The header tells the reader what sort of article they should expect to be reading. The headline is in a big font with colour so it stands out and is easy to see and read, this will draw in people and make them want to read the magazine. I think they have used these sort of fonts is because they are easy to read, they don't make the page look too text heavy which therefore makes it more appealing for the audience to read. The use of bold bright fonts for titles is made to be eye catching, and is meant to get us to read the magazine. The questions used in this article are highlighted in a white color, this is so the audience can distinguish which part is the questions and which part is the answers, the reader will read the questions before the answers and they may browse through each question first, so making them stand out makes it easy for the reader to find what they want to read. Under this there is the standfirst and this is there to give a very brief summery about what the article is about and who it is about, this is useful information that the reader always looks at after the headliner.
The main image very big and takes up nearly a whole page, the camera shot is a medium shot, which is typical to see in music magazines, as it does not reveal to much that we do not want to see, but it doesn't look to 'profile like'. The article does not look text heavy, this will make the article look more appealing to the reader, because it seems as if there is not much to read, remembering the target audience of Kerrang! are young, so they are not interested in reading a load of information which they most likely do not care about! They just want to know the straight facts, and Kerrang! has done this by making the article an interview, so the audience just gets the information that they want to know.
The grey background brings out the model more, because of the white t-shirt he is wearing. They have kept the background grey so they can use both black and white colored font, so it is easy to break up the interview. I think using a plain color like this is effective, because you do not want to distract people from the most important part of the article, which is the text.
The grey background brings out the model more, because of the white t-shirt he is wearing. They have kept the background grey so they can use both black and white colored font, so it is easy to break up the interview. I think using a plain color like this is effective, because you do not want to distract people from the most important part of the article, which is the text.
The body copy is sorted into columns to make it look more like an article or newspaper format. This makes it easier to read and we can read it in sections making it more comfortable for our eyes and not a ‘book-format’ which some people find boring. This will engage the audience more informally, and being a young audience, they will want to be addressed like this as it is how they like things.
There is also a caption on the image, this gives the reader more information on the image, but is often small as it is not relative and important, so they are usually small and out the way however still readable.
Rock sound double page spread:This double page spread is darker and gives a more dark or ‘gothic’ effect. The header states the band’s name, and the band’s name is in a font that looks damaged and tacky. The standfirst is above the header in this article, this could reflect the idea of breaking the rules and doing things differently to the crowd which is a philosophy associated with the goth movement BUT this does not matter because the bigger text will be more visible to the eye and will still be noticed first. The words 'Two's company' is the sub title, the language of this suggests that there is two members to the band? Or something in particular is happening to these two members, either way it will entice the readers about two members, and people will be reading the article about these two members in particular.
The main image is again very big and takes up a page, this image is bigger however. The image is a medium close up, this has been used to the audience can get to know the Muderdolls, it will make the article seem a lot more personal, as if that they have something to tell the world. In the shot, they are wearing black clothes, which is again a philosophy associated with the goth movement, and it does create an overall Gothic theme to the article. The affect of making the article Gothic is very important, as the band is a Gothic band, so to attract the correct audience the theme of the article must match the style of the band presented, the article have done this very well. The image matches the colour of the background and fonts well because it is dark and gothic, the people presented here do look gothic and they have typical looks of heavy metal artists. Both of the people in the main image are looking directly towards the audience which gives it a more personal look, and the image and the header are the first thing you notice on this double page spread.
There is a pull quote, and it is made to stand out from all the rest of the text, and to do this they have made the background white and the font black, this is completely opposite to the rest of the page and it stands out, and people would read this before the article. And this is because this quote will pull people in and make them want to read the article.
The body copy here is also in a column format to make it look better to read and doesn’t look boring. And there is a sub head-title on top of every new thing in the article in a bold font, to make it look more organized and less messy.
The layout is kept conventional to music magazines I.E. the image is dominating the majority of the article to make the article NOT look text heavy. The article's text is on the right hand page, I think this is done so when people look at the article, they will notice the image first as well as the standfirst and the header so they know what the article is about, and who it is about. After the audience has been locked in and is interested in the article, their eyes will move over to the right hand side where they will read the text. (Our western eyes look to the left first, before the right)
The layout is kept conventional to music magazines I.E. the image is dominating the majority of the article to make the article NOT look text heavy. The article's text is on the right hand page, I think this is done so when people look at the article, they will notice the image first as well as the standfirst and the header so they know what the article is about, and who it is about. After the audience has been locked in and is interested in the article, their eyes will move over to the right hand side where they will read the text. (Our western eyes look to the left first, before the right)
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