Research into Music Magazine Front covers. X 3

Media Studies

Front cover Analysis

1. Kerrang!

The First Magazine front cover I have chosen to look at is a Magazine called Kerrang!. This front cover has a very Bold masthead reading; Kerrang! Its written in a very large front to grab the readers attention early. There is Another piece of Type that stands out a lot, and that is a Slanted type going from left to right across the centre of the front cover, it reads; LOSTPROPHETS. I think its slanted to connote the fact that the magazine is different and slightly Naughty. This is a sub heading of the magazine, so its telling us also what is going to be coming up inside the magazine, this will also intise readers to buy the product. There is also I picture of the band on the cover, this is another technique used by Kerrang! To get people looking at the magazine and wanting to buy it because there Idols appear on the front cover so they automatically think its going to be a good magazine. This magazine has a good colour scheme in my opinion because it has bright colours to highlight important bits, and then the rest is easily read and not too boring. There are many lure's on this front cover that make us as the readers want to find out what’s inside the magazine, For example there is a lure saying Blink 182, this will make people want to read on so that they can see what blink 182 have been up too. On the front cover there Is also a few Pugs, they help attract the readers into the magazine because they think the have a chance at winning something. The magazine also has a few Puffs on the front cover, they also make the readers want to try and find out more, so they are really affective. An example of a Puff is ' The Welsh Stars Battle To Save There Futures' this makes the reader think why are there futures in doubt in the first place and then they will read on to find out for them selves. I also think the layout of this front cover is very good as its not too busy and everything has been placed in good positions, and its all easy to read.

2. VIBE

This is a Front cover of Vibe Magazine. There is a Large Close up image on the front cover that shows Kanye West, for some girls this will be a turn on and make them want to read on and find out why he is on the front cover. I think this Front cover has a really good colour scheme as its Not just created for one gender, with the Pink and the blue it targets both genders. I also think the colours compliment each other really well. There Masthead is Written across the top of the page, but I don’t think it is very good as the image is covering the word slightly and if you were new to the magazine you wouldn’t no what it was called. But other than that I think the layout of the front cover is really good. This front cover is really simple and not overcrowed but I think it works really well because it has all the important detail on it, but not enough to bore you. There are a few good Puffs on this front cover, for example Its Says 50 greatest songs, on the left hand side, this will make readers buy the magazine so that they can find out what the 50 greatest songs are. There is lots of quality Lure's as well that will shows things that will be included in the magazine and this will make the readers buy the magazine and read on.

3.Spin

This Magazine is called Spin, this is one of there front covers. The Masthead of this front cover is highlighted in Red which draws attention to it which is good. The is a large Central image on this front cover which is of the singer Duffy, this will make people want to buy the product a lot more as Duffy is a worldwide superstar and many people's idol. So people will read the magazine just to find out more about Duffy. There is Lots of Lure's on this front cover mainly down the left hand side, they will make people read on in the magazine and they will attract people to find out more. For example one lure is Where it says; D'angelo What the hell happened. This will make people read on so they can get the full story which is further inside the magazine. I think the layout of this magazine front cover is really good also as its nice and simple and can be easily read, Plus the important bits are in blue which makes them stand out from the rest of the writing. Its simple but affective.