Kerrang! Analysis

Here I am looking at which of the common magazine conventions are used in music

magazines…By Emily Rachel Leece

Front cover

Masthead- this is the name of the magazine. Kerrang! often changes their masthead colour depending on the front cover content. They’ve made this one bright and bold due to the black and white colour scheme on the front cover.Main headline- this front cover is based

around Andy Black & to make this clear they have used his name as the main headline & used the same colour as the masthead to draw in attention.

Sub images- On this front cover all the sub images are grouped together, this therefore doesn’t take the attention away from the main image. However, these images are still an important part of the magazine.

Barcode, price, web address & issue number

Sub headlines

Contents pagePage title

Main image

Editors section: a word from the editor thanking the reader and informing them about the issue.

Sub images

Page numbers

Article categories: sectioned so it easy to find certain articles that might be favourable to the reader

Page numbers & article description

Double page spreadMain image: just over half the size of the double page spread

Consistent colour scheme

Reference to front cover

Main story headline: tells the reader about the article subject.

Clear columns, easy to read

Drop cap: the first letter of a paragraph

Page numbers and magazine title