights sales to attract attention in contrast to the color scheme. The magazine name is not placed on the contents page. Text is small except main features. The retro look fits the rock music genre. Random color flashes update the page while black and white images and
- The target audience of Kerrang! magazine is rock music fans aged 18-34. It has a circulation of 24,207 and estimated readership of 378,000. The magazine includes stories and interviews on rock bands and uses graphic designs that appeal to rock fans.
- NME magazine has a readership of 369,000 people interested in a variety of music genres. The average reader is 24 years old and 52% work full time. The cover story is on singer Florence Welch and it advertises other band features to attract readers.
- Mixmag magazine has a circulation of 20,053 and targets young adults interested in dance music. 72% of its readers are male and they spend money socializing at
The survey results show that most respondents were younger than 17 and female. Kerrang! was the most familiar magazine brand. Respondents expressed interest in eye-catching cover images using vibrant colors but also a simple design. They recommended including brighter colors, key features, headlines while keeping the cover simple. Most respondents preferred rock magazines but mixing in pop/R&B. Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Sia and Ed Sheeran were the most preferred artists to feature on the cover. Interviews were the most appealing magazine content.
The document provides an analysis of the layout, design elements, and stylistic choices in sample issues of the magazines Kerrang! and NME. For Kerrang!, key elements highlighted include the bold masthead, sell lines featuring quotes, and double page spreads cramming pictures over words. NME's design is described as resembling a newspaper with dull colors and randomly placed pictures. Both magazines utilize consistent house styles and subscription information on the contents pages to appeal to readers.
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NME is a music magazine published in the UK with a circulation of 33,875 and readership of 325,000. It targets a wide age range from 15-34 without focusing on either younger or older readers. The magazine provides up-to-date music news, reviews and listings. It extends its brand across
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1. Contents
Comparing the Similarities and Differences within the Magazines I Analysed
Questionnaire
Questionnaire Results
Editing/Manipulation of Images
Evaluation
6. The Front Cover
Similarities
On the front covers of all three magazines, there are large images which gives us an instant impression for who the
magazine is directed towards, such as within Kerrang! it is focused on people who like Rock, where as the Top of the Pops
magazine is more directed towards females.
The masthead of all three magazine are very large and stand out, this grabs
the audience’s attention instantly making them know what magazine they are
looking at the first time they see it.
All the magazines use cover lines to tell the audience what is inside the magazine. The magazine use different colours to
make certain things stand out more to the audience suggesting they are more important.
7. The Front Cover
Similarities
All of the magazines have a colour scheme rather than using a large range of colours.
the Top of the Pops uses one specific Kerrang! Magazine The DJ magazine uses
colour which is Pink which is related to its uses black, red and red, blue, black and
target audience which is females as we white. white.
often relate the colour pink to be more
feminine.
8. Similarities
The Front Cover
incentives are used on the front of the Kerrang! Magazine and the DJ magazine, such as the Kerrang magazine uses a poster
to try and attract it’s audience telling them if they get this magazine then they will receive a special poster. This is the same
for the DJ magazine, however, instead it uses a free CD for the audience to try out and because it is free, the audience will
most likely get it as people enjoy getting stuff which is free.
All the magazine uses different backgrounds for their cover lines to try and make them stand out also, such as Kerrang! Uses
a blue background to try and draw the audience’s attention, and the Top of the Pops uses yellow, which is a bright colour
and stand out to the audience.
12. Similarities
Contents Page
Within the contents page, all three magazine use images to get the reader to know which are the more
important pages. The magazines have a page number next to the image, which is the same format within all
three magazines. They also have less important pages going around the outside of the images and are less
noticeable than the images.
The magazines also use different font styles to make some pages stand out more specifically than the others
by the use of words being bold or in a different colour.
The Top of the Pops magazines and the Kerrang magazine both show pages from their magazine to try and
get the audience to know which pages are better to look at first than others.
The Top of the Pops magazines and the Kerrang magazine both continue their colour scheme from the front
page which suggest it is a house colour.
16. Similarities
Double Page Spread
Within the double page spreads on the magazine, there is a lot of information for the audience to read, so
this shows that the target audience must have a specific interest about the topic.
