Magazine Deconstructions

Kerrang! Cover, contents and double page spread

At the top of this package there is a puff, this is a lure as there is a model the buyer can make

The colour scheme consists of yellow,

red and black

Band members as the main image are staring at you, this is inviting

‘The Untold Story’ makes the reader

feel invited into knowing a secret that maybe no one else knows

Main image covers some of the masthead, so this

mean that they are very important

‘6 AWESOME POSTERS!’ is a lure-‘awesome’ can be

a buzz word and written in yellow on a red background to stand out

‘NIRVANA’ is written the same as the logo of the band is. It is yellow

and stands out, almost like a flash of light catch someone’s eye.

The main image and the

masthead is in black and white, connoting old times, which would be appropriate as Nirvana was an old band. And as the main guitarist and singer died in 1994, black and white can also

connote death or looking back on memories of Nirvana.

As Nirvana were big in the 90’s, this could be appealing to the elder generation as well and the

new

Two famous musicians are standing near each other with smiles and looking at the camera. This would be inviting to the younger generation

The page number is bold and white on

pictures which clashes with the background so it stands out

‘Hey Brendon, we hate

your curtains. Okay, bye.’ this is language

that a lot of teenagers use nowadays. And as it’s informal and a caption next to a modern singer, this can be attractive to people interested in modern

music. Especially as this band has a new album out soon!

‘Ultimate Rock Star Test’ this is attractive because who doesn’t want to be a rock star?

A picture of Nirvana as a band are

covering over a quarter of both pages

The cover of the their album ‘In Utero’ is faded into the background behind the text.

This is good as decoration for the page and fills up blank space

This is a quote from Dave Grohl, a member from

Nirvana. The reader will see this and wonder why the lyrics were dark. Fans love to get as much information from celebrities as they can

Old photographs of Nirvana and the late Kurt Cobain are spotted around the double page spread

with captions. Usually in ‘Kerrang!’ they are humourous

The colour scheme consitsof red, yellow and black. These are all colours that feature on the cover of one of their albums ‘In

Utero’. This keeps a continuous theme across this double page spread.