1. Analysis of magazine front covers
Cover 2, KERRANG.
December 10th 2005.

2. Header- summarises the main
Masthead-”KERRANG” bands that will feature in the
magazine. As the genre of the
clearly stands out at the magazine is associated with
top of the page- it takes rock these are rock bands that
up almost a fifth of the would be familiar to the target
page and uses a dramatic audience of rock fans
font style
Main Image- is a mid-shot of
the lead singer of the Foo
Background- the fighters. He is looking straight at
background of this picture is the camera with his head slightly
in like an urban tilted and he is looking moody
environment, this links to not and arrogant
only the type of music but
the artist as well.
Main Sell line- anchors the
main image so that anyone can
Left Third- tends to see who the man is. Also the
be left free for key font is big and bold with drop
content and sell lines shadow so it really stands out
Barcode/date They are all
essential elements on
magazine if they are to sell
Footer-at the bottom of copies It tends to be put
the page just lists other towards the bottom right of
Rock bands that will feature the page
in the magazine.

3. TARGET AUDIENCE OF THIS MAGAZINE
METHODS USED TO
Target audience Profile. ATTRACT THIS TARGET
AUDIENCE ARE:
Musical interests/favourite artists etc.
The methods that are used
KERRANG tends to be tailored towards the
Rock genre of music. in this magazine are the use
of the Masthead it is white
Gender
font used on a black
Both Male&Female. background to make it stand
Age out.
Between Ages of 16-25. The picture is also important
Social class (how much money do they as the character is in a red
have available? top which catches the
It is tailored towards working class and
attention of the audience as
people who like music. it is a contrast to everything
else that is in the magazine
How much does magazine cost?
cover.
The magazine normally costs around £1.99
it is this much because it normally contains
a lot of content in the magazine.