Music magazine research (COVER)

For my AS media coursework I'm going to create a rock music. So today I'm going to look at some already existing rock magazines that will give me an idea of what I want my magazine to look like.

Cover:

Here we have an example of 'AP' magazine. It is an American rock music magazine. We can see that the layout of this magazine is pretty basic, it doesn't have much information on the cover. Also we can see that they are changing the colours of the font depending on the band that they have on the cover. The colours that they have used stand out and are very eye catching. There isn't much information on the cover, they are focusing on the band it's self. We can see a group shot of 3 band members, we can see that Hayley Williams is at the front/in the middle what shows that she is a main person in the band, she is a lead singer. The clothes that they are wearing on the picture are very casual.

There we have an example of 'Kerrang!' magazine. From the first look we can see that it is different than 'AP' magazine as there is more information on the cover. We can also see pictures of other bands that they are mentioning in the magazine. We can see that they have used colours such as green, yellow, black and white. They have used bright colours in order for the information to stand out. The layout of the magazine is good as there is no 'dead spaces'. The picture that has been used is a low angel shot of a lead singer and guitarist, Billie Joe Armstrong. It shows that he is important, the main article is about him. We can see that there are posters included with the magazine. Also we can see that there are competitions for the readers of the magazine.

This is an example of the 'Rock Sound' magazine cover. On this cover we can see that the main colours are black, red, white, yellow and some blue. The colours are working together nicely as there are complementing each other, what makes them stand out. This magazine I would say is like a mixture of both magazines that i have already analysed before. We can see a group shot of the band, with information on the cover. The way that the text has been arranged is very clean as everything is nicely in columns. The only thing that I would change about this magazine is the group shot, the way that lead singer, Oliver Sykes is at the front/middle is great. However, on the right hand side other members should be moved as we can barley see them. Use of shadow is also very good as we can only see half of the singer's face, this might relfect the look of the main interview inside of the magazine.