All three magazines, Kerrang!, Top of the Pops and DJ magazine, all use different images across the double
page spread to keep the audience interested and make the magazine look more interesting rather than
plain.
Both the Kerrang! and the Top of the Pops magazine both use a colour scheme of black and red throughout
the double page spread, using red to make more important things stand out more than the large bodies of
text.
The DJ magazine and the Kerrang! magazine have quotes in the bottom left of the page which are quite
large and is noticeable suggesting they are more important and draws the audience in.
17. Differences
The Front Cover
Also the type of language which is used on the front cover is very different again, as the Kerrang! magazine
uses a phrase “Heavy F**king Metal” which tells us instantly the target audience for this magazine will be
people who are more mature rather than young children. However, the Top of the Pops magazine has
“Omg” which is used by many young people. This again tells us instantly the target audience is going to be
younger people who will understand what this means, suggesting that the magazine is relying on the
audience to already know.
As well as this Kerrang! uses rhetorical questions to try and draw the reader in so they are using different
techniques to grab the audiences’ attention. However the other magazines do not use methods such as this.
This goes against codes of conventions as the other magazines have not used this sort of technique.
The image on the front of the Kerrang! Magazine is more of a stereotype whereas the image on the front of
the Top of the Pops magazine is more of an idol,. This suggests that you can be like her if you read this
magazine.
18. Differences
Contents
Both Kerrang! and Top of the Pops carry on their colour scheme from the front page. Whereas the DJ magazine goes
against this code of convention and uses a different colour scheme, thus making it stand out more significantly that the rest
of the magazines.
The Kerrang! Magazine also have a body of text which is talking to the audience trying to get them to read certain pages
before any others. Also because of specific language which is used within the text, it makes it look as if they are personally
talking to you and are thanking you for buying this magazine. Whereas the rest of the magazines do not which challenges
codes and conventions.
Within the contents page of the Kerrang! Magazine they are trying to get the audience to subscribe to the magazine by
using a yellow background which makes it stand out more, and by saying “Only £5.50 a month” trying to suggest that this is
not a lot of money and make it stand out. This again goes against what the other magazines have done.
19. Differences
Double Page Spread
The magazines use different ways in order to split the text up to make it easier to read and understand, such as Kerrang!
use large capital letters, and is coloured red which makes the writing stand out more significantly than the rest. Whereas
the DJ magazine only use sub titles to split the text up. The Top of the Pops magazine use different text boxes and have
small red circles going along the outside of the text boxes, this makes its more easier to read. Some methods of splitting up
the text are more efficient such as Kerrang’s method.
The type of language which is used within the large body of information is also different, such as within Kerrang! The use of
the word “ Fucking” suggests that the target audience are going to be more mature and older whereas you would not find
this sort of language within Top of the Pops are the target audience is younger than that of Kerrang’s
The DJ magazine does not continue through with a colour scheme within the double page spread which again goes against
the codes and conventions as both Kerrang and Top of the Pops have used a colour scheme of black and red.
21. Questionnaire
When answering the questions please circle your answer and write where it is appropriate. Thank you.
1) What is your Gender?
Male Female
2) How old are you?
0 – 15 16 – 30 31 – 45 46 +
3) What is your current Occupation Status?
Unemployed Employed
4) What is your Postcode?
5) How often do you buy Music Magazines?
Never Sometimes Regular
6) What kind of music do you listen to?
Rock Pop R&B Other
If you circled other please specify on the following line:
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7) What would you like to read about within a music magazine?
Gossip Gig Guides Charts Local appearances by bands
8) What would appeal to you the most when buying a music magazine?
Design Colour Popularity of the magazine
22. Questionnaire (Continued)
9) What other sort of things would you like to see within the music magazine?
Horoscopes Puzzles Sport Adverts
10) Which of the following names stand out to you the most for a music magazine?
The Edge Wired Sound Out
11) Do you like pull out posters?
Yes No
12) Do free gifts attract you to a music magazine?
Yes No
13) Would you subscribe to any music magazine?
Yes No
14) How much would you be willing to buy a music magazine for?
£1.00 - £2.00 £2.01 - £3.00 £3.01 - £4.00 £4.01+
15) Would you prefer if the music magazine was in Black/White or in Colour?
