This magazine cover targets teenage girls interested in rock, punk, and metal music genres. The cover features young, attractive male artists that would appeal to this demographic. Though seemingly aimed at girls, there are few overtly feminine design elements beyond pink text and a small heart. The dark color scheme, axe image, and informal typography reflect the genres' rebellious styles while still providing calming blue tones. Buzzwords and a free gift are used to draw attention and convince readers to purchase the issue.

1. COVER

2. I believe that this magazines target
audience is heterosexual, white,
females, in there teenage years. I
get this impression from the fact
the cover only features corecasian
artist and that eye are all young
males who would seemingly be
attractive to the young female
audience.

3. • The main image on this magazine brakes
conventions as it features more than one
artist this is done because it is a special issue
of the magazine and as more famous people
will give off a better image for the magazine,
this is because it leads the target audience to
believe that this is an established magazine
brand with good connections that could
provide then with interesting content.
Other images such as this one are used to
repress t the genre. The image of the axe
denotes violence. This links to some of the
dark themes that can be featured in rock,
punk and metal music.

4. • The mast head is not in the top left hand
corner (which is the first place we look and
the most conman place for a masthead)
also the mast head is behind the artist
Karrang is able to do this as they are well
establish brand so less branding is needed.
• The masthead its self sets the scene for the
informal lanage that will be used by using
an exhumations mark.
• As well as this the boldness of the letters
and the broken edge fount used in the
typography represent the genres ruff and
alturinitive style.

5. • The colours scheme is black white, red and
blue. These colours are used to reflect the
genre. The colour black connotes darkness
and things that are unnerving, this put
against the white which connotes happiness
and think that are pure and good. This show
the interests the target audience have in
songs and other things with darker themes.
The blue helps with this comparison as it
subject the reader find these things
comforting and calming. And the red again
like to the darkness and anger.

6. • Although the magazine seems to be aimed at girls
there are very little features that link to
stereotypical ideas of girls except for the pink
used on the cover lines and the small heart shape
located in the middle. Hearts are normal linked
which girly things as girls are seen to only care
about the other half and their homes. The heart
in this could link to those ideas but most likely it is
just to show that the songs keep the listeners
“alive”. Allow this would suggest that the reader
are emotnaly troubled which again links to
feminity as girl are stereotypically seen as more
emotion.

7. • Buzz words such as exclusive have
been used in the cover to draw the
target audience attention and to make
it seem like they could not get this
information any were else this will
compel them to buy the issue.

8. • On this page puff (text with in a auto
shape), pugs features in the corner and strips
(a auto shape alone the top or bottom of the
page) this makes the cover line or give away
stand out to the target audience as also
prevents dead space on the page

9. •Offering a free item
appeals to the audience as
it makes them think they
are getting more for there
money