Research and Planning: Analysing Two Music Magazines

This is the music magazine called Kerrang which i am going to be analyzing.

• First of all the main image is of a person that is well known in the rock music business so you know that it is a rock magazine and would stand out towards people who like rock music. The shot that has been taken is a medium close up towards
  the Main person in the band.
  

• The Mast Head is at the top of the page but you cannot see all the of it so i presume that this magazine has been out quite along time so people do not need to see the whole mast head. Also the font of the magazine is is bold and mostly black and white, as these colours are mostly used on rock magazines.
  

• The layout is very well planned out and also has not much space but is effective as you can see all the text clearly.
  

• Again in the Main image, it shows the main character putting two fingers u which could show that its is not really aimed at children under 14 years of age but anyone above who likes the genre of music.
  

• In the Sub headings, all of them are related to rock bands in some way or another, and as you also should notice that the bigger font of PARAMORE it is related to the main image of the women who is in that band.

This is my second music magazine I am analyzing which is NME.

• Again the main image is of the main topic that will be issued, which is to bring the reader in as they are a very famous band.Just from the image you can tell it is more of a Rock Magazine. You can also see its a two shot with the main band members in the shot.
  

• As you can see the Mast Head is at the top of the page, but you cannot see all of it, which gives an indication that it is a well known magazine so everyone should notice which magazine it is.

• As you can see the Sub heading is also with the main image, and that is why is bolder and bigger than all the other text. it also has a little bit of information on what topic they will be talking about to the band.

• At the bottom of the page, there are other images and text about the other issues and topics that will also be in the magazine.
  

• The colour of the magazine relates to the images and the text stands out so the colours were chosen perfectly