Black/White Colour
16) What colours appeal to you?
Blue Red White Green Yellow
Pink Purple Other
If you circled other please specify on the following line:
…………………………………………………………………………………………
23. Questionnaire (Continued)
17) Do you think current music magazines have too much on the front cover, too little of
just right?
Too much Too little Just right
24. Questionnaire Results
What is your Gender?
As there were more males which answered I 10 9
will make my magazine predominantly aimed 8
towards males rather than towards females, so
Amount
6 5
this will effect what sort of content I put inside 4
of the magazine and the colour scheme. 2
However I could also challenge this and add 0
Male Female
content balanced for both Males and Females. Gender
The majority of people who answered my How old are you?
questionnaire are aged between 16-30, so I will
13
have to use language which they will 15
understand. I could also use abbreviations for 10
Amount
words such as “Omg” which Top of the Pops 5
0 0 1
magazine used themselves, as this will be 0
aimed mainly towards a younger audience who 0-15 16-30 31-45 46+
should know what abbreviations such as Age
“Omg” stand for.
25. Questionnaire Results
The majority of the people who answered my What is your current Employment status?
questionnaire were Employed rather than
Unemployed, this tells me that they are able to
afford more expensive magazines whereas
36%
people who are unemployed would not be able
Employed
to, as 36% is still a large proportion, I may have Unemployed
to consider lowering the prices so that they will 64%
be able to afford my magazine.
My target audience is based within the areas of
B5 and B8, which are located in Washwood
Heath, Ward End, Saltley, Digbeth, Highgate,
Lee Bank.
26. Questionnaire Results
How often do you buy Music Magazines?
My target audience buys magazines
sometimes, however some never buy 8
6 6
magazines, which tells me that I must 6
Amount
4
challenge codes and convention and do 2
2
something different which will attract the 0
audiences attention. Never Sometimes Regular
How Often
What kind of music do you listen to?
6 people answered R&B, 6 people
7 6 6 6
answered Pop and 6 people for Rock, as 6
5
Amount
this was these were the highest answers, 4 3
3 2 2
my magazine will most likely be aimed 2 1 1 1 1
1
towards one of these categories, as Rock, 0
Pop and R&B is what interests my target
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27. Questionnaire Results
What would you like to read about within
People would also prefer to read about the magazine?
Local appearances and Gig Guides rather 8 6
7
5 5
than Charts and Gossip, which tells me
Amount
6
4
that if I were to make the audience more 2
0
engaged I would have to include these
Gossip
appearance
Gig Guides
Charts
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Local
subjects.
Topic
What would appeal to you the most when
The Design of my magazine is majorly buying a music magazine?
important as people have said that this is what 10 9
attracts them towards the magazine the most, Amount
8
5
6 4
so it is essential I use the correct design for my 4
magazine. 2
0
Design Colour Popularity of the
magazine
What area appeals the most
28. Questionnaire Results
What other sort of things would you like to
This tells me that people would like to see see within the music magazine?
some relevance to sport, Puzzles and 8 7
6
7
Horoscopes within the magazine which
Amount
6
4 2
shows that the target audience would like to 2
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Which of the following names stand out to
The name of a magazine which interests the you the most for a music magazine?
target audience the most was ‘Wired’ which
10
is going to be the name of my magazine as 8
8
this is the most popular choice that people
Amount
6 5
have answered. 4
1
2
0
The Edge Wired Sound Out
Title
29. Questionnaire Results
Do you like pull out posters?
I have also found out that incentives make
the target audience more likely to buy the 29%
music magazine as shown by people Yes
answered they like pull out posters and No
free gifts, so I must include some sort of 71%
incentive when creating my own magazine.
Do free gifts attract you to a m usic m agazine?
12
10
10
8
Amount
6
4
4
2
0
Yes No
Yes/No
30. Questionnaire Results
Would you like to subscribe to any m usic
magazine?
The majority answered ‘No’ they would not
subscribe to any music magazine, this may 9
8
8
be because no current music magazines 7
6
6
interests them, which shows me that I must
5
4
3
do something different from current code 2
1
and conventions. 0
Yes No
Ye s /No
What colours appeal to you?
