Coursework
Research
Magazine
Front Cover
Magazine
Contents Page
Magazine
Double Page Spread-
1.Pull quotes engage the
readers attention into the article, and make it appear a lot more interesting.
It is a very assertive way of displaying text and a good way of showing the
reader what type of stuff the interview addresses. It gives personality and
makes the page a lot more aesthetically pleasing.
2.Davey Havok is
displayed as a large photo which takes up a whole A4 sized page, which shows
that the interview is centred around him. It gives him huge amounts of status
as he dominates the double page spread. He is the largest thing on the two
pages, so naturally he appears very attractive to the eye.
3.
They write in columns which gives the pages a more
formal theme, which targets a more mature audience of readers. It looks like is
has been lay out in the way of a newspaper which is very formal, as it also has
a black and white theme which runs over both pages; showing consistency.
4.They use the colour
pink to highlight the more important factual points. This draws attention away
from the dull greys and blacks they use, and focus' the readers attention onto
the parts they want the reader to identify first.
Also,
different font sizes are used across the pages in order to make the page more
interesting to look at, as it varies the setting, and allows it to be more
current and youthful.
Kerrang!
is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media
Group. It was
first published on June 6, 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper. Named after the onomatopoeic word that derives from the
sound made when playing a power chord on an electric
guitar, Kerrang!
was initially devoted to the New Wave of
British Heavy Metal and the rise of hard rock acts. In the early 2000s it
became the best-selling British music newspaper.
Kerrang! commenced publication on June
6, 1981 and was edited by Geoff Barton, initially as a one-time
supplement in the Sounds newspaper, which focused on
the New Wave of
British Heavy Metal phenomenon and on the rise of other hard rock acts. Angus Young of AC/DC appeared on Kerrang!‘s first cover. Launched
as a monthly magazine, Kerrang! began to appear on a fortnightly basis
later, and in 1987 it went weekly. The original owner was United Newspapers who then sold it to EMAP in 1991.
During the
1980s and early 1990s the magazine placed many thrash and glam metal acts on the cover (like Mötley Crüe, Slayer, Bon Jovi, Metallica, Poison, and Venom) but later discarded them when
grunge acts such as Nirvana rose to fame. Readers often
criticise the magazine for repeating this process every time a new musical
trend becomes popular.
Kerrang!‘s popularity rose again with
the hiring of editor Paul Rees circa 2000 when the nu metal genre, featuring bands like Limp Bizkit and Slipknot were becoming more popular.[5] Rees went on to edit Q magazine and Ashley Bird took
over as editor from 2003 to 2005. However the magazine’s sales went quickly
into decline in 2003 and Paul Brannigan took over as editor in May 2005.
With the
emergence of emo and metalcore, Kerrang! began to
heavily feature this musical trend. However, the revamp was not welcomed by all
readers and many complaints were received about Kerrang!‘s sudden
emphasis on emo and metalcore music. Brannigan took the magazine into its most
commercially successful period with a record ever ABC for the title of 80,186
copies.
In 2008,
EMAP sold its consumer magazine to current owner Bauer Media Group. Brannigan left Kerrang!
in 2009 and Nichola Browne was appointed editor.[8] She later stepped down in
April 2011. Former NME features editor and GamesMaster deputy editor James McMahon
was appointed as editor on 6 June 2011.
The target audience of this magazine would be the likely hood of
teenagers and young adults who are into the emo-pop music category, for the
simple reason being the younger kids and adults wouldn’t want to buy this type
of magazine.
Questionnaires
about Magazines-
5.
What magazines do you buy on a regular basis?
1.
Music
2.
Fashion
3.
Gossip
4.
Other
1.
From one of the categories above please name the
magazine you read…
……………………………………………………….
3. What makes you buy a magazine?
1.
Front cover
2.
News
3.
Price
4.
Offers and Promotions
5.
Colour schemes
4. In what age range do you fit in?
1.
12-14
2.
14-16
3.
17-19
4.
20+
5. When you open a magazine, what is the first thing
you look at?
1.
Contents page
2.
posters
3.
competitions
4.
news
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