magazine analysis

This morning we learned about media within magazines. The magazine we was given was Kerrang. kerrang was written in large letter that were slashed.This catches the eye of the reader as it makes the magazine look more edgy. There are graphics all over the front cover. This highlights special offers in the magazine. For example '' free giant poster''. Readers are always attracted to free gifts so this also makes the magazine more attractive. There is a strip at the top of the magazine with lots of diffrent names of people who will be in the magazine. This is called the banner. The main cover image is very important because this is what sales the magazine. On the cover there are 5 men who all have long hair and are dressed in black. The man in the middle has red nail varnish on and is carrying a coffin. This directly draws in the audience which are young people who are into rock music and like wearing black clothes. This exericse has helped me realise how important it is for the front cover to portray the right images and appeal to the right audience.