10
The main three colours which appealed 9 8
9
towards my target audience is Red, Blue 8
7
7
and White, which will most likely be my 6
Amount
5 4 4
colour scheme as this would attract my 4
3 2 2
audiences' attention as it will stand out and 2
1
1 1 1
appeal more tot them. 0
Blue Red White Green Yellow Pink Purple Orange Gold Black
Colour
31. Questionnaire Results
My magazine will most likely be priced
£2.50 as 6 people answered £1 - £2.00 How m uch w ould you be w illing to buy a
m usic m agazine for?
however 8 People answered above
£2.01. Also the price would be £2.50 7 6 6
because I will have to cover ink costs and 6
5
paper costs as the majority of my 4
3
audience would prefer to have Coloured 2 1 1
magazines rather than it being 1
0
Black/White £1.00 - £2.00 £2.01 - £3.00 £3.01 - £4.00 £4.00 - £5.00
Pric e
Would you prefer if the music magazine
was in Black/White or in Colour?
15
12
10
Amount
5
2
0
Black/White Colour
Black and White / Colour
32. Questionnaire Results
Most people felt that current magazines had just the right amount on the
front cover, which tells me that I must not do more, or little than current
magazines do as it may appear to be too busy or too spacious.
Do you think current music magazines
have too much on the front cover, too
little or just right?
7%
14%
Too much
Too little
Just right
79%
33. Questionnaire
I completed my questionnaire by going to a location with was specific with my target audience, this was
in town, outside of HMV, where I asked people who were coming out from the shop or who looked like
they were going into the shop.
However, I asked 14 questionnaires out of 30 as I was unable to get any more people to answer the
questions.
34. Editing of Images
I am going to use programs such as “Macromedia Fireworks” and “Adobe Photoshop” to edit and
manipulate my images in order to improve them and make them stand out significantly more than
they do.
35. Original image Edited
Methods
I decided to use the crop tool as the
original image had other people who
were not needed.
This then changed the
colours of the image to
stand out more than it
originally did.
36. Original image Edited
Methods
I changed the
saturation, Hue
and lightness of
the image.
I then chose to use
the ‘Burn Tool’
which darkened
my image.
37. Original image Edited
Methods
I decided to change the colour curves in order to make the
colours in the picture stand out more and give it more of a
tone..
38. Original image Edited
Methods
I increased the
brightness and
contrast of the
image so it is clearer
to see.
I then changed the
colours of the
image and made
them stand out
more than they
originally did..
39. Original image Edited
Methods
I changed the colour levels. This made
the guitarist the main focus of the
image. As there is only light around
him, where as the rest of the image is
not as bright.
40. Original image Edited
Methods
I decreased the
brightness of the image
as it was very bright
before hand.
41. Evaluation
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real
media products?
My music magazine attempts to develop on forms and conventions of real music magazines. Due to
my analysis, my magazine has similar styles of those Music magazines which I analysed, especially
Kerrang! as they use the same genre as I am doing, which is Rock.
Within my Magazine I will use mature language rather than in appropriate language, unlike
Kerrang’s magazine who use language such as: “Heavy F**king Metal”. This suggests that my
Magazine is more appropriate for my target audience.
I developed on normal forms and conventions of real Music magazines by having an interview
mixed with some background information of the band. This would be different from other
magazines such as The Top of the Pops magazine which only had a interview, and other magazines,
such as Kerrang, which have a large amount of information. So in order to improve and
development, I added both a interview and information about the band into one in order to be a
greater interest to the target audience.
The font style of the title which I am going to be using will be different to other magazines,
however the font will be similar sizes, as larger titles catches the eye of the audience. This is similar
within other magazines, such as in Kerrang.
42. Evaluation
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My music magazine is specifically aimed at people who enjoy rock music. This is shown by the images of
Rock bands on the Front cover, Contents and Double page spread. As these are Rock bands, people who
are buying the magazine will have a specific interest with that sort of music, so they can relate more to
what is being said, as it will mean more to them.
Also the style of font which I am going to be using suits the target audience more, as it looks and suits the
style of magazine, such as other rock magazines, such as Kerrang!
The age range for my Magazine will be 16-30 year olds. My magazine represents this age group by using
appropriate language which they will be able to understand.
