This is Kerrang magazine.The cover is in complete contrast to the one of NME as this is very simple and uncluttered. It has the masthead in black which connotes death which is relevant to the band 'slipknot' as they are a heavy metal band who sing about death. The masthead looks as if it's glass and it has been smashed which relates to the idea of death. The colour scheme is black, white and red which all fit into the theme. Like the cover of NME the image is the main focus but this one looks scary and is unsettling, it looks like a monster of some kind and appears to have no eyes. Even though the background is white and the image is white it still manages to stand out due to the black outlining. In the top right hand corner there is a red blood spot which says 'cover 8 of 9' this suggests that 'slipknot' are a popular band to have been on the cover. Even though it is minimalistic it is a very effective cover as it stands out from the other magazines on the magazine rack due to its extreme monster/demon image. There is a unique selling point to this issue and that is they are giving away 'free posters' of some other well known rock bands, people will want to buy this issue for that reason. Like NME Kerrang is also a weekly magazine but has been around a shorter amount of time, it was first published on 6th June 1981 and has a circulation of 43,000 readers which is about 2,000 more readers than NME. They have similar target audience's of 17-40 year olds.
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Music Magazine Research
Kerrang!
This is Kerrang magazine.The cover is in complete contrast to the one of NME as this is very simple and uncluttered. It has the masthead in black which connotes death which is relevant to the band 'slipknot' as they are a heavy metal band who sing about death. The masthead looks as if it's glass and it has been smashed which relates to the idea of death. The colour scheme is black, white and red which all fit into the theme. Like the cover of NME the image is the main focus but this one looks scary and is unsettling, it looks like a monster of some kind and appears to have no eyes. Even though the background is white and the image is white it still manages to stand out due to the black outlining. In the top right hand corner there is a red blood spot which says 'cover 8 of 9' this suggests that 'slipknot' are a popular band to have been on the cover. Even though it is minimalistic it is a very effective cover as it stands out from the other magazines on the magazine rack due to its extreme monster/demon image. There is a unique selling point to this issue and that is they are giving away 'free posters' of some other well known rock bands, people will want to buy this issue for that reason. Like NME Kerrang is also a weekly magazine but has been around a shorter amount of time, it was first published on 6th June 1981 and has a circulation of 43,000 readers which is about 2,000 more readers than NME. They have similar target audience's of 17-40 year olds.
This is Kerrang magazine.The cover is in complete contrast to the one of NME as this is very simple and uncluttered. It has the masthead in black which connotes death which is relevant to the band 'slipknot' as they are a heavy metal band who sing about death. The masthead looks as if it's glass and it has been smashed which relates to the idea of death. The colour scheme is black, white and red which all fit into the theme. Like the cover of NME the image is the main focus but this one looks scary and is unsettling, it looks like a monster of some kind and appears to have no eyes. Even though the background is white and the image is white it still manages to stand out due to the black outlining. In the top right hand corner there is a red blood spot which says 'cover 8 of 9' this suggests that 'slipknot' are a popular band to have been on the cover. Even though it is minimalistic it is a very effective cover as it stands out from the other magazines on the magazine rack due to its extreme monster/demon image. There is a unique selling point to this issue and that is they are giving away 'free posters' of some other well known rock bands, people will want to buy this issue for that reason. Like NME Kerrang is also a weekly magazine but has been around a shorter amount of time, it was first published on 6th June 1981 and has a circulation of 43,000 readers which is about 2,000 more readers than NME. They have similar target audience's of 17-40 year olds.
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Some terminology here which you've analysed well.
ReplyDeleteWhat about explaining how this deconstruction has helped you to make your own magazine.