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Double Page Spread Kerrang! & Rock Sound

Double Page Spread Music Magazines - Kerrang! & Rock Sound

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Double Page Spreads chosen for the music magazine task in Media Studies. Kerrang! & Rock Sound.

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Double Page Spread

Kerrang!

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Rock Sound

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Kerrang! The colour scheme on the double page spread coincide with what the band are wearing

(mainly the lead singer of All American Rejects). By using colours that don’t ‘bleed’ into one another (e.g red and yellow) the reader finds it easier to read and don’t have to overexert themselves.

The layout is balanced, perhaps more text (just) and has the impact of appearing slightly organised and more structured than having the text in random chunks all across the double page spread. It is easier for the reader to read.

Another particular reason I chose this, is because of the colour balance of the images. Only one is in full colour (the standfirst), contrasting with the black and white ones surrounding it. It is also the main image. It grabs the reader’s attention and amplifies the colours used in the text.

The pull-quote is used once more with the title of the band’s newest single ‘The All-American Rejects might look and sound like a band your mum would approve of, but don’t be fooled, Tyson and his crew dish the dirt…’ written in capitals and two different colours (purple and red), drags the reader’s attention toward the article, after looking at the standfirst image. It builds the excitement of what they intend to read. It also gives the sense that the article won’t be formal with the use of ‘crew’ and ‘dish the dirt’ implying that the journalist intends to get down to the nitty-gritty details.

The article itself is laid out like a script of sorts, with the journalist asking a question and the names of each band member placed before their response. A simple and easy to follow layout for the reader.

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Kerrang! #2 The chopping, ‘scattered’ layout of the images give the impression of a slightly

disorganised look. It contrasts with the double page spread before it; because these images are of the band playing live. It captures the ‘energy’ the band exerts and plays it out across the page. Using shots like these, the magazine is capable of giving the reader the idea of what they would be like to see live if they haven’t already.

The balance of the text and image is one sided. The images take over more than the text, leaving the reader to figure out what the bigger details are via the images; whereas the text would cut straight to the point. The standfirst image is of the lead singer at one of Avenge Sevenfold’s gigs.

Having the main image a medium shot of the lead singer, also gives the reader a familiarity with Avenge Sevenfold; able to discern the name of the singer simply through the image. It also hints at what kind of band they are, via the scattered band members surrounding the tattooed singer.

The pull-quote used in this article is ‘an evening of rare laughs, fun and pissing about from the Californian crew’. The informal format of the quote is simple and blunt enough to cause the reader to read more and find out if there is any more interesting quotations used throughout the article. The reader’s of Kerrang! Don’t want formal articles, but ones that can get under the skin of their favourite artists and find out their secrets.

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Rock Sound The pull-quote ‘Rock Sound, has been getting the goss from The Dillinger Escape

Plan guitarist Ben Weinman about their much-anticipated third album. Prepare to be challenged…’ First, it is written informally, gossip shortened to ‘goss’ and straight to the point on what the article is going to be about. Using this quote piques the reader’s interest in the article, especially the ones who are particular fans of Ben Weinman. Using the name of one of the band members and not just the band gives the impression that the article will be personal to that person, revolving around the other’s too but on what Ben Weinman felt etc.

The layout of the text is around the edges of the standfirst image, letting the reader take in the black and white image before moving on to the text. Having the image as a live view of the band gives off the impression of glimpsing the band in action and trying to capture their energy. It is like the Avenge Sevenfold article in Kerrang! However the image is not in colour and hasn’t got as many smaller images surrounding it.

The headline is in a bold and red font, grabbing the reader’s attention before the image; using the colour against the black and white gets the words to ‘pop’ out. Also the use of the language helps to grab the audience’s attention, using the short and snappy questions ‘Who, Why, What, Where…’ all with a capital in order to give off the subtle impression that each question is a paragraph of it’s own.