43. Evaluation
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and
why?
My Music Magazine could potentially be sold within Bauer Media. Bauer
already has Music magazines which it sells, they are; Kerrang!, Q, Mojo and
Empire. As these magazines are already established and are very popular.
This shows that Bauer are a very Influential and produce quality magazines
which are read by many readers which could be beneficial for me.
As Kerrang! are apart of Bauer and my music magazine offers a more of a
development on codes and conventions, which Kerrang use. So my magazine
can offer more to this industry. It will also allow my magazine and Kerrang's
magazine to become involved with each other, this could lead to a more
successful franchise. This could also lead to an increase in popularity as both
my magazine and Kerrang’s magazine could mention each other in their own
magazine. This as a result could increase interest.
My magazine could also be beneficial to Bauer as Kerrang! Has a gender
ratio of (Females) 38.1%:61.9% (Males). So my magazine can offer a more of
a balance in gender so it will appeal to a wider audience.
44. Evaluation
Who would be the audience for your media product?
My audience will be aimed at people who are aged 16-30, I found this out my asking people their age within my
questionnaire, and this is the age group of which was answered the most. The majority of my audience will be Primary
audience, who will be the ones who are going to the shops to actually buy the magazine.
My audience also like the genre of Rock, this also shown within my questionnaire which was handed out, this as a result
was one of the most popular answers. So I must provide content within my magazine which appeals to this audience.
However, I will also have a secondary audience. These will be people who come across the magazine, but they did not
necessarily buy it fro them selves. It could be people such as brothers and Sisters who come across the magazine within
their older brother’s or Sister’s room, and they would like to be like them so they also decide to read the magazine.
64% of the people who answered my questionnaire said they are employed, so they will most likely be higher up on the
Acorns classification scale. As a result, this shows that these people will have some money to spend. So I will provide my
magazine at a price which they can afford. This means that the majority of people who will read my magazine will have
some sort of income.
45. Evaluation
How did you attract/address your audience?
Uses and Gratification suggest that my audience will want to be more like the people which they see on the magazine,
and they will feel the need to be associated with a certain group. I will be attracting people who enjoy rock music, so the
group which I will be attracting are “Rockers”.
The audience will also be able to relate to the magazine as their favourite bands or band members will be within the
magazine, so they will become more interested with the magazine as it has a specific interest with what they enjoy.
Also as the age range of my magazine will be 16-30, it means there will be more teenagers reading the magazine, so they
will want to know more about celebrities or idols lives, so they can perhaps be more like them. My magazine can offer
this to them which will attract the audience even further.
I also found out what the audience wanted though the questionnaire which I handed out. This told me what sort of music
they enjoyed listening to. Also I was able to see which their favourite colours are so I was able to use this in order to draw
their attention in more closely.
46. Evaluation
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this
product?
I used many different technologies within the production of my magazine, I used
Desktop Publishing, which included software such as Publisher, Fireworks and
Photoshop which helped me to create electronic drafts and manipulate my images.
I also used Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress which helped me create the layout for
my magazine.
These technologies required a lot of time in order to be able to be used correctly.
However it helped me enormously as I was able to manipulate images eventually
with practice with the software.
I also required help when using the software, this shows the difficulty of the
software, as it was much harder to advance from the use of Publisher which I used
in my preliminary task to the more advanced software which I used for the main
task.
The software is also not very expensive as it was industry standard software, which
means it was already installed on the computers which I was using.
47. Evaluation
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
I have learned that analysing already made products can help you give ideas and enable you to develop your product
more, as it allows you to compare your product to premade products.
I also learned that in order to create a product such as this, it requires a lot of research in order to find out what your
target audience actually wants.
Also getting a photograph to use for the front covers and other pages was very difficult as it required a clear view, this
took a lot of time to be able to do, so if I had a lot more foresight, it would have been a lot easier to do. As there was not
always concerts playing at the time which the genre of my Music magazine was focused on. So I learnt that I would need a
larger time frame and more preparation in order to get an image which would be of use.
I also found out that using software such as Photoshop, takes time to get use to, due to it being very complicated.
However by doing this I feel that I have learned more about how to manipulate images.