This document compares the front covers and contents pages of two music magazines: Kerrang! and Q. While both magazines follow conventions for music magazines, Kerrang! focuses on rock music while Q covers various genres. Kerrang!'s design uses darker colors and fonts to represent rebellion, while Q uses simpler red and gold designs. Kerrang! includes competitions and editor's notes, while Q features artists and reviews. Both magazines similarly position barcodes and use boxes to separate elements, but their layouts and designs otherwise differ based on the magazines' distinct genres and styles.

1. Front Cover Comparison!
These two magazines follow the same conventions for a music magazine
but they follow different generic conventions for their genre.
Kerrang! Is a rock genre magazine compared to Q which is an all round
music magazine which main focus is popular music which could be pop,
indie, hip-hop and some others.
Kerrang!’s masthead is like shattered glass compared to the
simplicity of Q magazine which is a bold logo of a Q. Both use red,
however, Kerrang! Use red as it is a colour the represents; danger,
rebellious and anger compared to the representation of Q’s red which
is used as a neutral colour to a non gender specific audience and no
specific genre.
The main coverline for both of these
magazines are bold and eye catching
however they are done inn completely
Kerrang! Has used a banner to different ways. Kerrang! Has used a font
shop what’s within the that looks rocky, as in it looks like
magazine instead of stone compared to Q which has used a
coverlines, this is similar to golden sophisticated font that relates
Q as Q has also put the to the image and the contents within the
coverline text in boxes in magazine (the Q awards).
order for it to stand out from
the background colour. Q uses a strap line next to the logo to
Both magazines have the help sell the magazine and to preview
barcode in the same position what’s inside it whereas Kerrang! Does
on the front cover. not do this.
Both images are bold on the front covers and as these are both
special issues they don’t follow the generic conventions that that
magazine normally does, however they are both bold and eye catching.

2. Contents Page Comparison!
Kerrang! Has used one page for the contents page whereas Q has used
two because of the image used and normally is only one. Q’s image is
more eye catching and is of various artists as there are the artists
who are featured within the magazine. Q has used artists whereas
Kerrang! Has used a competition as their main image. The positioning
for the images are the same.
Kerrang!’s colour scheme is red, white, black and yellow, compared
to the simplicity of Q which use White and red with touches of black.
Q has added a review to the right side of the contents page, to
separate this from the rest of the page there is a border around it,
similar use to that of a box out. Kerrang! Also uses a similar
technique to separate the page and to make it appear bigger and not
crammed.
Both mastheads are bold but done in different
ways, Kerrang! Has used the colour scheme and
used a banner to highlight the masthead
compared to Q that has the masthead over the
image itself.
Kerrang! Has an editors note at the bottom of
the page, this is personal connection to the
audience. Q does not use this technique.
The contents columns are in different places,
Kerrang! Is beside the image whereas Q’s are
underneath as the image is so large. The
layout is similar as they both use a
subheading in a box out. The colours used for
both follow the colour scheme for that

3. Double Page Spread Comparison!
The mastheads for these two double page spreads are
very different, Kerrang! Has use bold font and colour
compared to the simplistic Q masthead, which is just
black. Kerrang!’s uses ¼ of the page compared to Q
which only use’s up a very small margin of the page.
Both images are eye catching and are similar in the
type, both are of bands, but different in the
composition and shot type, Q has used a long shot
compared to Kerrang! That is effectively a group shot.
Both images are making eye contact with the reader. The
misenscene is different as they are different genres,
Kerrang! Have used dark colours (black) as Kerrang1 (Black Sabbath) are very ‘rocky’ and thus
the majority of the colour, which hints of are wearing leather and a lot of dark colours and
orange in places they wanted to stand out. Q wearing crosses compared to Q (Blur) who are dress
on the other have just used a minimalistic casual and in no particular style.
black and white approach with very little
colour (red).
Both magazines use a boarder to neaten up the article
and to give it a boxed in look which structures the
page. Both have a house style in the corner (logo) that
overlaps the boarder.
Q use more than one image (3) compared to Kerrang!
(1). On the other images on Q there are quotes over the
top that relate to the image and allows the audience to
know what he is on about. Plus these images have colour
in and adds depth to the double page spread compared to
the dullness style of Kerrang!’s double page spread.